How Do You Dress for Church on Sundays?

When I got saved, I started wearing flip flops!! Yo!!

 

I would say no. Times change.

We went for years that most advertising was geared to 35 year old and up group. Today of what I read most is geared to the 35 and down. Not that they have more money to spend, but that they will spend more money on non needed things.

If I recall from church history in seminary correctly, from the start folks wore their best. The question is what was their best. Their best might have been their best work cloths, the one that didn't have to many holes in them. To see how times have changed, if you look at old films of a Billy Graham meeting most men were wearing suits and tie. But folks back then wore their best to weddings, ballgames and so on. Look at old films of ballgames and boxing, men are dressed in suits and tie and the women are decked out as well.

The big question isn't what one wears or thinks they should wear to to church, wear what one likes and feels is correct, but why would one think they have to dress so much better to go anywhere else. I would not dress any better than I do to go to church, if I were going to meet the President, go to a wedding, to a party or so on. But that is me, not that I'm correct or not.

I go to church to study and learn God's Word as well as have fellowship with saved and lost sinners. I could care less what they are wearing. Their form of showing respect might be different than mine.

 

I generally walk to church. So in warm weather, I wear a skirt, top, and flip-flops. During winter I wear thick skirt, sweater, thermal socks, coat, gloves, hat, scarf, and boots. When I get to the church, the shoes/boots come off. It's custom. No one wears shoes indoors.

I keep all the winter stuff on unless I am placed in a seat near the woodstove.

This subject is a touchy one, in my opinion. Trying to please God with our Sunday best is akin to works in my mind. I agree with the poster who said our Sunday Best should a heart ready for worship. Especially but God doesn't see as man sees----He sees the heart.

 

Exactly right. This is why I simply said that "I wear clothes." It doesn't matter to God what TYPE of clothes, as long as I am covered. I do not go to church to please man, or dress for church to please man.

I can worship God at home in my nightgown, and God is pleased. I can worship him at church in a dress, and He is pleased. John the Baptist wore sandals and animal skins, and God didn't seem to mind. God doesn't care about our "dressing up" or not, so neither should we.

 

I agree, abc!

 

Salty, I don't want to hijack this tread.. but.. I think you inadvertently said something that explains why we have so many hypocrites in church today.

It is the basic teaching that the church building is the "House of God". And that is the place where we come to BE in the presence of God.

A church building is NOT the house of God.. OUR bodies are!... IT is just a building where the church meets.. The church is us... nothing special about the building..

But our culture has put so much emphasis on the building, it has become an idol in a lot of cases... and the culture thinks it is somehow more holy than other buildings..

For instance, have you heard it said, "you shouldn't lie in a church"..
Well, you shouldn't lie ANYWHERE.... what makes the building more holy?


IMO This has led to an idea that we can segregate our Christian lives.
We can be all holy in church, while not so holy while away from the church building.

For instance, which place are you more in the presence of God.
IN a church building on Sunday morning
OR
IN a Restaurant on Thursday evening? (or even on a Sunday afternoon.. see the other thread)

So, I ask, if we are as much in the presence of God on a Thursday evening at home, as we are in a church BUILDING on Sunday morning, then wouldn't we dress up on Thursday, if God really wants us to dress for him.

I am not worried about my dress at anytime as long as it is modest.. as God has already dressed me in the garments of Christ's righteousness.

And compared to those, the best Tuxedo in the world looks like rags!

And I still say it was a woman's idea to tie a piece of cloth around her husbands neck and convince him to make it as tight as can be, then convince him it is HOLY to wear it!....

LOL

Have a good day!

 

Jeans, shorts (if I'm working in the pre-school ), T-shirt, sweater, sweatshirt, polo, sneakers or casual shoes...you get the idea.

 

I and my family wear modest clothing...whatever style seems best to each one, but such that conveys modesty.

 

Our attire on Sunday mornings is "business casual", except for summer, when it's "casual". If I wore a tie on Sundays, I'd present the appearance of being pretentious.

 

I've heard that and never understood it.

 

I wear shorts, T shirt or sleveless shirt, and sandals year round--except to church. I do occasionally wear jeans and a long sleeved shirt during the rare times it gets too chilly for my usual attire. Maybe I'm wrong, but I believe God is much more concerned about our thoughts and reasons for going to church services (preaching, teaching, singing or whatever we do--if anything) than what we wear.

The reference to dressing "modestly" refers to not dressing to draw attention to yourself, "Everyone please notice how good I look", or "Hey, everyone, look at how successful I am. I wear only the best and most expensive name brands."

A person can be well dressed and acting holy and pious and still displease God, because they are doing it to be noticed and praised, "Oh what beautiful clothes! I wish I could afford to dress like that." Then people become displeased with what they have because so and so has much nicer clothes and expensive jewelry.

 

Eph 6:10-17 (NIV) ...Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armour of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled round your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

 

When preaching in churches that expect such, I'm in suit and tie. Many do not, and in those I wear slacks with a golf shirt, oxford, polo, sweater...you get the idea. Business casual. In very new or young-geared churches, I'll be in jeans.

When attending church, if the church is more formal, I'll go business casual (no coat and tie). If it's more contemporary, I usually do jeans and a shirt. Whatever I wear I aim for it to be clean, not ragged, etc.

I agree what someone wears is not important, but how you wear it is what counts. That said, I've always been intrigued by the fact that when I've worked secular jobs, coats and ties have been mandatory due to wanting to project an image of professionalism. What should a pastor do with this? Should the pastor not want to project a professional demeanor? Just for argument's sake.

 

What if that is not the image of the church you serve?

 

For someone who is so liberal in his politics I find it interesting that you believe that a pastor should wear a tie. Interesting in that this view is usually attributed to more fundamentalist (legalistic) Christians.