Attending or gathering
PASTOR’S CORNER, David Harris, Fellowship Baptist Church, Liberal
If you are a member of a Christian church, how do you talk about going to a Sunday meeting? For many of us, the language is something like, “I will be attending church.” Or perhaps, “I won’t be attending church!” There is nothing wrong or misleading about this – but is it enough? I think there is a better way to talk (and think) about being with the church.
Members of a local church should not simply attend a church service like we would attend a movie, a concert, or a sporting event. There is nothing wrong with those things, and to go to one simply as an attendee is just fine.