Why Do We Have Church Anyway? – Part 3

Conceivably, local churches could be eliminated were it not for the great need Christians have to discuss their faith with one another. An individual believer is able to worship or pray alone. He or she can share his or her faith apart from the church. And, a believer can even adequately instruct himself or herself along spiritual lines.

It is obviously impossible, however, for a believer to participate in Christian fellowship without others who share his or her beliefs. I do not mean by this either to deprecate the value of corporate religious activities or to imply that interaction is the most important function of the church. Interaction is, however, that unique need which makes the formation of local church bodies mandatory.

The circle below is the beginning of an all-encompassing diagram that will illustrate our concept of how a church functions. It represents the formation of a congregation from the surrounding society. The need that has precipitated such action is for people to interact around the common interest.

The initial role of the local church is to fill the need for true spiritual interaction.

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