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tandc90 wrote:

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Are you specifically referring to the lacy ones or just coverings in general? I know some Baptists cover. Some holiness do. Mennonites do, although around here you can spot them as they wear a certain type of dress style also. Some non-denominational christians also cover. I used to be friends with a woman who did. She wore regular casual clothes (jeans, t-shirts) but covered. She used things like stylish scarves or handkerchiefs as opposed to official style coverings.

Up north where I came from, if a woman was wearing a long dress and had some little doily like prayer cover thingie on, it was a surefire bet that she was a Pentecostal. There were only a couple of churches in the area that required people to dress like that, too. When I worked at walmart I'd see those ladies all the time, and could usually accurately guess where they went to church, which always seemed to impress or suprise them. I got invited lots of times but never went, if they were particularly insistent I'd tell them I'd been there before...I only knew where one of the places even was...but usually they were appeased when I told them I already had a church home and wasn't going to leave there until I felt moved by the Spirit to do so. (Never been a Pente, but I learned the code words REALLY fast!)

Down here, except among the Amish, you just don't see Christian females covering their heads. I mean never. I almost wonder if covering the head is avoided because there's a good number of Muslims around here? I know Pentes don't like Muslims but I have no idea what their feelings toward the Amish are. Still, if a woman has her head covered around here it's almost a surefire sign she's NOT Pentecostal...as opposed to where I used to live where it was an almost sure bet that she was. Strange, eh?