u/Rasberyy_Ballerina_

Hi as a baptist for many years I just encountered kind of preaching and it's kind of a cultural shock and I just wanna know if this is really how it is for other baptist churches. I've visited this church and the pastor stated that "God is Wrath" (Wrath is one of the seven deadly sins btw) and he said that every sin comes with a punishment which is true as consequences but it felt more like he was trying to threaten the members and scare them rather than teach them abt consequences and doing good. Just I notice it is fear based preaching. I also have issue with their focus on missions which i have no problem with but as being in the Philippines the members are not all rich yes they ask and don't force or beg but they EXPECT or IMPLY that you should with the reason that "according to the bible" to make them give money. Not all members are rich but there are many who have cars and can easily give such amount of money but for a middle class home it's actually a big expense (ik this since some elderly members give their entire pension for the church and have little to no money left for their homes). I'm not sure if it really is like this but their push onto missions when the members have no money. There are some members who are closest to the pastor and berate the members who give constructive criticism about the pastor as if the pastor is this perfect individual?? It's weird for me but I want to hear other people's thoughts. There is something I really wanna mention and in the English bible KJV it says "Jesus died FOR our sins..." but in this church they say "Jesus died BECAUSE of our sins" any thoughts on that?