Sunday, July 11, 2010

Attending Church

Dear Victorious,

Do you have to go to church to be a Christian?

Tyler B. - Livonia, MI

Dear Tyler,

No. However, if you are a Christian, you will go to church. The Bible says that Christians are "not to neglect our meetings with other believers." Moreover, Christians are commanded to be in community with one another, rebuke one another, confess our sins to one another, pray for each other, bear one another's burdens, and so forth.

It would be impossible to do these things without the benefit of being committed to a specific community of other Christian believers with the same agenda. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian. But not going to church could be a very good indication that your faith isn't genuine.

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