Ask The McMurrays (by Thom)

Every once in a while it seems we get the same question from several people. It seems this would be a good place to answer those questions. Therefore, we’re starting a new feature here called “Ask The McMurrays” (I know, not very creative).

Church: People have asked us about church here in France. What’s it like? What’s different? What’s similar? As we wrote before, we have been attending two different churches every Sunday. For the morning, we go to a French-speaking church. Sunday evening, we take the train into Paris and attend an English-speaking church. The two churches are fairly similar in style. Both use contemporary Praise and Worship music, with a rare hymn. At the French church, many of the songs are ones that were written in English, and then translated. Church tends to last 1 ½ hours at both services. Really, the differences aren’t great. Probably the biggest difference is in the leadership. The French church tends to have a different speaker every week. The Pastor preaches about every other week, and other people from the congregation fill the other Sundays. At the English church the leadership is missionaries from the States or Canada. The English-speaking church is probably the most Evangelical church we’ve ever attended. An amazing amount of people are making first-time commitments to Christ! Every week, it seems the kingdom is growing!

What else would you like to know about Paris, France, or what we’re doing? We’ll use this forum as we get them. If you have a question, use the feedback on this page, or email us at mcmali(at)gmail(dot)com.