Well, here goes ol' snorky again on this vital issue. I go to a very small mountain comunity non-denominational church (pastored by a Baptist...oh, well.) As I have been reading Ray's stuff and other sites with Biblical Truth and being better able to discern the Bible with the Holy Spirit in me, I DO feel called out...but not sure, because the reason I still go to church is I clean it since I need the money (and no I don't tithe, attend their Bible study or other special functions, and, yes, I shake my head when the pastor preaches nonsense like the rapture or hell for eternity--after all, he did go to a Baptist seminary so he's brainwashed, obviously), and he knows I don't believe in that but that seems to be okay with him--half the very small congregation doesn't either!) So I "had a talk with God" over it, and I "talked" that if God would provide another method of employment whereby I could pay for my meds (I must stay in the mountains because I homeschool and it must be only a few hours a week). I'd quit the cleaning job, then quit the church. If God really wants me out of that church, He'll provide.
Some really good news...my son, who is now at Texas A & M Galveston, is NOT attending the "big" (mega?) church there on the campus. Said it was too big, and I said great, don't go to church, just keep reading the Bible.
There WILL be repercussions if I quit. This is a VERY close knit community situated in what some would call "God's country" (the Big Bend high plains of far west Texas). Some will be based on the fact that all the members gave my son a "going away to college" party and all 25 or so of them gave him altogether over $1,000! Some members are self-righteous hypocrites but other members are truly loving and would give the shirt off their back. Some always want to bring up politics (religious right), but some are totally against politics. Some are dying to be "raptured" and some know that's hogwash. I founf out the other day at least 2 of them believe in universal reconcilation! That was a real biggie! Now, my pastor there, who as I said preaches the rapture and hell every so often, does get it right quite a bit. For instance, he does emphasize giving, Jesus "calling" and "choosing" instead of all that stuff about someone "saving" themselves by praying a sinner's prayer, and faith over works and has said he never wants to preach in a megachurch. Simply we don't have all the ritualistic and organizational nonsense mega churches have.
Yet if God really does call me out I will leave no matter what they do (and I'll hear about them losing their only chior alto, that's for sure!). My daughter won't have the party my son had, either. My husband, who thinks organized religion is a crock (and could care less if he goes to church or not), won't mind at all.
Deb