Reasons churches gather to worship
23 additional reasons, in no particular order, why gathering for corporate worship as a New Testament local church is loving. 1. Gathered worship witnesses to the living God (John 4:24). In our day, the idea of being a “witness” conjures up the picture of an individual Christian evangelizing an unregenerate friend over coffee. That certainly is good and true. But God’s people also are a powerful witness when we gather for worship. Wherever an NT church gathers, whether rural towns or cities, that church declares one of the most foundational and essential truths in the universe; the existence and majesty of the living God. Though they might disagree with your beliefs, your unregenerate neighbour understands that you leave on Sundays to go worship this Being; this eternal and uncreated Creator who is our God. This is loving because he is the purpose and end for all humanity. 2. Gathered worship declares that the fullness of human existence is not merely physical and material (cf. Matt 4: