Mt. Zion Church

For the infrequent church attender, this may seem like your cup of tea.  The bulletin is designed to lure you in by weekly publishing pages and pages of events you can be a part of. If you want to be involved, be cautious.   Go into the meetings your child is in, if you are told you can't, take your child and leave. A parent should be allowed to see/hear what their children are being taught. Pay special attention at the high school level. If your child is victimized at church, it will be a painful event that they carry the rest of their lives, and unbearable for you as their parent. Beware of revictimization by the church.  They close ranks to protect each other, caring nothing for the most vulnerable church attendees. Stay strong as a parent. The Bible says the parent always has the authority, not an untrained church leader.

The hierarchy and way of operating does not follow traditional United Methodist guidelines so be prepared to follow whatever the pastor and his elite group demand.  There are still some well-meaning individuals there, and some good work being done by those individuals, as in any group. 

This is not a healthy church. Keep looking for one that the pastor is not the head of his own kingdom, but Jesus is.  It will take the average church-goer a while to discover all of this, so don't waste your time here. There are many other churches in the area, keep looking. If you decide to stay, please, never join.  Once you join you are subject to whatever they want to do to you. This church, particularly the pastor, has inflicted pain and damage on many, many, good people over the years. You will be powerless to bring any change here, as long as this man is the pastor. He claims to hate the song "I did it my way" but that is exactly what he is doing. The Bible says that those in leadership have a higher accountability but I see no fear of God here.