Summit Christian Church

I read another review where a woman said she feels weird leaving a bad review for a church. I feel her on that! This feels wrong, but I feel like I need to share my thoughts on this church. The first time I went I loved it. My mom and I went to a service upstairs and we both felt really welcomed by the members; it was clear we were new there. We went again the week after instead trying a downstairs service and this is where they lost me. Nearly the entire time the pastor was talking about tithing in the church. While important, for that being my second time being there and all I’m hearing about is giving money is a direct line into heaven (btw, WHAT?!) I felt uncomfortable. Haven’t gone back since, don’t see myself going back again… Sorry god?

Like Jessica R I too feel strange about leaving anything negative for a church but I had to say something. My son attended preschool and kindergarten there and we’ve now entered into the public school system and we’re struggling because he didn’t learn enough of the right things that the public kindergarten prepares them for. I suspect it’s because there was a lot of bible stories and learning about God that took up half of their day which didn’t leave enough time for much else. Their Anchor Point program for the school aged kids that are on summers and breaks is really great with all of their field trips, etc but when I needed to drop 2 kids off unexpectedly on a day’s notice I was told I’d have to pay the drop off rate plus the $ 100 annual enrollment fee per child since I hadn’t had them there yet that year. WHAT? Isn’t that why you pay a higher «drop –off» price in the first place? So basically it would’ve been about $ 300 for me to take my kids there for a day.
We also left the church after listening to Pastor Steve minister that it was our duty to tithe and that even if you don’t have much money, you should give it all up to God and the church and it will all come back to you. I have a huge problem with that. You have single mothers, people out of work and those who are on a fixed income. People will give what they can. What happened to come one, come all? Made me feel really bad sitting there listening to that while thinking that there are people in the room that really needed to be there spiritually. Who may be broken, depressed or searching for something and to have to sit and listen to that would just be painful. I guess I’m old school. My final straw was listening to him on Mother’s Day after Obama came out in favor of legalizing gay marriage. He said that just because our President says it’s ok doesn’t mean that Christians think it is. Again, painful to say the least. I have a sneaking suspicion that quite a few of the church goers there are gay including a few that are very close to the employees that work there and I don’t think there’s a whole lot of thought being put into how they may be alienating some of their congregation. I’m no Obama fan but I guess in the gay rights respect I’m kind of new school. Anyway, it was Mother’s Day. My kids wanted to sit by me and my husband and not go in the youth group and we ended up getting up and walking out as did a few other families.

There are numerous ways to serve locally and globally. I really like how involved they are in the community, they help with things; but they also give a lot of money. The worship is good. Contemporary but not too flashy. We have met a lot of wonderful families here. I love the youth pastors.
My husband participated in the Men’s Encounter and He came back a better man. They have a great selection for kids of all ages and my 4 year old comes back telling me about stories she learned in church so they aren’t just playing around which I like…

I feel kind of weird leaving a bad review for a church. Am I going to hell for this? Anyway I used to come here when it used to be in the old YMCA in sparks, I loved it. After moving they just got too huge. I used to go to youth group when I was in high school. I remember the pastor having to remind the kids to stop making out on the steps. The youth group wasn’t even really anything like you would expect. The guy would try and talk, but the kids were so disrespectful he just gave up and everyone went back to playing air hockey and video games. I heard that they took the youth group to Cancun, Mexico for church camp one year. HELLO?! You want to take a bunch of hormonal, disrespectful teenagers to a place they legalize underage drinking?!
I went here recently, the last 10 mins consisted of the pastor talking about how not enough members of the church paid tide. What the heck? You can’t make people feel bad because they can’t afford to pay tide. Needless to say I was a little upset about that. There are some really awesome people that go there, but I’ll stick to Freedom Fellowship.

I have met many wonderful people at this church. You can get involved in as much or as little as you would like. Start your week off listening to Pastor Steve’s message & talking with friends in Christ. They also have Saturday night services. And an active youth group of all ages. They have life study groups with varying times all over town and I love their Celebrate Recovery group on Friday nights. Helps you through Christ centered groups to get over your hurts, habits or hang ups. Great bunch of people! Best music program EVER!