Ultimately, church is about gathering with other believers to worship our God and give him glory and praise. When we come together as the body of Christ, we are reminded of what our focus should be: loving God and loving people.
As Crosswalk.com contributor David Roach writes in his “10 Reasons to be Involved in a Church,” there are many blessings about coming together in the context of a church. “Gathering with a church encourages believers to love others and do good deeds (Hebrews 10:24).”
Who doesn’t need that kind of encouragement in their lives? “There is a unique joy that accompanies singing God’s praises with an entire congregation of Christ followers,” Roach says. The more we get to know those followers week after week of coming to church consistently, the stronger our bonds will be as a community, and the greater our love will be as a body of believers for one another and for our God.
Like Hill said in the conclusion of her article, “Instead of fighting one another about the rights and wrongs, let’s follow in the footsteps of Jesus and love each other into a real relationship—on Sundays, and every other day of the week, too.”
