Church Greetings: Hugs, Kisses, and Cultural Norms #shorts

Lesson Transcript

So a lot of churches do practice hugging, and I will do that with somebody who—that would be their custom. You know, if I'm in somebody else's church and I greet someone, I will do it with a hug because I know—now I'm talking about a non-Anabaptist church—I know they're not going to expect to be greeted with a kiss, and they're going to be taken back by it. Or it might be a handshake if it's somebody I don't know real well at all, you know, if they're a total stranger.

And I think a good argument could be made that this fulfills what is being expressed in the Scripture. They're talking about the normal manner of greeting a dear person, and back then it would be with a kiss; today it is with a hug. Join us in earnestly contending for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.