Togetherness

Our gatherings are spiritual, yet ironically, they’re spiritual (at least in part) because they’re physical. God has always meant for his people to be physically gathered together. This is evident in why he created Adam and Eve with physical bodies and proceeded to walk with them in the garden. And perhaps the clearest demonstration of God’s desire for togetherness is manifested in the incarnation of His Son.

People Gathered Together

Sometimes we like to say that “a church is a people, not a place.” However, it might be more helpful to say that a church is a people gathered together in a place. Regularly gathering together is necessary for a church to be a church, just like a team has to gather together to play in order to be a team.

Making togetherness a priority requires shifting our question from “Should we go to church today?" to instead become, “How can we make the most of our church gathering?”

We Need All Of Us

Check out Tony Merida’s book “Love Your Church” available at the church bookstore. And for a shorter read, try Gavin Ortlund’s article “Make Sundays the Sweetest” published on Desiring God.