Mark Batterson recently tweeted: One of my driving motivations as a pastor is this – do people actually MISS church when they MISS church?
A couple of weeks ago on Sunday I was away from home. We knew there was going to be an opening worship service for the conference we were at so no morning worship was planned. But then some folks got together and said, “There’s just something about the Body gathered for Sunday morning worship that seems…holy…honoring…right. Like we’re missing something without it.”
They weren’t being legalistic, but they decided to put together a Sunday morning time of worship for anyone who wanted to come. Lazily I almost didn’t go, but at the last minute slipped into the back and was treated to voices from every continent raised together in praise, a corporate exercise in adoration using the Psalms, and a simple Bible message. Reminders all of the love of Jesus and the power of the Body joined in community.
This discipline of gathering as the church, weekly, has been something I’ve been pondering a lot recently. Continue reading
