Don’t feel welcome at husbands church
Let me start by saying that I am very new to Christianity. Despite my parents both growing up in religious homes they, themselves, shied from the church quite a bit.
As an adult my thoughts were kind of in the middle. I didn’t NOT believe in God but I also didn’t want to delve into it. This was until my husband attended a Christian men’s retreat earlier this year and I watched how it moved him and how excited he became about learning about The Lord. This lit somewhat of a fire in myself and I set on a path of learning and trying to understand the things I had questions about.
My husband decided he wanted to attend a southern Baptist church in our area after hearing the pastor speak at the retreat. I was excited until I wasn’t. The church members have not been nice at all. My husband says it’s all in my head, but even our children are having issues with rudeness by the staff in the kids church area. However, my husband will walk into the door and everyone speaks to him, but turns their heads when I enter. I feel very out of place and almost awkward being there. He tells me I should try to make friends but it’s rather difficult to do when every time you smile or try to make conversation with someone they either ignore you or walk away.
I have asked him if we can look into other churches in our area but he insists that we’re where we need to be so I go in every Sunday with a bit of anxiety and dread.
How do I approach this or should I give it more time?