Yeah, Bobert, I am a member of a black Baptist Church. We also regularly attend another Baptist church in our area where the congregation is very mixed... mostly white, but quite a few active blacks in a small congregation. My limited experience with the Missouri Synod of the Methodist Church was very negative as well. Admittedly, it was only two churches, but both left a bad taste in my mouth. Generally speaking I have found the Lutheran Churches I have been involved with and the other branches of the Methodist church to be very open and welcoming. Guess it depends a lot on the Pastor.

Now if I was gay, I'd find the welcome in some churches noticeably different. Even there though, there have been openly gay couples in the Baptist and Lutheran churches I've attended.

But then, I don't worship church. I worship in church. And outta church.

Jerry