Any biblical reference to support your answer? Thanks!
2007-03-12 02:08:25 · 13 answers · asked by karl 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The important thing is to know 'who' you belong to.... you do not 'belong' to a church.... you belong to Jesus Christ, thru the covenant in His blood.... where you attend doesnt matter to God... there is no 'right' church... many men will say that 'theirs' is the only right one and only theirs will get you in the door of heaven. but in reality, only a relationship with Jesus, belonging to Him thru surrendering our own desires and following Jesus.... will bring us to heaven
2007-03-12 02:33:22 · answer #1 · answered by livinintheword † 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
The Hebrews and Corinthians epistles already mentioned are good to go by. It might help you to know that the New Testament churches were home gatherings, not like we have now.. but they still serve as a model. They gathered frequently, pooled all their resources, and helped those who were less fortunate. The idea was that as a group they could help one another grow in Christ. God has made us to make connections with others to grow in love and faith with one another.
It gets difficult to do when we do not take root somewhere and grow where we are planted.
Even traveling evangelists tend to have a home church.
It is wiser to attend and give your support (not just financial) to a single body of believers.
2007-03-12 02:58:31 · answer #2 · answered by thankyou "iana" 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To attend many churches, their is no wrong in it...it helps you to here the wisdom of others, And understand the difference in others relationship with our Lord..But always ,remember the wisdom you were taught as a small child, the wisdom of right, from wrong, God bless you through your journey, and God bless the USA and Israel and all....
2007-03-12 03:07:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Church memberships does not save anyone, You must be born again, & follow The Apostles Doctrine Acts 2:38-47
2007-03-12 02:13:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
After church l took my kinfolk to lunch many circumstances and not in any respect seen what you wrote approximately. eating is a habit that we are able to no longer brake. Our 2,000 seat Church had a cafe on the church floor that should actual feed quite a few hundred people in one sitting. Is that morally wong?
2016-12-14 17:03:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At Hebrews 10:24,25 we are given counsel to gather together and encourage one another all the more so as we behold the day drawing near.
You have to make the decision of whether or not you are gathering in a place that is acceptable to God. Are the followers really following the Bible, and so forth.
Look at the link in source and see if this answers your question as well! Hope this helped!
2007-03-12 02:21:38 · answer #6 · answered by ♥LadyC♥ 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is biblically wrong to participate in any church other than the one Jesus Christ founded for all mankind. Denominationalism is an open rejection of the stated will of God, "that they all may be ONE".
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2007-03-12 02:20:20 · answer #7 · answered by barbara m 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It all depends upon the individual calling on a person's life. A Christian is free to "visit" any church they want to visit. A person may be an itinerant (travelling) evangelist for instance. But in general, God gifts and calls each person to fulfill a specific role in a local congregation although as I have noted, there can be exceptions.
1 Corinthians 12:7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--Jews or Greeks, slaves or free--and all were made to drink of one Spirit. 14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many.
2007-03-12 02:33:10 · answer #8 · answered by Martin S 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Hebrews 10:26 says to not neglect our meeting together....
It doesn't mention the "where"
But common sense would tell me to stay in one place and fellowship with peopl of like and precious faith.
2007-03-12 02:14:48 · answer #9 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No BUT you miss on getting to know the people and helping with the ministries.
2007-03-12 02:19:18 · answer #10 · answered by williamzo 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋