Came to my first African church this morning... It's been almost 3 hours
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an haaan, mah kan wa sem!FACTS!
I remember when I was 14 yers old and attended a church service in Montreal, Canada that lasted 2 hours and I legit had tears in my eyes afterwards because i didn't know it could be like that. It was like they showed me mercy.
Dog Based Gremlin
Veteran
you all going to hell 
I Sneak outta church every week bruh
richaveli83
Veteran
I used to be stuck at church from 9:30-2:30 
Evening service once a month
Evening service once a month
What in the world are yall doing in there
They picked me up and like I said, we had plans for the day. I didn't think the service would last that long but even they and their preacher (locally) were saying it was unusual.
Samson
Wholesome Black Man
Growing up in a Haitian church in south Florida
Don't complain, you guys don't know what torture is. I will never do that to my kids.
- Sunday
- Sunday school: 9-10:30am
- church service 10:30-3pm
- evening service 7-10pm
- Monday
- Prayer service 7pm - 12 am
- Wednesday
- Bible Study 7-10pm
- Saturday
- Prayer 10-1pm
Don't complain, you guys don't know what torture is. I will never do that to my kids.
You're the second or third person to talk about how extreme Haitian churches are
Explain how that's possible when it's largely argued (at least from my knowledge) that Haiti won independence with Voodoo
Samson
Wholesome Black Man
Haitians are generally very religious. Also, certain Christians, particularly Catholics have a Christian-Voodo mix. But, that's not the majority.You're the second or third person to talk about how extreme Haitian churches are
get these nets
Veteran
Modern day Haiti is largely a Catholic country. This was news to me when I read it in high school because 90% of my family attended Protestant Churches.You're the second or third person to talk about how extreme Haitian churches are
Plantation system in Haiti was possibly the WORST in terms of brutality.
The African belief systems are what gave the enslaved people the spirit to set off and continue the 13 year revolution against blan(whites) and THEIR god. Their god who, according to blan,,,cosigned them enslaving other human beings.
The mixed race & free children of the French, who also rebelled(for different reasons), were largely Catholic, so the Catholic institutions remained in the country post-independence.
The Africans who were forced to practice Catholicism while enslaved, secretly worshipped their own gods by replacing/hiding them in the form of Catholic saints. I beleive they continued this tradition/culture after 1804.
Protestant missionaries have been to the island converting Catholics and those practicing Vodou for decades. Catholic and Protestant churches had money, schools,jobs, & institutions that connected Haitians to the larger world.They provided access to resources in a country that doesn't provide those resources to her people. That is, to me, the reason why majority of Haitians became Christians over the centuries. I also believe that some reached the conclusion that the French were practicing a corrupted version of Christianity, and that they are practicing a truer version and living according to the tenets of the faith.
I can't rep you but the bolded is the viral essence of Christianity. So many think they have it 'right' over someone else... it really changed my entire view on all of this some years back but that's a diff convo.
Lotta times/churches will have food afterwards.
And like 40% of the time is praise and worship / someone testimony turning into a song.
20% will be annoucements and offering and then someone bumrushing the stage to give a testimoney about something random
Other 40% be the pastor giving a sermon on somethinf random.
African churches good for putting your name on the program and not telling you.
You in the back of the church talking with your cuz and next think you know “now time for Lord Cashmere to come up and give a scripture reading” and you like
cause you dont even bring a bible to church so you gotta walk up there with the program and read it from there
And like 40% of the time is praise and worship / someone testimony turning into a song.
20% will be annoucements and offering and then someone bumrushing the stage to give a testimoney about something random
Other 40% be the pastor giving a sermon on somethinf random.
African churches good for putting your name on the program and not telling you.
You in the back of the church talking with your cuz and next think you know “now time for Lord Cashmere to come up and give a scripture reading” and you like
cause you dont even bring a bible to church so you gotta walk up there with the program and read it from there