Church Attendance...An Poll for AFF...

[rgcraig]

I'm surprised you didn't leave it so you could see who did and didn't.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by revrandy

How many who post here daily attend church Weekly...

Not Online...but an actual church location...

Not to pick on an "old acquaintance" like Randy, but this poll reminds me of something that has bothered me of late. Which is: The evolution of Biblical truth to a modern vernacular of "church speak" that has clearly deviated from what the Scripture has stated. IE ... as exemplified here: "Attend church".
You can't attend church [as portrayed here] for it's not a material place or building.
1 Tim 3:14-15
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Heb 12:22-24
22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

Heb 9:24
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

Acts 17:24
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
I'm fully aware of what Meschele's handsome husband is saying but I, for one, would like to see all of us, myself as well, begin to speak closer to what is actually written. It is either this or we will soon have our own "Mishna" of oral thought soon written down as "truth". Just an observation. Now continue on for the Forum has provided me much fodder for thought on this cold and wintery day.

Raven

[Tina]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

At least twice a week, sometimes more for practices, meetings, or special services.

Same here.

[rgcraig]

AMEN RAVEN!!!!

Great post!

We sometimes forget just exactly what "church" is.

[Jeffrey]

The poll seems to debunk whatever the hypothesis was, which would seem to be, a hunch that the "compromisers" on AFF are all backslidden couch potatoes who watch Joel Osteen every Sunday.

[Sam]

well, we don't attend church, we are the church

but, I assume you mean, how often do we gather with others in a congregation.

We have services Sunday morning and Wednesday night. I ordinarily attend both of those meetings. We have outreach on Saturday mornings and I'm ordinarily a part of that also.

I ordinarily attend a prayer meeting on Wednesday mornings that is made up of 12-25 individuals from various local churches and meets in an old historic Presbyterian church in Hamilton. That group has been meeting for over 40 years.

I belong to FGBMFI and we have a breakfast meeting once a month, a prayer meeting once a month, and a dinner meeting once a month and I ordinarily attend all of these.

That's about the extent of my "church going"

[Michael The Disciple]

If one is gathering with a group that does not teach the full gospel does YHWH consider that a Church?

1 Tim 3:14-15
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

The Church is the pillar and ground of the truth. No matter how many times we might attend a place weekly if truth is not there have we been to Church?

What if we met with people interactive online that walked in truth? Would we not be in Church?

[Sherri]

I practically live at church. LOL

[revrandy]

Originally Posted by Raven

Not to pick on an "old acquaintance" like Randy, but this poll reminds me of something that has bothered me of late. Which is: The evolution of Biblical truth to a modern vernacular of "church speak" that has clearly deviated from what the Scripture has stated. IE ... as exemplified here: "Attend church".
You can't attend church [as portrayed here] for it's not a material place or building.
1 Tim 3:14-15
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Heb 12:22-24
22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

Heb 9:24
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

Acts 17:24
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
I'm fully aware of what Meschele's handsome husband is saying but I, for one, would like to see all of us, myself as well, begin to speak closer to what is actually written. It is either this or we will soon have our own "Mishna" of oral thought soon written down as "truth". Just an observation. Now continue on for the Forum has provided me much fodder for thought on this cold and wintery day.

Raven

Raven where are you at nowadays?

[revrandy]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

I'm surprised you didn't leave it so you could see who did and didn't.

Hey Renda...don't be Bitter....