I love the warm welcoming feeling of this church. I have been a member for almost 1 year. My family…read moreall attends the services. Pastor Mark Bellows does an amazing translation from Bible to todays life experiences. If you stop in sunday 10:30 am for service you will feel very welcome and like a home feel..like pastor Mark says" I believe that there is an emptiness and woundedness in people's lives which is symbolized by the partial outline of the heart in our church logo. At Hope Community we believe that the hurting heart can be healed by the Living Hope." www.hope-cc.com

Friendship Church has been by home church for the past 5 years and I am so grateful for a community…read moreof believers like this. Warm welcomes and hugs are a very common occurrence here. The pastors teach the word and give very solid applications to daily life. Some of their strongest ministries are to those in the community that need hope the most struggling with addiction, conflict and care. This church represents Jesus well to the Shakopee community and I love it here! I serve in the youth ministry and it is amazing to see God work in the lives of students, they really care for the whole family!

It's a great place to Worship, Grow and Impact. Hosanna is a wonderful church with so many people…read morededicated to you and helping serve the kingdom. I recommend checking out either the Lakeville or Shakopee location.

GCBC is a great church. It is a smaller and more intimate church where you can know your pastors…read moreand other church members. Expository preaching, doctrinally aware, welcoming and caring. Lots of young families. They teach and preach the Bible as the foundation to all of life. The music is a mix of modern worship and old hymns. You will find also a mix of dress style, from a suit and tie and dresses to jeans and a t-shirt. What one wears is not important, it is about teaching and learning from the Word. Nursery is provided to kids up to around 3 years old during the service which means there are a lot of kids in the church service worshiping together with the people of God. There is age appropriate Sunday school provided for kids of all ages after the service. This is a 5 star church family. Biblical, loving and solid on the gospel. Sadly there is a one star review. It is an unhelpful review and does not really reflect the church. I have been a member of GCBC since 2011 and could not recommend the church enough. Also perhaps check out also the reviews which are not recommended.

In hurtful churches you find the following seven characteristics:…read more 1. Power-posturing. Those in leadership positions spend a lot of time and energy reminding others of their authority. Authority is used to boss and control members of God's family. 2. Performance preoccupation. How people act is more important than what's really going on in their lives. People aren't what is loved and accepted. Behavior is the most important thing. 3. Unspoken rules. How relationships function is governed by rules that aren't said out loud, but in many cases these unspoken rules have more weight than the out-loud rules or even Scripture. The most powerful and damaging of all the unspoken rules is the "can't talk" rule. This rule keeps the truth quiet because the problem itself isn't treated as the problem; talking about it is treated as the problem. People who notice problems and confront them are labeled divisive and disloyal. People shut up and call it unity. 4. Lack of balance. There are disproportionate focuses and values placed on certain areas of the Christian life. For instance, you must agree that certain gifts of the Spirit aren't for today or you're labeled "unstable" or "deceived." In other churches, if you lack certain spiritual gifts or don't exercise the gifts in ways accepted by the group, you are considered a second-class Christian. 5. Spiritual paranoia. There is a sense that people, resources, and relationships outside the system are unsafe. 6. Misplaced loyalty. A sense of loyalty is built toward programs, things, and people, rather than toward Jesus. 7. Secretiveness. Certain information is deemed suitable only for those within the church or only for certain people within the church. The above was taken from the Spiritual abuse website. GCBC exhibited almost all of these. Several years later, I get anxiety walking into a church building, dealing with church people, and trying to be apart of a church. I hope they've changed since I've left, but chances are they are still doing the same. It is telling that when I left a review on other social media pages, they take down the review or the entire page. They are all about image control. When you first go there, they'll seem like they love you with lots of attention and love bombing. But once you question anything, expect the manipulation and power posturing and narc behaviors. I could give many examples, but here's one. The church would never publish to its own members what the pastors made and specifics of where the money went. They said if you wanted a copy, to email one of the pastors. We did. Crickets. If I still went here, that would be one issue I'd bring up. Why the secrecy? Upon leaving, the only thing I got was a request to gossip about another church member. And then people who said they were my friends shunned me. Such loving pastors!! I'm glad I left. Look up narcissistic personality disorder and narcissistic supply. Fits them to a T and that's why they got their loyal cronies who think I'm being an ass. I know several families who think as I do but won't say anything. It's not just me. PS of course men love this church. They get treated like gods for having male anatomy and they get to treat their wife and kids like slaves. You do the math. And loving people should extend outside the walls of your rented church building. Smash the patriarchy.

We recently moved to the area and are equal distant from 3 catholic churches. This church felt like…read morehome from the first time we attended. The wonderful instrumental music adds to the worship experience. Staff is friendly.

A large Roman Catholic parish in Eagan, MN. It is a very active parish with many opportunities to…read moreget involved. Highly recommended.