Do you find important to attend church weekly ?

Question

and why?

Answer 1

Yes!

Deuteronomy 31:12 Congregate the people, the men and the women and the little ones and your alien resident who is within your gates, in order that they may listen and in order that they may learn, as they must fear Jehovah YOUR God and take care to carry out all the words of this law.

Matthew 18:20 For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”

Acts 2:42 And they continued devoting themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to sharing [with one another], to taking of meals and to prayers.

Acts 20:8 So there were quite a few lamps in the upper chamber where we were gathered together.

Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider one another to incite to love and fine works, 25 not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together, as some have the custom, but encouraging one another, and all the more so as YOU behold the day drawing near.

Answer 2

Yes, very important to attend Church for fellowship. Christ said we are all members of one body, each one of us unique and contribute in a special way that only we can do. Combined together, we form a strong body, complementing eachother and the whole.
Fellowship is as important as the air we breathe.
But don't stop at one day-a-week on Sunday. Get involved. I teach Bible studies twice a week in my home in addition to Church on Sundays, and also get involved helping the community.
How many non-church goers would go to an elderly lady's home and trim her trees and fix her roof and not want anything in return?
Our church has regular community projects for the elderly.
Don't just GO to Church. Get involved. That is when you will truly feel the love that so many people are lacking.

Answer 3

no i don't personally but it depends on your religion and how you interpret it's message.

i am a 'pagan' although that's like saying i go to church, how many religions have a building called a church. I'm not Wiccan i don't believe in god gods goddesses, i was brought up this way my mother and her mother before her and before that they all were followers of Mary.

i was brought up to believe that you don't need such a restricting place to worship, if there is a god gods goddesses etc they surely would be omnipotent even just a small garden alter like the Romans did seems to me to be more spiritually fulfilling than being forced out of fear or guilt to attend every single week no matter what, if you want to go when it's important for you to do so go, if you're just going because you should then you need to sit and re think why you go and what it means to you.

i also like cowboy33033's points everyone has interests and need to feel comfortable to talk to other people who feel the same way to learn more about the subject.

i also like the quote said early:
Matthew 18:20 For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”

people tend to feel either better i groups because you feed off of eachothers enthusiasum for the subject.

Answer 4

No... you can be a good Christian without a church.

I used to attend every Sunday and I was also church treasurer, Sunday School leader, youth group leader, you name it, I did it.

Sadly though, the very people in the church council, were the ones who drove away good Christians. they were fussy who they let in, even when the church was down to twelve old people when I joined, even though I brought another hundred in.

They disapproved because, the kids and their families, came from the 'wrong class'. From council estates, in fact.

I also saw the damage that was done because of narrow minded bigotry and the pressure, they put on people to 'conform' to their personal ideal, of Christianity. It didn't work for me, or the kids and their families, it was too middle class and starchy.

Jesus preached outside the church, since they drove him out. And the church it was, his very own, who crucified him. I was forced to make a decision too, to go outside the church where more quiet Christians were, or, stay with them and conform and become like them.

I chose to leave.

While I know many churches do good and stirling work, and have wonderful pastors and priests, I never found another that drew me.

(this story is far too long and it spanned too many years of other peoples lives. I did not leave due to a one off situation, I tried to change it, to update it from the ancient way it was, for the young we drew in and almost succeeded. In the event, I left because my popularity was resented much by some of the leaders, whom happened to be my in-laws.

They felt their position of power threatened by my popularity, yet i never wanted their job! But sadly, it caused division and threatened everything I'd built for the young people that I loved and worked with inside the church. Sadder still, i was to learn that the congregation followed me, then the church collapsed and closed its doors forever!

This isn't the only one reason why, I will never attend another church.

I've seen too many Christians fighting about the right path to follow.

Having a Catholic mum, an atheist family, a C of E set of grandparents and a heritage from the other side of family, of Quakers, right back to the time of (blood line) William Penn and George Fox. I also lived within the Salvation Army as a teenager.

I've seen too much hypocracy in all of them.

And like the Lord I follow, I'm a bit of a rebel Christian too, i'd tip the tables over without a second's hesitation, almost did it once and had to be persuaded not to!

(written in hurry, must log off, no edit, spell check not working)

Answer 5

No If You Believe In God He Is Meant To Be Everywhere, So You Don't Need To Go To Church He Already Knows You Care Etc .

Answer 6

weekly church has become a social club of sorts. Many go in and out without even knowing anybody there. That by itself defeats the notion and purpose of church. In fact there is no purpose of church, just that there is church. Church is actually a group of believers of jesus christ. You don't go to church, you are part of the church. Chruch is basically members of Jesus Christ, and if you feel like you don't belong, please pray to the head.

Answer 7

Praying should be an every day thing. There's totally nothing wrong with going to church every week. It is really important bcoz we have to be in the house of God regularly to meet with other people with whom we have a similar faith and beliefs about Good

Answer 8

yes, it is important because of the fellowship, we meet with people with like ideas and are able to speak about those ideas, and recieve wisdom from someone who studies the same religion as us, and is able to spend time we cannot with God and the Bible, so yes it is very important to attend church weekly, or as close as possible, obviously we all want to sleep in on occasion or go on vacation, but going to church helps you gain insight and wisdom and build relationship with people much like you

Answer 9

I find it to be a wonderful recharge. The music they play really and honestly touches my heart. The feeling I get from that can't be duplicated in any other form of praise for me.

As for the messages, they are unbelievable. It's not as though he's preaching AT us...he just is very talented at showing us how to live the life worth living. And how we can "run this race" with joy. He is very open about his own mistakes and how he came to deal with them. I appreciate that fact.

It's like a recharge for the rest of the week.

Answer 10

Yes, I find it very important. Going to church helps me to stay focused. The people I know at church are all very supportive.