I have many fond memories of two churches I grew up in, one in Illinois when I was a child and the other in Virginia where my family moved when I was a teenager. Those two churches shaped my spiritual growth and helped me understand my call to ministry and missions.
But neither were part of a denomination. In fact, on more than one occasion I recall passionate sermons on why denominations were bad and how we should avoid churches connected to them. (One of those churches has since changed their position on that issue and is now loosely connected to a denomination.)
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