Why christians worship in a group..?

Answer 1

Here is a little story to illustrate the answer: A young man asked a wise old man sat in front of his fire the same question as yours: The old man looked into the burning coals for a few minutes, then without a word he lifted the tongs and took a bright red piece of coal out and placed it on the hearth. Within a few seconds the redness dulled and shortly afterwards the coal became no more than a dull grey cinder. He then picked up the coal again and placed it back into the fire. Within seconds the coal started to glow just as it had before. "I think you have answered my question" said the young man. The truth is you can worship God anywhere. You do not have to go to church. However, it is much more difficult to do so alone unless you are someone special. Being with other Christians in worship means that you can have corporate prayer, you can make music together, you can share God's peace - in fact, worship of God becomes so much more meaningful. Add to this the support and friendship that you receive and can give to other Christians, and to those non-Christians around you, and you can see that even in the earliest days of the Christian Church new Christians chose to meet (in each others homes, in public buildings, and even in hidden tunnels underground at the time Christians were persecuted) as groups rather than remain as individuals. Just as individual coals will soon fade, Christians alone will soon allow the pressures of everyday life to clutter their spiritual life, and that will suffer. Put Christians together, however, and, like coals, they will burn with a fire of the Holy Spirit that cannot be quenched. Paul in his Biblical letters, and Luke in the Book of Acts makes it quite clear that membership of a church is vital. One aspect of church life is in helping those in need - loving your neighbour in a practical way rather than in empty words. This can really only be achieved by a corporate mission - where many hands make light work. It is fair to add that over the years the Church in general has been involved in most (if not all in some way) of the social reforms and mission throughout the last several hundred years. The church (ie its members) has been central in the abolition of slavery, reforms in work standards, health care, education of the poor, speaking out for equality, race equality and in many other areas. Christian organisations such as Tear Fund, Cafod, USPG, Salvation Army and so on still continue to work for the poor and oppressed throughout the world.