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Please refer to the post “Can I also not have God dwelling with me if I just have church at home, i.e. listening to sermons, praise and worship on DVD without having to go to church or be part of a home group?” for the answer.

Please refer to the post “Can I also not have God dwelling with me if I just have church at home, i.e. listening to sermons, praise and worship on DVD without having to go to church or be part of a home group?” for the answer.

The Baptist pastor, Mark Dever is known to sometimes begin his talks to college campus ministries and their students by saying, “If you call yourself a Christian but you are not a member of the church you regularly attend, I worry that you might be going to hell”. He doesn’t do that for shock value, or to somehow add something to what Christ has done for us on the Cross. He does this to show how essential and non-negotiable a healthy local church is to the life of a Christian! Read Full Answer.

Our aim at Redemption Hill Church is to have men and women serving God in every way that He has intended for them to do. When it comes to the roles of men and women in church, we see two very clear principles in scripture that become the foundation for our understanding of this subject. Firstly, the equality of both men and women in God’s sight as equal image bearers of God, identical in value and worth, and secondly the distinct roles that God has called men and women to play by virtue of how He made us. Read Full Answer.

Denominations are a result of both the fallibility and the diversity of humanity. There are differences in nuances of Christian theology that have caused denominations. There are differences in views on church leadership that have caused denominations. There are differences in the belief about on the future of Jesus’ return that have caused denominations. There are differences in beliefs about the “sign” gifts (tongues, prophecy, etc.) in the modern era that have caused denominations. In an attempt to separate themselves from denominations, Read Full Answer.

Before answering this question, it must be emphasized that the scriptures does not teach that man is superior to woman. Instructions such as this are based on gender roles rather than on intrinsic worth. There is neither Jew or non-Jew, slave or free, male or female (Gal 3:28) in the church in the sense that we are all equally sinful and in need of God’s Read Full Answer.

The short answer is “No”. This doesn’t mean that you should disobey what your church tells you to do, but to consider the more fundamental question:

How can we be “OK” with God?
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One function of the church is to enforce the laws of Christ. The church has been authorized by God not magisterially, but ministerially to teach Christians to obey all that Christ has commanded them (Matt 28:20). Every believer is competent to instruct one another in Godly living. (Romans 15:14; Col 3:16; 1 Thess 5:11). No one can say that he is Read Full Answer.

While there is something to be said about individual growth in the Christian life by the Holy Spirit, a Christian who is not part of a local church will miss out on God teaching Him through the church and through individuals in the church. Read Full Answer.

One of the responsibilities of the church is to baptize and carry out Holy Communion. These are to be carried out as a community of believers and not individually. Both baptism and communion have theological implications on what it Read Full Answer.

The Scripture tell that no to forsake meeting together regularly with other believers to worship God. (Heb 10:25) Granted that there are exceptional cases to this rule (e.g. Elijah commanded by God to hide by a brook), it is not the norm for a believer. Read Full Answer.

In the book of Acts, we read that the believers meet up daily and their worship of God and Christian service was not limited to just Sundays. (Luke 19:47; Acts 19:9; Acts 6:1) At the same time, we also know that the church set aside Sunday (the Lord’s Day) to come together as a congregation to worship God, break bread, and preach the Word. Read Full Answer.

The church is “a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (1 Pet 2:9) Since everything that God does for his children is to the praise of his glorious grace, (Eph 1:6, 12, 14) Read Full Answer.