I never heard of CES before, been gone from the Way since 1984, but heres my view....
I wouldnt join an "Off shoot" of the Way because I feel many essentials of the Christian faith were wrongly taught. I know many of you would disagree, but I just don't feel comfortable having to argue with people about...Believing = recieving, Jesus Christ is not God, you MUST Tithe, You must not attend any church you want to, etc.....
And most importantly I really uncomfortable with the peer pressure and mind control used on me, always wanting more more more commitment....
I live in Orlando, Florida...home of "Benny Hinn" so I am observing his wacky "Faith Theology" with all his weird doctrines and fake claims of healing and raising people from the dead....
another words, Im really turned off by "organized religion"
I tried one Pentecostal church but evry time I went there they were pressuring me for more and more money to pay the mortgage on their HUGE cathedral, they called it "moving the mountain" I always thought....man Id rather just fellowship and hear the Word taught than to struggle every minute to help "move their mountain"
Also...many times Id show up and they would be televising the service, and it was more a TV studio atmosphere than a loving, felowshipping church
And about the Catholic church.....in Orlando its kinda huge and impersonal. When my Mom died last year they said that to have a funeral service would cost $1,800 !! And thats on top of all the other services! I went up to Massachusetts where Mom wanted to be buried and the little church there did the service for $110 Some of the folks in small Protestant churches tell me their churches would do a funeral service for free....
So...I just feel that with all the scandals.........Priests molesting kids, Jimmy Swagart's adultery, Benny Hinn getting caught in a lie about raising someone from the dead...Benny Hinn False Prophet
So its good to look closely before leaping, there are a lot bad organized churches out there.........