Church signs???

[metalman]

the only way a Christian church could defend telling people they need to go to church is that, in the NT, it says a couple times you should congregate with other Christians. also, it is in some docterine that the Holy Spirit shows up if three or more gather to praise God. (i think its three, could be wrong).

unfourtunatly it probably is a scare tactic but that wouldnt be the first time churches have tried that approach...

"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them" (Matt. 18:20 K.J.V.)

Simply put, this "gathering" CAN include a church but doesnt require it.
It simply means if you seek the God in a worshipful way in His name, He will be there with you, whether that gathering takes place in your home, a prison cell, or a cathedral matters not and whether its 2 people or 2000 matters not either.

Example, in the Bible the prophet Daniel worshipped God three times a day, by HIMSELF. Church attendance is not recorded in Heaven...sincerity of heart and the corrosponding quality/intensity of ones works are. Churches that use the "you have to attend church or you'll go to hell approach" have no basis for that teaching in the Bible.

[buddha@TeamFX]

"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them" (Matt. 18:20 K.J.V.)

Simply put, this "gathering" CAN include a church but doesnt require it.
It simply means if you seek the God in a worshipful way in His name, He will be there with you, whether that gathering takes place in your home, a prison cell, or a cathedral matters not and whether its 2 people or 2000 matters not either.

Example, in the Bible the prophet Daniel worshipped God three times a day, by HIMSELF. Church attendance is not recorded in Heaven...sincerity of heart and the corrosponding quality/intensity of ones works are. Churches that use the "you have to attend church or you'll go to hell approach" have no basis for that teaching in the Bible.

Agreed..It isn't necessary it just helps you to grow to be around people of your own faith!!...But church can be anywhere you are...No certain place

[babygurl]

Agreed..It isn't necessary it just helps you to grow to be around people of your own faith!!...But church can be anywhere you are...No certain place

Doesnt it specfically state in the bible that church is not a place with 4 walls, its in your heart, as where jesus and god are?

[3.14]

"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them" (Matt. 18:20 K.J.V.)

Simply put, this "gathering" CAN include a church but doesnt require it.
It simply means if you seek the God in a worshipful way in His name, He will be there with you, whether that gathering takes place in your home, a prison cell, or a cathedral matters not and whether its 2 people or 2000 matters not either.

Example, in the Bible the prophet Daniel worshipped God three times a day, by HIMSELF. Church attendance is not recorded in Heaven...sincerity of heart and the corrosponding quality/intensity of ones works are. Churches that use the "you have to attend church or you'll go to hell approach" have no basis for that teaching in the Bible.

i understand. i was saying this is how a church could TRY and justify that statement. churches tend to pick and choose what they find important anyways so its whatever.
i am a Christian and i dont go to church. reason being that in the church i find what makes others not want to be associated with and scares people away from the religion. if i were to find a church i enjoyed then i would go but most are full of the "sayers" and not the "doers". imo.