has anyone ever seen a Methodist church with the doors painted red?

I saw a red door, but i wanted it painted black........

In the earlier days of the church it was understood that a soldier could not pursue an enemy that had entered through the red doors of a church. The red doors were a symbol of refuge and sanctuary for all people who entered. To all concerned the red on the doors signified the blood of Christ that had been shed so that all who came to him could be saved. Anyone who passed through those doors was safe as long as they stayed behind them. Over time, Christian people began to see the red doors of the church as symbolizing not only physical refuge and safety, but spiritual refuge as well. The blood of Jesus, and of the Church's martyrs, that the red doors of the church symbolized, would protect you from evil, both physical and spiritual. The red doors spoke to the world of holy ground that existed inside those doors, space that had been purged and made clean by God's Holy Spirit. Today people choose to paint their church doors red for many of the same reasons that churches did centuries ago.

It's not only Methodist churches that have red doors (2 I know of: Brooks United Methodist Church in Brooks, KY - no longer an active church; and Davidson Memorial United Methodist Church in Shepherdsville, KY) and lot of episcopal churches as well - I think it's mostly just tradition but I found this . . .

St. David's Episcopal Church in Laurinburg, NC on its website asserts: "Red Front Doors. The red doors symbolize the blood of Christ, which is our entry into salvation. They also remind us of the blood of the martyrs, the seeds of the church."

I've seen many, many churches with red doors, I don't think it's only Methodists. I always figured it was symbolic of the first Passover, where the firstborn son of any home without the lamb's blood on the door was killed. Representative of our victory over death because of the Blood of the Lamb (Jesus).

I'm not speaking with authority here, just my take on it.

I think the doors on the Leavenworth, WA Methodist Church are red. I've never had good look at them, I've only driven by on a trip a couple of times. I guess they would stand for Christ's blood.

I see them all over the place.

Neo pwned this question.

Yes, Atlanta GA. Red door means hospitality or all welcome.