It is nice to find a place where the sermons are clever and the people are nice but that in itself is not enough.
Provided you are hunting for a Christian church you have to be sure that the church’s teaching accords with what the bible says.
When Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman at the well she likewise wanted to know where to worship. She said to him at John 4:20- “Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.”
Jesus intimated to here that it is not WHERE a person worships that is of importance but HOW.
He said to here at John 4:21, 23, 24- “Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father…. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him MUST worship him in spirit and in truth”
That indicates that God is looking for a specific sort of worship. If we are to worship him acceptably we have to make sure that we are doing it according to the truth as laid out in his word. Any good Church has to teach what the bible teaches, not just what they think people will be pleased to hear or what they personally believe.
The members of that church must also worship in spirit meaning that their worship should be more than a mere charade or pretense, it should be heartfelt- affecting their character and permeating every aspect of their lives.
I guess what I’m trying to say is that we should all be careful not to get sidetracked by the the social aspect of the Church hunt. Seek substance.