Why do many attend church only once or twice a year (Easter & Christmas) ?

Question

Hebrews 10:24-25 --"And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching."

Answer 1

Matthew 5:3 “Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need, since the kingdom of the heavens belongs to them.
Most people are at least vaguely aware that they have a spiritual need so they make an attempt to fill it by attending church on days which are supposed to be holy. The problem is that even when they do attend, their spiritual needs still go unfilled.

Answer 2

I think that is for non christians who go just to go or for luke warm christians. Church attendance also increases whenever there is great tragedy, such as the weeks following 9/11. My family was like that. They felt obligated to at least go at Christmas but didn't live a godly life the rest of the year. Others I guess feel guilty for not going to church and want to make amends on those days. Either way, every christian should seek fellowship with other believers regularly as it is told in the bible and one way to do this is to go to church. It's the time of the week when we can get fed on the Word and see others of like minds and faith.

Answer 3

That's a Catholic thing. They feel obligated to attend on those holidays or they think they will REALLY go to hell if they don't. After I grew up, I realized it's less about attending physically, and more about attending spiritually. Some people go to church every Sunday, for all their lives, and are spiritually totally dead. Some people never set foot in a church, and they are spiritually on fire with the love of God.

Answer 4

Actually Catholic Churches offer Mass every day of the week, community prayers, bible studies and personal prayer times as well. So I dont see why you make that statement, most other Churches offer services at least once a week with the before mentioned as well. It is the people who dont go, ask the people why they dont attend the services are offered though.

Answer 5

Because it's extremely boring and pointless.

I got my family to stop going even on Christmas. Why not have that extra hour?

But I'll hedge. Church is good for that sense of "community," etc. It's a nice way to get people together with a general feeling of good will. Divorce that from the 2,000 years of outright fraud with which it's been associated in the name of "Christianity," and I'd have no problem with it whatsoever.

Answer 6

Believe it or not, religion is not the most important thing in everyone's life. There are many people who appear at their place of worship for high holy days only in many faiths. Some religions call it Reformed. What it means is that people are very busy living the life that God gave them but they want to participate in the important religious rituals.

Some of those folks worship alone at home in private every day - which I believe is also approved of in the bible. I think it is presumptuous to judge all these folks whom you really don't know all that much about.

Peace!

Answer 7

Drives me nuts, too. But the church of the Apostolic Fathers did decide that making one's Easter Communion was an irreducible minimum for keeping your status as a Communicant Member in good standing in the Church, so - many people know this and make sure they come.

I figure it's better than NEVER seeing them.

Answer 8

to many people those 2 days have a signifigent reason according to the bible.I believe in my faith everyday,so I attend everyweek,I am not real good about wednesdays,but the rest I am good with.

Answer 9

Laziness?

Answer 10

I don't know about you but I go every Friday Saturday and Sunday.