The Dwelling Place

The King's Court★☆☆☆☆11 months ago

Let me start by saying, I'm a religious person. But because of the fact I don't have a reliable method of transportation to get from place to place, my options of where I got to church are a bit more... limited. I was shocked when I discovered there was a church right outside of Allendale Falls... I don't usually do good in social outings given my social anxiety, but I try to push myself for church. The day I decided to go, was on Sunday. As I approach the door, I saw two people standing by the front door observing who was coming in like they were a bouncer at a club. Not to mention they eyed me up immediately. Needless to say, I felt intimidated and left. I did not attend church that Sunday an went to look for another church. In passing I've noticed something else. This place had a sign to advertise this place was a church. Loud and proud welcoming people into their church. That was until roughly around the time Trump signed an executive order to strip churches of protected sanctuary status. Now there's not even a sign there anymore. I've been by this place numerous times and no longer see the banner up. You can see here proof there WAS a banner before. Unless you looked up locations for churches, or happen to see a bunch of cars parked outside the facility, you wouldn't even know this was a church. As if to say, that religious pride is no longer present here. I've checked around. There really isn't any signs to show this is a church. If you're so loud and proud about your religion and your church, why take down a banner indicating this is a church, as well as WHEN worship is.... Which by the way is at Sunday at 10 AM and Wednesday on 7 PM for the record. Also, the location for this marker is wrong. The actually church is more to the left of where the beacon on Google Maps is location. Given the fact the provided picture on Google Maps showed an unrelated area, it furthers my case of how it was hard to tell this was even a church to begin with. Since my last review I mentioned this place was marked as Permanently Closed. Looking into this to make sure the business owner wasn't lying or hiding shady business, I decided to look into this. Me and my husband showed up to this church around 12 PM today 8/10/2025 which was a Sunday. There were still some people leaving service. They were kind enough to disclosed to me that Service just finished up and I was too late... this means the Permanently Closed front, was clearly the business owner saw my review, and the moment I brought Donald Trumps new ICE executive law into this, making mention they removed the banner after said law was passed, they marked the business as Permanently Closed to go into hiding... Because they feared my review and lack pride in their religion. Not only that, they wanted to silence all future reviews to draw attention to the fact the place was still open. My guess is the people that were going to this place before any of this happened are in the know about when service is, because right now, for outsiders, it's IMPOSSIBLE to know when service is unless you're just passing by. Or the people in there are doing some suspicious activity like a cult that the police should be made aware about. The Bottom Line is, the owner of this establishment is LYING about being closed and services are still happening. NOT a good look for your church! No body wants to go to a service as a shady location! How can you hope to be Inclusive of anyone other than people who are already going if no one even knows when to show up to worship with you? How can you claim to have religious pride when you look like you're suspiciously in hiding? Needless to say, I requested an edit detailing this specific information on Google Maps. Information which was approved. You're not fooling me. By the way, the hours are still wrong. I was there on Sunday before 6PM. Check the picture. There were people there for a service. And I don't see that reflected in the hours. Just what are you hiding. Me and the hubby will be looking into this.

Marci★★★★★3 years ago

The worship is spirit filled, the Word is preached... the way it should be without compromise. I wish I lived closer so I could make it my church home.

Kenneth Mayes★★★★★3 years ago

Good place to worship