My church friends dont know about my nudist lifestyle
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We are very active in our chruch and several of our church friends know we are nudists and go to Nude beaches.
None of them have ever been bothered by it, and once the assistant pastor found out we had been to his favorite beach, at the Canveral national Seashore. He asked me if we went to the nude beach, all I could do was give him a big grinn and he gave me a big grinn too.
Once at a church dinner wife was comparing tans with a few of the other ladies, when she, to get one up on them, told them she had an allover tan cause she had a private pool. To my surprise no one was even shocked. :-)
We are so lucky to have such a great church.
What's your church like?
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I think it would be harder for a single person to come out to others without being judged. If you have someone elseto stand up for you it means a lot in validating your choices.
Good news is it's not impossible.
Diger
I'm a single guy and I have been a member of a baptist church for 37yrs and a nudist for about 25yrs. I have'nt told any of my church friends that I'm a nudist as they would be shocked and avoid talking to me because of it
I sent a link to a nude resort to a christian friend as a joke thinking he would laugh and blow it off. not only did he look into it and we went we have since taken another guy from our church. surprisingly it has made our friendship closer and we have had chances to share christ at the resort. one funny thing that did happen was when someone there ask if we were going to the dance at the resort. I said no we are baptist and don't dance. that got a strange look. lol
With my new Sunday job I am not attending at this time. I am very much a born again Christian and now a Christian Naturist as well. Started out as a back yard nudist in our pond so if East Lansing trinitychurch found out at that time theywouldn't care being it wasn'twith others. I became a member at a Church then we started a new church Oakbrook Community Church witch I transfer too. By then I had gone to nudist resorts but nobody knew. But there I did let it out that I was a nudist knowing it wasn't the taboo they thought. Plus getting info from Fig leaf forum Was working with Jr. Hi kids the leader was uncomfortable with me as a nudist He did not want my help the next fall and with other miss management of the leader shipI decided to move on. Went back to the old Church witch was a now Trinity church a new bigger church and Iwanted to restore my membership but in the elder interview my nudist came up. So we did a second interview he looked up a Christian nudist web site and called it out of text. I was also in a bible study and there I was able to share it privately with two brothers. They supported me and the one I would share with things from Fig leaf forum and what ever else. I tried to get a copyof the Elder file they had for me so I could look up the eldersChristian nudist web page being the meeting wasn't time to explore it but they refusedSo in I also did run a camera time to time for there services. But in time I wrote them letter's letting them know I was leaving and why. Then to a Baptist church I set up a unknown Email to be discreet to check out there views but I should of emailed my self and found my name was on it as well. So they went open to me as a member or help with the kids classes. and the one who responded to my email was in total error in his view's thinking this would become sexual. I was going to a small church my mom liked in Mulliken but got a new job that had me working Sundays so I wasn't able to get there anymore and being small there wasn't any other service.
I was a Baptist pastor, then a career switch, now retired. Taught an adult Sunday School class for 25 years. Now in a new community, church is more conservative. Church friends did not know of involvement with nudism. Wife is not involved. Have visited clothing optional beaches, nude swims, natural hot springs, and AANR resorts on business trips.I have tired to teach aChristian view of sex when appropriate. So much misinformation in the church on this subject.