John Crist and Shama Mrema visit a Southern Baptist Church - First Time Visitor
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- LED crosses, golf cart parking lot shuttle, adjustable armrests...this southern baptist church had it all. Ever been to a Southern Baptist church in Alabama? Comedians John Crist and Shama Mrema are on the search across the globe to find the most interesting churches! This week we're in Huntsville, Alabama getting a vibe of the area, meeting the locals and exploring the city's most interesting churches. Today we're First Time Visitors at a Southern Baptist church in Huntsville, Alabama!
John Crist is a standup comedian. For more videos, bio and live tour dates, visit www.johncristco...
John doing Church visits is the series we need!
It really is and if faithfully watch it 😂
It’s not as funny without the blond chick
Well he did have the church hunters series that was pretty funny/ but made up
Hear, hear!!!
As someone who has worked in churches for about 6 years, I love seeing what other churches are like and what your experience is as a first time guest. Would definitely watch this as a TV show!
Man I've been going to Whitesburg Baptist Church now for about 2.5 years. Our family moved to HSV several years ago from a 24 year Air Force career where we had to "church-shop" every time we had to move assignments in a new place, so we understand the whole new guy looking at churches thing. I can honestly say I believe this church is a genuine christian group of countless backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles who are spreading the truth about the love of our Lord Jesus Christ. Love your comedy and enjoyed this story. God Bless you brother.
I wondered how eggbeater Jesus could possibly make sense and then there it was 😂 why!!😂
Like I said, he should have looked into the meaning behind it. It is fitting for Huntsville. 😉
@@shamwow1893 - Lord of the universe - wish they'd gone inside and looked at their AMAZING stained glass windows... - google it...
Same.
Born and raised right outside of Huntsville, the actual name I believe is “Cosmic Christ”. It was designed to look rather astral to tie in Jesus with the “rocket city” which is Huntsville’s nickname. I think that the artist focus so much on the space design he failed to notice how much the bottom of Jesus’ robe looked like an eggbeater. 😂 The design is amazing because it is a mosaic of hundreds of little Italian tiles that were placed with by hand or by tweezers depending on the size. But you can say eggbeater Jesus to anyone from here and they will know exactly what you are talking about. It is something to see for sure. They actually had to remove all the tiles and replace them around 5 years ago because so many of the original tiles were falling off. The ones that they removed they sold. I didn’t buy one but now I kind of wished I had so I could say I had a piece of the eggbeater Jesus. 🤷🏼♀️
So, the reason the artist gave it that egg beater look is bc the church couldn’t agree on whether to give Jesus sandals or not. No lie. Look it up. He’s also still alive and they finished restoring the entire thing to the tune of $1.4 mil. last year.
Haha. This is hilarious. My favorite line was you can tell how diverse your church is by how far it is from Publix. I tell people regularly: “We’re behind the Publix”
If you went to the ultra tan you went to far.
The Collab we didn't know we needed 😂
Yes please make this a regular thing! So funny cause it’s true! If I were a serial reviewer, I’d give this 5 Stars! 😂
In a world full of division and deceit, two young men brave a frontier most would shy away from in today's cancel culture society -- as they add humor to visiting random churches.
In the pilot episode, they visit a Southern Baptist church in Alabama, and give the viewers a brief glimpse into their experience there. A remark made after the sevice provides a twist in the plot that will leave many viewers speechless.
Comedy and truth telling mix to make for an intriguing series that begs for more in depth coverage and much more laughter!!
This smooth vibing show may well be "easy as Sunday mornings"!
The comments on the WBC comment card were over the top! Be careful where you take your attempt at humor.
Love this video. Do another one!
Great Synopsis! Lol! Love it! Lol
Cowboy Church on Chuckwagon Sunday is the TOP 🏆 winner
Dude, so hyped Crist and Mrema doing stuff together! Perfect combo
Yaaaazzzzzz 👍
The night before you attended my church, I attended your show! So glad you came! We attend the 9:30 service with all the other "old" people.
Yall should go to a traditional Latin Mass church
Could not agree more!
Yes!!
Absolutely!!❤
Went to a Lutheran service in German, as an observer. It was beautiful.
mass is heresy so no thanks
Hahahaha Come out So we can Love on YOU!! That killed me
I love this so much,reminded me of going to a two week,three Sundays, girl scout camp in 7th grade. Being a cradle Catholic, myself and four best friends couldn't wait to check out other churches services in the wild of the woods,and my Father taught me that if two or more gathered together in Gods name, he is with you❤
Being from New Hampshire, I am at awe with the size and plentifulness of these churches. 2 of our kids live in the south and I’ve been to one of these mega churches and I was floored by the size of them. We attend a conservative baptist church, I’ve been attending there for almost 40 years and if we ever move south I would need to find a smaller church than what Ive seen in this video. I’m sure they are god fearing and Gospel driven, but what draws me to our home church is the ability to know everybody and truly feel like it’s a family. Praise God for the way he is moving in our country!
With a large church you get in a small group.
I grew up in the Eggbeater Jesus church! Even lots of the church members laugh about it and call it that! Definitely legendary in Huntsville. 😉 TBH, I wish you had actually gone in and attended a service. It's a great church with wonderful people. Also, you really should find out the history behind the mosaic .... It actually does have meaning. The image itself is a little odd, I agree, but once you hear the background, you discover it's fitting for Huntsville. 😊 Cheers!
Does it involve beating nonbelievers into submission like scrambled eggs? If not, I don't really care to know the real history behind it.
We also refer to it as St. Wisk. Or because of the missile-like bell tower - Our Lady of the First Strike Capability :)
I never understood why we aren't jumping and dancing arms raised up. Every Sunday even this past Easter it was so sad seeing a whole room of no one excited about what Jesus has done. I love this video this is cool.
Some people like my husband are excited on the inside lol. He's not very expressive/emotional. He's very logical/thinking oriented. And when he's excited you can barely tell. Giving him gifts is no fun because I never get a good reaction, even if I get him something he really really wants. It's just how he is. People are all different, and have different worship styles and comfort levels.
I'm somewhere in the middle lol. Maybe a hand raise. A little bit of a sway. I think sometimes the jumping and dancing people can look performative. Not saying everyone is doing it for attention of course, but it can sometimes come across that way and can be a bit off-putting. I think about how Jesus told us to go into our inner rooms to pray and God will reward what is done in secret. And I feel similarly about worship. Again, if it's genuinely coming from a person's heart, I say worship however you feel led to. But I think we should all be very careful and check our motives either way. Is it truly to worship the Lord, or are we seeking attention or trying to show others how Holy we are? Or are we being stoic because we are embarrassed to worship the Lord in public? As long as people's motivation is on the Lord, that's what matters however you worship.
Read the Bible
When sinners are in presence of God or one of his angels, the natural response is to be silent and fall with your face to the ground
@@malibudolphin3109But equally praise, shout and dance in the spirit! Sinners repenting isn't the only reason for attending Chapel, it's studying His Word, Worshipping Him with spiritual songs, Psalms and Hymns and fellowshipping with our fellow Brothers and Sisters in Christ xx
“We need to be clear about the role of faith not only in justification, but in every aspect of living the Christian life. The foundation of all Christian living, as well as of justification, is faith’s looking away from self to Christ and his promises. There is a time and place for introspection to see if the fruits of true faith are present in a Christian, but the examination of such fruit must not lead us away from the centrality of faith itself.”
“Praise songs, which originated in charismatic circles and spread widely in other Protestant churches, seem often to express rather spontaneous waves of emotion. But their use is carefully planned with an eye to the emotional effect on the worshiper. In such a session of singing one can predict exactly when the hands will be raised and when other emotional responses will be exhibited.”
“…Emotions themselves must not be trusted as an accurate guide to truth, virtue, or the presence of the Holy Spirit. Rather the emotions must be properly channeled and directed. They must be governed by the sanctified intellect and will of the Christian. They must be the effect of true faith.”
“When emotions are misused, there is a constant danger of manipulation. It is easy for effective leaders to move people, especially trusting and expectant people, to feel what they want them to feel. Easily the church becomes a theater where feeling and catharsis take the place of true faith”
-Robert Godfrey
I agree here, as I am a reformed Calvinist BUT also in the book of Psalms there are at least seven distinct actions or ways noted that were considered then. Some are as you say, rejoicing with hands high, dancing, etc. Yet others are the complete opposite of those and are acceptable.
My thought is that it’s the Holy Spirit that draws us to God, Christ reconciled our debt of sin as we recognize our inability to be be holy and sinless, which is God’s line of acceptance. The Bible says Jesus will continue the work on us, our hearts and our lives and we’ll continue to be drawn closer to his heart through his Word, which in turn will change our hearts again and again. If Christ builds an element of rejoicing inside of us that is equivalent to some of the ways that David and others praised God in the Bible, then what does the pot have to say to the potter. If not, I’d rather honor God with what I have and not let my emotional reaction to music or a group play a role in something they may feel amazing but is really just what is mentioned in Isaiah 58-a self centered demonstration focused on what God can do for us with warm feelings of self satisfaction.
Spirit and Truth
Sorry for the rant, just hope that encourages those who struggle with feeling that they are missing something due to their lack of “emotional” response or have even been corrected over it. God wants us to worship and worship in Spirit and Truth.
THIS is the series we never knew we wanted, but now is needed!
Our family just spent the last year doing this for the exact reason that we didn't want our kids to only experience 1 type of way to worship, 1 style of church. We wanted them to see a bigger view of the body of Christ. It was so eye opening and beneficial. Although there were a few where even our 10yr old left saying...the Bible does not say that! whoops
"If you're raisin hands at a Baptist church you're outta control"... as a fellow Charismaniac as they like to call us, I chuckled!😂
I'm a member of a Baptist Church, and our pastors raise their hands :)
absolutely surreal seeing my church from an external perspective in long-form TH-cam content
Just got out of mass for this. I’m excited to see more of this. You need to visit a Catholic Church.
Made me appreciate my small church so much more😁
This is the way
Whew, thought we were going to get roasted more than that, haha. My daughter froze when she saw yall. To be clear, that school is a public school, our school is on the South Campus (other side of the school) haha.
Definitely need more of these!!!!!!!! I laughed out loud multiple times!
This is it! You have found your calling! You're on tour. Your Sunday mornings are free. From the big churches to the small towns where the Baptists and Methodists are across the street from each other, it's John and Shama's church reviews!!! Love it! Carry on...
I love this!!! Just two dudes having fun finding a church on a Sunday morning.
I'm from Huntsville...this is EXACTLY what I needed today 🤣🤣🤣 Thank you!
Also, I hope you drove down whitesburg and took note of the churches that lined the road...literally a different church every mile for miles...no gas stations, places to eat, nothing- just churches 🤣
Some enterprising person needs to open a Sunday only lunch buffet on that road, serving from 11am - 3pm. Imagine the business!
@@melissamcgill1359 Right!?!?!?!
Thank you God for providing such incredible variety in your churches, so that everyone can find one they like and feel at home in. Me I prefer Episcopalean, but I can appreciate diversity.
I’m like “it is such a shame that there’s only 3 episodes so far because I just wanna binge a whole series of this”. We’re loving it John! Go around the whole US!
More more more of these style of videos. Loved it. You two are great together and would love to tour around with you all! Great video ❤
I shopped around for a church on a military base over seas and the Baptist service was the only one that I felt was like a family. They had an amazing choir and a great preacher. I miss it so much. Have yet to find another church like that here in my hometown.
Oh my goodness. That was magical. Please consider making this a series.
When I finally saw the mural of eggbeater Jesus...I lost it 😂🤣
Really does look like an eggbeater smh 😂
They are in my hometown!! I grew up in the church of the nativity!
"You mean Egg Beater Jesus?" -Lady from that church. Then you see Eggbeater Jesus and the world makes sense
Love seeing your drive through Huntsville!!
I can’t wait to watch all of the upcoming episodes!
This DEFINITELY needs to be a series!!
Oh. My. Word. It really does look like an eggbeater 😳
Oh John...I so appreciate your humor. Keep it up brother!
we need a weekly series of these videos
I couldn't resist Googling egg beater Jesus and many news stories popped up. So cool. Gratitude for this video. It really lifted my spirits this morning. Happy Easter season every one.✝️
This was the best 😂 you’re too creative John and we appreciate you!
Thanks for the giggles. Also want to say that I appreciated your interview with Carey Nieuwhof…🇨🇦 ❤
Watching this before church today 😊
Same
Me too😄
Me too
It's nice to visit other churches.
I'm straight up getting married at First Baptist Huntsville next March 😂
Congrats!
Def need some pics in front of Eggbeater Jesus, but as you probably know, the inside is beautiful. John missed out on the stained glass windows. He probably would have gotten some additional mileage out of those, as they're also really unique, and appropriate for Huntsville! 😆
Love this!! Please make this a series!!!!
Oh man! You were in our neck of the woods and all my family works at The Rock!
This was phenomenal! Thanks guys! 🙌✝️
Oh man. I grew up in Huntsville and know all those sights and churches well. This had me rolling.
This is hilarious!! I grew up in Huntsville, AL and I remember the “Egg-Beater” Jesus!! All these years it is still there!! (I graduated from S.R.Butler H.S. in 1982. So, a really long time ago!
Yes! Make this a series!! I'll never look at an egg beater the same way again. 😂😂😂
This is a must!!! I love the idea so much
The fact that Eggbeater Jesus is a real thing means you HAVE to go there next.🤣
I need them in my life. Daily. Love JBC
Love it, John!
I'm actually sitting in FBC Huntsville (eggbeater Jesus church) watching this video and reading these comments. So surreal! I grew up in this church, and when I was young I thought it was ugly and very 60s looking, but now I think it's beautiful. I have tons of those tiles, and I also have blocks of the stained glass from inside the sanctuary, because they had to replace those several years ago. Also, loves me some John Crist! I have been watching his videos for a long time. Now I need to look up more about Shama, because he's a hoot, too!
The two of you rating churches….pure gold. So funny and SO true!
More of these, please! Love it!😊
That's the great thing about being Catholic. You can go to Mass anywhere in the world and even if it's in another language, you will know exactly what's going on.
Would Jesus understand?
@@williamgullett5911 Yes, Jesus will understand the mass is said in every tongue, so someone's getting through😅
Please do more of these video reviews together! Great duo. Great concept. Everyone can relate to church shopping.
If you want to be like Jesus, He was homeless. You're welcome to use it in your comedy, John. Your message is so loud and clear. Humility and love for people.
OH MAN... Egg beater Jesus had me rolling! PLEASE do these more often...
This was delightful. Would love to see more!!
I grew up in Huntsville and was a member at the "Eggbeater Christ" church. My husband and I were married there. You should see the inside, it's beautiful. I haven't been back since 2016 so it was fun looking outside your car windows and seeing things I haven't seen in awhile.
I am so excited about these church tours! And having Shama go with you just brings more comedy!! I love everything you both have to share!! You guys are awesome! 😂😂😂❤
PLEASE do more of these!! This is great!
Holy cow. I go to Whitesburg! I just left! This is surreal. Great vid John!
This is soo hilarious and Soo relatable! As I was literally reading reviews for churches recently cuz I’m in a new town lol! I laughed so hard I started crying lol! 😂🤣
I would have been so annoyed if they didn't show egg beater Jesus at the end 😂😂
Are ya'll gonna do a pt. 2 at eggbeater Jesus 😂😂
Definitely would watch this as a show, love it. You two make a great team.
Whitesburg was way too big for me!
Do more of this please. Its nice
My husband does this whenever we move to a new town. Scopes 'em out. 🤣
I have been to so many different kinds of churches in my lifetime, but the most memorable experience was going to a Mosque. Really nice and friendly people, but everything felt so foreign to me and they sang, prayed, and preached in Arabic. A kid spoke to me and shared some stuff about his religion. They had a memorial of their previous mosque which was burned to the ground by a guy who was reacting out of anger after 9/11. Not my religion, but thought it was cool to experience and expand myself that way.
A mosque isnt a church.
The Egg Beater Jesus ending was so unexpected 😂
This was awesome!... yes ...please do a series!! Also fascinating for us Canadians 🇨🇦 to see what goes on south of the border in churches... 😂
My new favorite TH-cam channel 😂
I love this series!
I don't watch too many of your videos but this was great. More please!
Great video! I didn't want it to end!
I laughed so hard when I saw it!😂😂😂😂😂😂 egg beater Jesus is priceless!!!!
Love this series!!!
LOL. it’s so cool to see you guys exploring the churches in my city!!
So many people ascribe to the idea that, though Christians are under grace, this one part of Law must stop be enforced by churches. The tithe is part of the law no matter how many people deny it for the sole purpose of making people feel guilty for not giving. It’s wrong.
This is my favorite thing on the internet. 🙏
Ah my best friend went to Whitesburg Baptist for years and I went a few times. Amazing
This has to be a series.
seeing egg beater Jesus irl is now on my bucket list.
The backseat Baptist having fun is my kind of rebellion
This is great! Respectful but funny. Love it
Egg beater Jesus 🤣🤣
Looking forward to more church reviews! You guys are great! Saw you both in Greenville, SC!
After moving to a new town, we are currently visiting all the churches to find our fit but enjoying the process.
This is going to be brilliant!!! ❤
Yo this a whole tv show 😂 and reading church reviews is a underrated form a comedy!!!
I've done that. Every church tends to have their own culture, so it is cool to explore once you know Jesus and His word. Use discernment while you're there, though. We're all one body. Brothers and sisters, after all, if they believe in Jesus.
Please please please make this a series!
We aren't nearly as "southern Baptist" as some. Our preacher doesn't talk in the southern Baptist tone, Wipe his mouth with his handkerchief after making a point, etc... and yall came for our DNow weekend, so it was a little different than our normal services.
"Egg Beater Jesus" = Oddly fitting 💀🤣🤣🤣
I’m in a confirmation class in the LCMS currently. Do a Lutheran church!