Hello, my 19 year old son is headed to Anaheim Ca. in January and I wondered if anyone could recommend a good church.Thanks~ Alan
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I've been living in the Greater Los Angeles practically all my life except for about 4 years in Korea when I was a kid. I've been to probably 50 churches in my lifetime here and I would advise him to stay away from most of the big churches or well known churches in L.A. A lot of these churches here are straight up seeker friendly.I would have recommended Cornerstone(was led by Francis Chan) but that is about 70 miles away. There are cornerstone church plants near Anaheim in Lakewood(15 miles away) and in Hollywood(30 miles away). The Hollywood Church in L.A. i think has a solid community, I never been there but the sermons are right on.Church Plant websitehttp://www.cornerstonesimi.com/index.php?pageType=sub&pageID=38http://www.thehollywoodchurch.comhttp://Mswaney.wordpress.comI heard decent things about Reality L.A. in Hollywoodhttp://realityla.com/http://www.vcfanaheim.com/cgi-bin/kingdomtools/ktpublic.rbThere is also Vineyard of Anaheim. I think most of the controversy is over and when I visited that church a couple of times, they always had good, honest sermons and the community aspect seemed pretty strong. I'm not so sure about spiritual maturity of most of the people but I think they have good people there.The other churches I know are either too seeker friendly or at least 50 miles away. There are some churches in neighboring cities like Brea, Yorba Linda, and you might want to google churches in other areas of the OC, like Newport, Costa Mesa, etc. Just search for Orange County Churches. Btw, a lot of these churches has sermons online so that will help you out to get a feel of the churches.
I don't know how far you will be from Chino, but I highly recommend Living Waters . The Pastor is Duke Downs.God Bless you and place you in a Bible Believing, Spirit filled Church.Nellie
Hi alan4jc, I would recommend considering Kindred Community Church in Anaheim. Many of the staff of Living Waters/Way of the Master ministries go to and minister at that church. Here is the link: www.kindredchurch.org
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If I'm in Anaheim, I go to Kindred and if I am in the LA area I go to MacArthur's Church. You won't go wrong with one of those.