an organized group of believers that gather together or congregations
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Do I have to attend church every Sunday?
I used to be an avid church-goer, but as of late I haven't had the chance. This is primarily because of my scouting activities, which take place Sunday mornings (the same time the church service takes ...
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When did the one-way monologue sermon first become a normal feature of church assemblies?
Of course Jesus preached a lot of monologue sermons, but I have noticed that Jesus did not usually preach sermons like nearly every church does today. He never seems to have, or at least rarely ...
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Can I go to church on the internet?
Is it enough for me to watch a sermon online every Sunday? I have some Christian friends that I spend time with and we pray together sometimes. I study the Bible on my own and listen to my favorite ...
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Absent apostolic succession, what is the argument for the authority of the church?
I realize that Catholics believe in apostolic succession, and that they were explicitly given authority by Jesus himself. In other denominations, what, if anything, other than the choice made by its ...
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Why don't we dance?
At my old church (PCA) occasionally there would be a few women who would dance at the front of the sanctuary. Later, after leaving the church, I began to feel a little bit biased against that dancing ...
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Is it fair to say that Baptists have a liturgy?
One distinctive of Baptists and many other congregational churches is that they have no proscribed method of worship. Unlike, say, an Episcopalian or a Roman Catholic, there is no prayer book and no ...
