Article reading: 'Why You Should Stop Going to Church'
- Should Christians stop 'going to church' and instead 'be the church'?
A host reads and summarizes an article found via First Love Ministries titled 'Why You Should Stop Going to Church,' which argues that treating church as a place or obligation is hurtful, unfruitful, and unbiblical. The article's three charges: 'going to church' makes attendance the measure of devotion, turns God into a checked-off to-do item, and outsources ministry to leadership. It closes with the thesis: the Greek 'ekklesia' always means a gathered people, never a building - 'I do not want you to go to church. I want you to be the church.'
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