Dress Codes in Church

Didn't Jewish women always cover their heads back then? Jesus was a Jew, so that part makes sense.

Some customs last a long time.

Back in the 50's many people dressed up for commonplace reasons. My mother and her friends dressed up like fashion models for their weekly shopping in town on Thurs. nights.
 

Do you think having guidelines for what people can wear to church services is a good thing?

I think that as long as it's tasteful and covers up the appropriate areas it's fine. I've seen some pretty high-hemmed skirts and low-cut blouses that I though were a little over-the-top. Also guys in torn jeans and dirty tank tops is disrespectful. A nice sports shirt and slacks would go okay there. Casual - okay, Grunge - not.

On the other hand, it's difficult enough to get people in church without dictating what people can wear.
The idea is that people of all walks of life and all levels of social stature can pray in closer proximity to God. Of course, Christian indoctrination has already been tweaked so much that we might wonder if cross-dressers are welcomed as long as their blouses don't reveal their hairy chest?

If you believe in the bible then the answer to your question is probably found within its pages. If the answer isn't there then perhaps you don't really have enough faith to attend Church in the first place?
 

I was dating a girl from another high school in Honolulu whose father just happened to be a minister.

She talked me into attending a church that took up the entire top floor of a high rise building, called the 'Penthouse Church'.
The view was tremendous, over-looking Waikiki Beach.

They had a youth minister who would talked on Sunday nights and I enjoyed the laid back way of worship.
He was an actor who starred in movies and even 'Hawaii Five-O'.

Shorts, flip-flops, aloha shirts, etc. were the standard dress, course that was the 60's and things have changed I'm sure.
 
I was dragged up as a Presbyterian and church always meant 'Sunday best' - and the women all wore hats.

On their last holiday to Spain, Mrs L and daughter went to visit a church and were denied entry because they were wearing shorts and sandals. They wondered if Jesus would have turned them away, but then, he wasn't Spanish.

As an atheist, I don't attend any religious services, but I do enjoy visiting churches for the history and architecture. Round here people are mainly (nominally) Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) but very few attend a church.
 
Didn't Jewish women always cover their heads back then? Jesus was a Jew, so that part makes sense.

Some customs last a long time.

Back in the 50's many people dressed up for commonplace reasons. My mother and her friends dressed up like fashion models for their weekly shopping in town on Thurs. nights.
most of the Jewish women around these parts ( North London ) wear wigs to cover their head

I agree about the women in the 50's and even 60's dressing up for shopping etc.. my mother and aunties all did.. they would never have dreamt of going out in casual attire as we do now, and without make-up
 
I was dragged up as a Presbyterian and church always meant 'Sunday best' - and the women all wore hats.

On their last holiday to Spain, Mrs L and daughter went to visit a church and were denied entry because they were wearing shorts and sandals. They wondered if Jesus would have turned them away, but then, he wasn't Spanish.

As an atheist, I don't attend any religious services, but I do enjoy visiting churches for the history and architecture. Round here people are mainly (nominally) Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) but very few attend a church.
All True.... although I have been in Malaga Cathedral in shorts and sleeveless top...
 
IMO the important thing is to be respectful, sincere, and make an effort with what you have.

“It’s not about perfect. It’s about effort." - Jillian Michaels

"I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes." - Henry David Thoreau
 
I don’t remember JC preaching in a church, I remember the Bible said he destroyed one.

In all the movies JC is always preaching outside, in a ragged dress like covering and a ragged blanket, long hair, beard, probably bugs in his hair. Oh, and he was NOT white. He was a man of color.

His clothes are dirty, his body is dirty from all that walking, no shampoo for his hair, no tooth paste, and no TP for his butt. He was very poor and had, let’s face it, BO, like most everyone else of the time period.

He did not require a dress code for his followers. A dress code would have been silly, still is.
 
Growing up Catholic in the 60s, I remember women had to have head covering (anyone remember those doily type things you attached with bobby pins.) and dresses. Men wore suits. NO hats. Never could figure that one out.
I too grew up a Catholic in the 50s and 60s. More than headgear I also remember that it was a mortal sin to eat meat on Friday. I'm sure you remember what a mortal sin is. However, I guess the Lord made a quick visit to earth since then and reversed the judgement. The mainstream media must have been sleeping on the job 'cause I don't recall anything in the papers about it.
The apostle Paul says if a man prays with his head covered it dishonors his head.
This is most certainly a cheap trick, created to distinguish the followers of Christ from real Jews.
 
I agree about the women in the 50's and even 60's dressing up for shopping etc.. my mother and aunties all did.. they would never have dreamt of going out in casual attire as we do now, and without make-up
So true. I remember my mother wearing gloves to the grocery store back in the late 50s!

We wore nice dresses - often with scratchy petticoats underneath, "Sunday shoes," hats, and gloves to church every Sunday. Glad those days went the way of the dinosaurs...
 
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Blame the apostle Paul for the head covers.
Yup!

I always dressed nicely when going to church even as a teenager. But if people are so poor they can't afford to dress as the church might wish maybe said church should help them financially so that they could afford to do so.
 
Long before I was born, people who worked the land usually had one outfit that was reserved for important occasions - weddings, funerals and such like. They didn't wear their work stained clothing to social occasions or to church. Those who had no such clothing would at least make themselves as presentable as possible by washing their clothes and bodies.

I turn up to church clean and tidy out of respect. I don't need a dress code.
 
of course it doesn't matter -maybe years ago with our parents-all very stiff upper lip'
hair done shoes polished best dress on etc.....
as long as you dont walk in naked -dont think the vicar would mind -only to pleased
to see you there ,,,,:rolleyes:
 
of course it doesn't matter -maybe years ago with our parents-all very stiff upper lip'
hair done shoes polished best dress on etc.....
as long as you dont walk in naked -dont think the vicar would mind -only to pleased
to see you there ,,,,:rolleyes:
Like that avatar toffee.
 


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