11 Comments

1. obed4real says:

   December 15, 2009 at 2:55 pm

   i want to be getting inspirational drama script every week through my mail.
2. Jaye says:

   January 23, 2010 at 8:31 am

   I believe so.. knowing not that..every one who goes to church read their bibles,
   and also not every one who goes to church is doer. Sad, but some people
   ion christian chirches call themselves Christians but the truth is they
   are hypocrites, giving the true believer a bad reputation, if not the whole
   church.
   A person you’ve described just need a home church for fellowship, so he
   can grow, pray, praise/worship together with other Christians. just to be
   in unity.
3. grammyd says:

   February 2, 2010 at 11:10 am

   I don’t believe going to church makes us a better christian. What about those of great faith that haven’t a church available, those who are homebound. I believe Christ knows our heart.
4. tojoyeyi says:

   February 4, 2010 at 2:01 am

   i believe very strongly that going to church makes you a better chrstian just as going to school make you a better student with only IF you follow the instructions. Church is an hospital for the christian to be edified get nutrition and for the unbelivers to be saved it is not good to go to the Doctor and not to follow Doctor’s order.
5. godly man says:

   March 23, 2010 at 2:56 am

   i believe that church is a vital nutrient for our bodies ‘minds’and souls we feed off of the love god gives us all and then we share this love with others we never know what god wants from us until we fellowship with other brothers and sisters and then god shows us thru his word
6. jmatthew1 says:

   May 6, 2010 at 9:50 am

   we are exhorted not to forsake the assembling of ourselves as the manner of some is. one is a Christian whether he goes to church or not. A Christian, in the narrower sense of the word, is one who is born again. Church attendance is the responsibility of the believer but not an absolute requirement to be a christian. To require that a person goes to church to be called a christian emphasises a system of works rather than the blessings of grace.
7. WorshipingGod says:

   June 29, 2010 at 2:25 pm

   I do not have a comment, but a question.
   I have a bad back and started working a very physically demanding job. It is also the first time of working second shift, I have always been an early to bed, early to rise person, so this shift it not only physically demanding, but draining as well. I have belonged to this church (where I am at now) for about two years now. I have only missed a few times due to very bad tension headaches. I have even gone in when I have had a sore throat and coughing bad, but stayed in a room outside the sanctary so that I could still hear and feel I was apart of the service. I started helping at youth group Wednesday nights a year ago and only missed one time. And I attendend Sunday evening regularly until I got this second shift job, now I miss every other Sunday evening service.

   A few weeks ago, I had missed 2 Sunday mornings in a row, due to having a bad night at work physically. I was hurting so badly, that even by morning I could hardly stand when getting out of bed. There was no way physically for me to make it to church or to Sunday school on the second floor.

   I got to go to service the other week, and then this past Sunday I wasn’t sure if I would make it due to hurting myself on the job the night before. I took pain medication as soon as I could, hoping that I would feel well enough by morning to go to church, I hate missing.

   I emailed my Pastor when I got home from work, letting him know I was hurting from work, and that I might not make it in, but that I would try. Even if that meant missing Sunday school I would try to get there at least for Worship service. I explained the situation and told him I hate to miss.

   I received a very rude and nasty letter from him. Accusing me of making up excuses to not come to church. I was deeply hurt and felt that his letter to me was uncalled for and that my church attendance record should have spoken for itself, that out of the time I have been there I have only missed a few Sundays.

   I was told that Christ was tired and hurting when he carried the cross, therefore I should be able to make it into church. I feel in my gut that this is no place for me to be anymore. And many Christian friends that I have sent a copy of his letter to, told me that I should leave that church and find another. The Pastor seems to chose and pick who he talks to and who he wants to get to know. I can be in a room with 4 other people, he will go to everyone and shake their hand and talk with them, but will not even make eye contact with me, to him, I am invisible. I wish I knew why people treat me this way.

   What is Biblical truth about staying or leaving a church when a Pastor has rudely accused someone of liying and making up escuses. (He says a lot of people within the congragation do it and he is trying to put a stop to it. That is when I explained to him to not put me in a category with all the others and that my attendance record should speak for itself.

   Should I stay, or look elsewhere?
8. Chris says:

   July 8, 2010 at 12:07 pm

   @worshipingGod “I feel in my gut that this is no place for me to be anymore. And many Christian friends that I have sent a copy of his letter to, told me that I should leave that church and find another.” Assuming you’ve made your feelings known to your pastor, I’d follow your friends advice on this one. It sounds like it’s not a good situation for you, and any church that judges you based on attendance (or non-attendance) isn’t a good place to be.
9. joncilliers says:

   July 21, 2010 at 2:59 pm

   @ worshipingGod – bud my heart broke when i read your message. Leaders are called to be shepherds of the sheep, not butchers! but my heart also broke for your pastor. He is clearly wrong in his reaction to this situation, but there is no doubt an underlying reason and hurt for his reaction – without justifying it. The devil knows that if he can strike the shepherd the sheep will scatter. Strikken shepherds need to be nursed back to healthh with love and grace and not condemned. Having said that, this is not your responsibility, and my feeling is that your gut feeling on this one is correct. all i ask is that you dont go to your next church and bad mouth the previuos guy – he clearly has enough to deal with. Much love man
10. aforbes00 says:

    September 7, 2010 at 2:48 am

    god knows our hearts he doesnt want us to be in fellowship all the time life is hard
11. Sepatong says:

    June 9, 2011 at 12:51 am

    How about the church that said it is a “sin” if we not going to church or attend service.?