Hi,
I am a christian I believe in God. But for some few years now I been going through challenges. I've been tormented by some members in my church, a certain group of women from the west indies they wanted to take over the church for their culture only. They made mockery of me for being an american. I did not fit in. When I express the problem with my pastor he then tried to do teachings on the subject. These women didn't care to learn from their mistakes they went on and on after some time has past the pastor join their sides and told me.

If I didn't like it I should leave. But I've been in the church from ground up. I stayed despite of their negative behavior. To make a long story short and believe me this story goes on and on. I don't want to bore you with all of the details but if you heard it you would be amazed. I mangaed to put in some prayers to God but no answer after 6+years I made my own decesion to leave. The church was struggling for rent etc. It's only a matter of time before it fell. Not that I wish for it;but it was because of the peoples behavior of dividing the church to their culture.

Not more than two weeks after I left I got word the church was evicted from the permises. And had to move. I wish them luck. Im in a better church. But now I feel as I've been going through phases with my finances. I have money trouble continuously. So I decided to dabble in hoodoo spells to try and get my luck back after being around so much negativity I felt cursed. I do serve God I go to church and read my bible, pray etc. In my own mind I feel I needed to help myself. What do anyone out there think?

Don't just dabble in this stuff as it can rebound on you and do you some things you don't want or need. Call upon the Saints to help you in your money troubles. They listen. Try Saint Dismas. He's helped my situation in the past when I prayed for his intercession. Also St. Joseph is good for finding a job. You want to protect your sself from those people you were talking about. You can't fight fire with fire or it will come back on you. Guaranteed.

No you do not serve God ( at least the Christian God) if you dabble in magic and hoodoo. You serve another master if you have allowed it and asked it to control your life.

You do not suffer from bad luck, you suffer from bad choices or suffer now for turning your back from God.

You to me are worst than the ladies in your old church, at least they were honest about what they wanted to do, take over the church, Your witness to others is lost due to your dabble.

You need to get out of it, and repent,

If you have confided in your religion for so long, you can still join another church. It is crutial to remember that people run the church TO worship God. These women are worshipping God in their own way. It may be your time to leave because their way of worshipping does not suit your lifestyle. This could be God's way of presenting a challenge to you - accept it and conquer it with a christian heart.
This hoodoo stuff? It's a no go. Fr_Chuck is right. I am a christian, I believe in God and I have opened my heart to Him. However, I no longer attend church unfortunately. I can tell you that I have been interested in hoodoo because it is such a different practice. And when I was younger, I tried one or two things and felt guilty about it. Don't get into it, bad idea.
It is important to remember that any church will say that the Devil will taunt you and lure you. It is your responsibility as a Christian to remain true to God. As I mentioned earlier, this may be God present ing a chanllenge to you and it is up to you to deal with it. Confide in God!

I think that can happen in any religion. My parents were put in charge of treasury in a catholic church a while back. While doing this they raised a lot of money doing fund raisers and bake sales. They loved being apart and helping the church. They raised plenty of money for the church and others members didn't like that. I don't know if the greed changed them but they ended up having secret meetings and getting my parents taken off treasury. I would look for another church that your welcomed in. Sometimes things happen for a reason.