3 Reasons Why You Should GO to Church... 

Lots of the churches in my area try to be “progressive” and preach unbiblical things

Exactly

It's NOT just fellowship. God's Word says what's more important..

Exactly 🎉

Exactly why we should go to church

Exactly my position and my wife.

I mean, these are believers you're going to spend eternity with

But there's certainly a church out there that teaches the truth. We should let go of each other because of our weaknesses. You need the church and the church needs you because we are a big family of God with specific roles to play

Hopefully you can find a church that is suitable for you one day 😄

Agreed

Yup !!

You may need to start a home church.

@@a-a-rondavis9438 It's more than coincidental that I'm reading your comment today; just this afternoon, a street preacher (RU-vidr) wrote me that he's part of a church group that meets in people's homes. I rather like the idea of a house church and will try to find one. (I suspect that they're scarce in my well-populated area. By me, it seems that people rely on organizational church bodies; like organizational churches in reidp646's area, those by me tend to be more progressive or, at least, more secularized when it comes to certain things.) I'm not sure that I have it in me to start a home church; I, at least, will perform a diligent search for an existing one and see what I find. (Living in a highly populated area can be akin to living in a desert; it's hard to find both non-"progressive" churches and house churches.)

I was shy and hardly had friends too but now the friends I've made are those I met in church.

Got to pray to God to remove shyness and introversion from you, he took it away from me and im not perfect but God has really improved my social life!, Be brave young sister. and keep praying to the Lord

Good for you !!

I haven't been to church in years, but I kinda feel the same way. Young adults or early 20 somethings that go to church are usually goofballs or just simply don't know enough about their faith to produce a worthwhile conversation, and I don't have time to waste on people that don't interest me. I just have such a unique set of personality traits that make it difficult to be very sociable. Had social circles and friends/acquaintances across different groups of people in high school despite being an introvert, but the adult world is different. I have such a low social battery in the first place, and that means getting annoyed easily at people that don't click with me. I still don't feel a real pull to go to my local church that we've been to off and on for many years.

I have this same issue but I learned recently in a Tony Evans sermon that if you want something then give something to get it back in return. This means putting effort into connecting to someone in the church with the same issue as you in hopes that God sees your service to provide you a support system you can engage with. I've made it my mission to seek to serve others rather than have others serve my needs. I hope this helps and encourages you all. God bless!

I get how you feel. My advice: stop focusing on groups. Start small. Look for people at church who are alone or single. Try to connect with them. Maybe ask them to go to lunch after church or organize a night out for the singles at church. Another great way to get to know people is through serving. Look for a ministry you're interested in, like greeting people, the nursery, the audio dept. That helped me to get to know people as well. Give it some time and pray to the Lord for guidance. Maybe He has you at that church for a specific reason. If not, ask Him to guide you to the right church. Whatever you do, don't give up un church. Just find the right one.

@@a-a-rondavis9438I’m 20 and I’m also struggling to make friends in church or to even communicate with anyone in church

​@@a-a-rondavis9438 you know, you can prop their little faith by fellowshipping with them in church. It'll be you doing the evangelism that Jesus calls us all to do.

I am also not so social but I've found the most beautiful of God's people in the church

Know that evil/ugly people are God's people too, by essence of them believing that Christ will forgive them. It is your choice to simply make the observation that you see some of God's most beautiful people in church. However much that statement is attractive to you, is probably how judgemental you would be to God's people that aren't beautiful.

My question to that church and to your thought (which was likely ingrained by your church) is as to why socializing is an expectation placed upon an anti-social person as opposed to the guys who like socializing? Why are those socializing not reaching out more to those that are not connected or simply don't enjoy socializing? I ask this because in my time visiting different churches, I was either the one that was antisocial or I was the only one reaching out to those that "don't fit in". I don't think the church would recognize or accept Jesus when He comes back. I think they would reject a Christ who would forgive even the worst sinners (these "Christians" don't want the worst of sinners to be forgiven). Let us be different, always remembering the how endless the mercy of our Father was demonstrated to be when He sent Jesus to die for us.

Going to church is like washing jeans: you could do it, but it's a waste of time and doesn't accomplish anything.

@@anassbutt1550 🤣🤣🤣 lol I learned that lesson so fast

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Amen, thank you for your service and sacrifice ~ 😅

And if you believe that Jesus' death and ressurection is enough to forgive you and give you eternal life , you will be in heaven with me. The people that tell you otherwise (you've got to live a good life, go to church or else) is of the evil one.

Moses was made weak in speech but he had to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.

Deny yourself pick up the cross and follow him. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@_LifeThroughLenses_ isn't denying myself denying how God made me 😆

@@shugadaddy4841 oh man 🤦🏻‍♂️

Ever been to Sunday school? My church offers 3-4 classes for adults. Of course, we are a small Presbyterian church in the South.

Me too!

Ew, Catholicism.

@@a-a-rondavis9438 What’s wrong with Catholicism? We are all followers of Christ my brother.

@@thekid6244 Catholicism has DEEP roots in demonic worship. On the contrary, I don't consider myself "Protestant". The whole basis behind "confession", needing to talk about your sin and business to another man who can't do anything for you, and they justify their "absolving of sins" complex by a verse in the Bible where Jesus was talking to the disciples. Only Jesus Christ needs to hear about your problems and humble yourself so you can give those to Him, and Jesus is the only One to absolve you of your sins, not man. The Catholics' reverence for Mary is disgusting and it's idol worship. The churches have statues, idols, and images of gods and people that you are told to worship. The priests are the ones to interpret the Bible, not the actual followers. Just like Mormonism, which is also highly demonic. The fact that you have to "be perfect" and "not sin" so that you can work your way to Heaven is legalism and religion. It's demonic. We are saved by grace, not works. I can keep going about how Catholicism is in the pocket of Satan himself, and I will only follow Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, not a church, and not a human.

@@thekid6244well for starters Catholics removed the real second commandment (don’t worship graven/carved images) and split the tenth in half, they GENUINELY believe the bread and wine of communion are His real body (therefore bringing Him back to the cross when He died once and for all), the pope prays to Mary (as do many), they idolize communion and baptism (while both are incredibly important, you don’t baptize babies because it’s a personal decision to signify being born again), most aren’t born again when Jesus said you HAVE to be born again, a lot of them (and actual Christians) have pictures of the European Jesus (that is incorrect, He was probably brown skin with brown eyes), among other things. It’s unbiblical, denominations don’t matter, just follow the Bible, be born again, get baptized, follow Jesus, repent. That’s it

and if we were meant to fly we would have wings......lol!

@@gregatkinson7276 I don't know if this is meant to be mockery, but God decides what He decides

@@JosiahFickingeryou need to stop yapping 🤦‍♂️

@@JosiahFickingerI found what he said funny..you understand what he’s saying right..y’all need to be chill and stop trying to be so extreme

@@-SonOfGod- You need to think straight, I was not yapping, it was one comment. Plus, this person did not explain themselves so I cannot assume it's funny.

Dont Give up the answer is always Prayer and telling God the Desires of your heart, the Holy Spirit will help you find away to what your heart desires, you arent alone! Love you brother!

@@Tendedsheeep Thankyou sofor the encouragement , btw im a sister ☺

I applaud you for your servitude. Sounds to me that that is not the role you are meant to be in. You said default. I Pray that you find that sweet sot and connect.

Thankyou for your kind reply, currently I moved to another churched where we have can work together and worship together. I also will have certain days off where I can just enjoyed the service without worrying about any tasks@@Justsayingthat

Every day is the Lords' day in the New Testament. Why have reverence for God for one day out of the week? How do you know God rested on Sunday or Saturday? Why would it matter anyway? God knows His children work all days of the week. I think He would've known that prior to the Creation of the observable universe.

Because He clearly stated in Genesis that he rested on the 7th day. Ever read a Bible? lol!?@@a-a-rondavis9438

@@a-a-rondavis9438why are you leaning on your own understanding..?

Is the gift of salvation a gift or do we work to receive it? You ought to live right, but if you don't, and yet believe in God who justifies the ungodly, your faith will be counted as righteousness.

I don’t really ask God for blessings ..as I think I’ll be fine either way and you be blessing anyone lest the want to be blessed there is only so much you can do , you can’t force someone to tell you about their struggles be real

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭1:8‭-‬9‬ ‭NIV‬‬ [8] But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! [9] As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!

Pray for the Holy Spirit to Guide you to a church that matches your love for the Lord, and he will answer your prayers, We really forget the power of consistent Prayer! God is waiting right now to help you along your away, we have such a Good God!

go and enjoy the modern church apostates then.......

I take it that you attend a church with a congregationalist style church government? In Presbyterian, Lutheran, Anglican, and other high-church denominations don't have that. There's usually either a council of elders or a hierarchy of bishops who make decisions for the church.

That's when Jews go to Synagogue

You are right, In Genesis 2: 3 God blesses the 7th day. and sanctified it. Genesis 2 is called the First Sabbath

Ikr i don’t know what their deal..h that’s easy for the authors of the Bible to Say back then i mean how many denominations and different belief systems and churches and all of that was there to confuse you or mislead you. That’s not very applicable now and it’s a lot more too , the Bible is now complete when that was written the the was not completed and I doubt anyone had any trouble following the law ..plus the law was in their native language so misunderstanding should be rare or easy to solve and the list goes on…then ain’t now

We all Sinned and Fallen Short of the Glory of God, The sick go to a hospital, we are all sinners, or people fighting for holiness that need to be healed and restored by God and each other, Pray to Jesus to help you find a good Church and Good friends that will encourage you and be respectful to you! God bless you Brother Love you!

Then don't go, maybe tune in online in the meantime, and when eventually you can practically go, do! In the time of the New Testament people just met up with their Christian neighbors in homes, so transportation wasn't an issue-the passage they quote shouldn't be treated as some ironclad, universal Command passed down from On High, but rather good, important advice from the Holy Spirit, specifically intended for the recipients of Hebrews, but more often than not applicable to today as well. (And even back then I doubt the author of Hebrews meant that people should go to church even if they're super sick or something.)

@@AllenGrimm1145 also these days you have to be careful what church you go to since some churches are 501c3 and are told by the government what to do some are easy to spot as they support wokeness and BLM and LGBTP

​@@holystars I think you've got some facts wrong. There are a number of requirements for a church to qualify as 501(c)(3), but what's preached there simply isn't one of them. Even the *Westboro Baptist Church* is 501(c)(3)! And for the record, I pretty sure it's possible for Christians to genuinely support BLM and "wokeness"… even if they happen to be wrong about that, I don't see how that goes against the Bible at all. Not every controversy is a religious one.

can u not find a church close to ur home or get a lift with someone else who goes

@@pamelaferguson4359 did find a church close but have no car or lincense to get their and the church don't pick up people as i know of and really no one living where we at can drive even those theirs cars here