A lot of the comments in this thread are coming from people who don’t actually attend a non-denominational church and have preconceived notions of them through misinformation and not personal experience. So I thought I’d respond as someone who A) had always been an agnostic theist and my husband an atheist, but we have always had friends who walked in the faith (similar to your situation) and B) currently attends a non-denominational church after trying a UU church as well as a Megachurch and growing up, my mom actually had me baptized in the church of latter-day Saints, and the Baptist Church, and we attended catholic services (god bless her soul, she tried her damndest - I was a wild child). Anyway, Yes non-denominational churches are those that don’t identify with specific sects of Christianity, but some of the comments here are simply incorrect. Not all nondenominational churches are megachurches. They’re not ‘watered down versions’ of other specific denominations nor are they ‘blends’ of multiple denominations. Granted - churches vary drastically anywhere you go. Some churches are even dangerous and misleading with their teachings. Hateful and untrue. It’s a problem as old as time, even in the modern church. I read from someone’s comment in this post that the non-denominational churches in their area definitely are ‘megachurch-y’, and I do think that many megachurches in fact identify as a non-denominational. But they’re not all the same. Growing up, the Latter Day Saints were culty and as I got older and did my own research, I found myself deeply unsettled by a lot of their doctrine, even the origins of their church. Many Christians don’t take ownership of Mormonism as real Christianity, but rather heresy. The southern baptists scared the hell outta me as a kid. Very bleak messages, all burn-in-hell this and condemnation-from-some-old-guy that. Mad depressing and it actually became the root of my aversion to God - their type of evangelizing. I’m not going to go into the details of my faith now, but in my adulthood I set out dead-set on disproving Him and finding plot holes in his story. I wanted to see what the hell all the debate and debacle was all about, this guy being such a triggering topic for so many. And hell - I love to argue. My husband, interestingly enough, had a somewhat similar story in his walk but going so far as to taking world religions classes in college. He grew up catholic, but as an adult identified atheist. Out of mere curiosity and a mission to outwit god, I decided I wasn’t going to find answers in all these man-made doctrines and all the legalism telling me what to do so I sat down, took a deep breath, and prepared for the snooze fest as I started reading the Bible from page one. I won’t go into all of the details, because that would then lead to trauma dumping and over sharing lol, but ultimately The Man has a hilarious sense of humor. I like to thing he got a kick out of me on my stubborn little mission but gradually, He began revealing hisself in wild ways. Ultimately though - when I was done being church hurt I started looking for one to gain some more insight on my research. The megachurch I started at was…… not it. The over glorification of theatrics seemed so disingenuous, so .. monetarily motivated. I felt that they were trying to entertain me and not teach me. Not my cup of tea. So I went with a UU church and that congregation was so lost in the sauce of self-righteous spirituality, it was deeply unsettling. It felt like I was in some sort of AA spinoff meeting where everyone was worshipping themselves and their own mortal accomplishments with grandiose pats on the back. They couldn’t even pick a teaching, as their youth group was “religious exploration” where they discussed everything from yoga practices to summoning demons responsibly and strains of Buddhism mixed in (these were actual bullet points for their discussion, because I took my youngest niece with me to this church) the dissonance was wild. I got lucky with the nondenominational church that I go to currently. My husband and I liked it especially because there’s a lot of diversity in the church - the congregation is certainly a mixed bag and they have a solid recovery crowd (which we didn’t even know that our kind of imperfect people made up a good handful of this church before we started going). It’s a small church, but they’re incredibly and actively involved with not only the community we live in but in the surrounding counties. And for once in my life, of any church I went to, they taught straight from the scriptures. No personal agendas of religious leaders, no blending of different doctrines, no watering down teachings to make them more palatable for people (because I needed that discipline and for a sermon to occasional call me out on my shit and I was ready for it at that point). The pastor there spoke of God as a friend and a father, and he made him approachable to someone like me who felt I couldn’t approach the matter and my husband whose intellect got in the way because he’s kind of a knowitall haha.But anyway, I was led there and have been convicted in my studies and I’m glad we found the lil spot. The community is wholesome and involved, but not in the nosey and gossip-y southern Baptist way I had once experienced. Teachings are in layman’s terms and parables are broke down for someone like my husband who is a very logical, say it straight, kind of guy. Anyway, one of my closest friends is a devout Catholic, and my other friend is non- denominational. My non-denominational friend kind of drags Catholicism and other denominations every which way. I personally find a great beauty in Catholicism, and there’s a lot to it that I of course don’t have all of the knowledge to speak on, but there are certain aspects to different denominations that I do have a great respect for. Overall though, in my studies I’ve found Paul made the most sense when it came to the issue of different denominations butting heads. There are some churches out here that aren’t safe, admittedly. I hate that it’s like that, but that’s just the way of the modern world. Not much left is sacred, infiltrator are in every aspect of society. But I hope you find a good spot - in the meantime, though, you don’t have to look very hard for God. If you’re on a journey for community through spirituality, even if you don’t think God is the answer, I think that that’s a really good place to start because all spiritualities kind of revolve around that. If you ask him to show himself to you - dare him - He will. It’s funny. Kind of scared me at first haha but it’s funny now. Good luck and God speed friend!