OK - so I have 3 Brazilians (illegal aliens) working at my house doing some stone work. The boss came to me near dinner time and said that he had to leave soon (not that I care, I'm not paying by the hour). Now imagine, their English is not great. The boss said that he had to go because he had to let people into his church. He is like the doorman, he has the key. Like an idiot I asked where his church was. He told me it was in our little town and it's called the "Christian Congregation". I said I never heard of it. Then he tells me "it's very big in Brazil" and that I should have heard of it, because the man who started it was from America. At this point my brain kicks in and I'm 95% sure he's talking about JWs, so I ask him what the name of his church was again. And he told me (slower this time because I seem a bit dim) "Christian Congregation".
So - what's the deal with this?
- They're dropping the JW name completely and using "Christian Congregation" now?
- He's embarrassed to say he's a JW? (didn't seem like it since he's the one who brought it up)
- It's a regional thing, and in Brazil they use a different name?
- Just a language issue?
- It's a completely different church he's talking about?
He also told me that they only have 4 Irish "brothers" in the church, all the rest are foreigners. This really sounds like our old congregation now - all immigrants, only a few Irish families. He said it's a very good church, the problem is that Irish people like to drink too much and won't join their church.
I'm keeping my mouth shut because they're doing a great job on the stone work and I don't want them running away.
During the conversation I was wearing my "Viva La Evolución" t-shirt that my wife gave me for my birthday.
So - what do you think? Why did he say his church was called "Christian Congregation"?