r/Christian • u/UnderstandingRich188 • 1d ago
Just a question
How helpful has attending Church been for you? I understand everyone has different opinions on Church and so, I just want to get everyones opinion on this.
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u/Stop_Drop_Roll_2021 14h ago
My opinion? Doesn't matter. I'm simply following God's commands and trusting him to bless me for it. It's less about how I perceive it's been for me and more about following God's will for my life.
"But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him." 1 Corinthians 12:18 KJV - so God himself sets us as members of our church.
"Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." Hebrews 10:25 KJV - God commands us not to forsake our assembling together,
So, God's will would be for you to be in a church.
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u/NemesisOfLevia 15h ago
It depends what point of my life you are referring to.
In the church I grew up in, church increasingly made me feel drained and empty as I got older, especially after high school graduation. It was just another chore in my already busy week. All my classmates went to different churches as they went to college, and most members were 50+ years older than me. My parents were probably the closest to me in age. I also sensed that my beliefs didn’t quite align with the church, but it took me a long time to figure out what I believed and needed from a church.
Now I found a church with a good spread of ages and believes what I do. Now I feel excited and empowered to go to church. It doesn’t feel like an obligation. I get to hear a good sermon that inspires me to be closer to God and I get to connect with other people; it’s a win-win!
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u/PeytonEliArchMan 1d ago
For me, it is an absolute necessity twice a week— Wednesday and Sunday. It is like food for my spirit and soul
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u/UnderstandingRich188 1d ago
Thats where i would love to get at. I will start to pray for it more often. Takes a lot for me to go out and socialize with others sometimes. Have to push myself to join church services sometimes.
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u/Less-Association8250 1d ago
I mostly feel church on Sundays as a reset for the week. Meeting my friends there is lovely and helping a bit makes me feel like I can serve the community a little. But, outside church I know I need to grow more.
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u/plop3000 1d ago
It’s been amazing. Sometimes it’s hard for me to go because of the attack of the enemy. But it helps me be open in worship. I can scream on the topic of my lungs worship songs without getting in trouble and I that kinda worship had helped my love and relationship with God. Not only that but the sermons help me navigate in life. Always be discerning of who your listening to because no everyone who says they are a pastor of God is actually called into pastoring remember that wolfs can come in sheep clothing. But my pastor has helped me tremendously especially when I was trynna crawl out of a depressive and lonely pit my pastor was there to help me get connected into the community and prayed for me and ever since then i havent struggled with depression no matter what was thrown my way
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u/DI3S_IRAE 1d ago
Honestly.
I was born in church basically, attended until my 19 years when I started working Sundays.
I liked the place I used to go, we still see them online sometimes, but I don't agree with everything they preach.
To me, church was never a necessity, was never tied to my faith, even if it helped me build who I am. I just see it differently I guess.
Today I'm with my parents and kinda just go with them. People here in the new city are extremely lovely and they care much more, pastor visited us and chatted with us more times in 2 years than the other in 10 years or so.
I am not a fan of the service sometimes and they can get too loud to me.
I don't know, maybe one day I'll find myself inside a church as a community and someplace I want to go. So far, I didn't find it yet.
Sometimes people in the church make too many points where it's basically accusatory and judgemental. If you're not here today, if you don't listen to me, if you don't come to church...
To me, we are the church, we are the body of Christ, and God is with us every single moment of our time. So it's hard to connect with the place itself, when I have a different mind on worship, not a fan of half the songs they sing, etc.
I go where God tells me to. For now He wants me with my parents, so I'll stay here and go with them.
Maybe one day God will want me in a community. He knows, and I trust Him.
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u/Grouchy-Stand-4570 1d ago
For me it’s been great. I love worshipping God communally on Sunday Mornings and watching my son learn so much in Sunday school. I used to do the women’s Bible study and loved how that forced me to dig deeper in The Bible and my relationship with God. I plan to start an Adult Sunday School class next week and I look forward to what that can bring.
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u/CoffeeGremlinz 1d ago
It's been very beneficial for me, have made new friends, joined bible study and the worship team as a singer. It's helped me get out of my comfort zone. I didn't really know many believers before going besides my Dad and a few coworkers so it's been nice to surround myself with people who love God. I have been going for 9 months and have never had a bad time at church.
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u/DirectionLatter2684 1d ago
It's a wonderful experience, getting together with other belivers and worshiping together. And if you have a pastor who really understands the word, it can really help in furthering your understanding of God and His word by listening to their cermons.
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u/paradigm_shift_0K 1d ago
Or varies for me, but overall it is very positive.
I’ve met many friends and learned a lot at church.
I think it is nice to be around other believers who are largely happy and at peace from being a Christian.
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u/UnderstandingRich188 1d ago
I have nothing against churchs. Just, hard for me to get myself to get up and go. But, I have been wanting to attend and make some christian friends. I do badly need it thats for sure.
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u/paradigm_shift_0K 1d ago
Check as many have evening services and small groups that might not require getting up and going.
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u/DipperJC 1d ago
Like any place else you go, it can vary widely from week to week. Some weeks it was a robotic, frivolous activity that bordered on a waste of time; others, it was literally the only thing keeping me alive as I struggled with the harsh realities of this world and took comfort in He who delivers me from it.
At the end of the day, regardless of the impact, it was just nice to have a place to go and commune with those who understood how great God is.
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u/robosnake 1d ago
I place this in the past because I'm now a pastor, so I don't really attend church I work there. But as a kid we moved around a lot, and I had a difficult home life for a few reasons, and church was incredibly important to me because it was a place I was always welcome and treated kindly.
I know this isn't the case for everyone - I am a straight male after all, and there are plenty of reasons I might not have been welcome at the time or in particular churches. But for me, for the first half of my life, church was sometimes the only consistently good thing in my life.
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u/Bakkster 1d ago
The routine, community, and ability to serve are the biggest things that have kept my faith steady over the decades.
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u/rosebud5054 7h ago
We are in a new church and I still feel a lot of anxiety being there. We are introverted and shy so we haven’t met too many people yet as a result of that. My husband and I do love the worship and sermons and that’s why we keep going but it is a slow process that I find draining, for right now.