So far I am pretty satisfied with finding Grace Community Church in Bridgewater. The pastor is young, younger, but thus far, shows more zeal for the community, for the church for any older pastors I've encountered in America. And more important, his zeal for God's word also exceeds the others. We are now vigorously doing Hebrews (Sunday services), did James and now doing Gospel of John (Bible study) and Revelation (morning Sunday School), all by the same pastor. It does make one wonder if he would ever have others teaching along side him, but it really is not a big deal for me. Pak Tong took years before he even considered elders in spite of oppositions from within. So we have a doctrinally reformed church here. The chief lack is the same as any American churches that's of the reformed persuasion: Evangelism. They usually replace that with mission trips or financial support for missionary organizations.
It looks like this will be a good church for both of us. So I am beginning to look into evangelical opportunity. Exploring the area of Bridgewater. There are several campuses but the main one is Rutgers (13 mins drive from the church). The others being: Raritan Valley Community College (9 mins), Pillar College (13 mins), Strayer College (17 mins). Student ministry is a good one to start. Other than that, I am not sure. Area is new to me. This will take time for me to survey first. My ministry will not completely depend on this church of course, in fact it's not really at all. The chief idea is that those who are preached to, can at least have a church that I know is good to go to. I cannot recommend other churches I have not truly known, nor the ones I knew no good. And that you will need a real pastor for things like baptism, etc.
Of all my experience in churches, I hope that I have learned enough to judge rightly. There are churches like CCCNY, which is good for gathering and getting care, but is an obstacle when it comes to TRUE evangelism.