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What It's Like
Jesus
taught how those who followed Him were to worship God. He
declared... God is a spirit, and those who worship Him must
worship in spirit and truth" (John 4:24)
Over the centuries men have often abandoned the activities
practiced by New Testament Christians for elaborate and
irrelevant rituals, based upon human tradition and desire.
The Christians at this congregation seek to follow the simple
and spiritual pattern of collective worship revealed in
the New Testament.
When we assemble one can expect:
- The Lord's Supper. The memorial feast of unleavened
bread and fruit of the vine, observed each Lord's day
in commemoration of Christ's death & sacrifice for
our sins (Acts 2:24, 20:7; 1 Cor. 11:23-26)
- Congregational Singing of songs of praise & exhortation
to encourage and educate in spiritual truths. (Eph. 5:19;
Colossians 3:16).
- Bible Preaching presenting simple and understandable
studies from God's word to exhort, rebuke, and build faith
(Acts 2:42 & 20:7).
- Prayers offered with humble appeals of request and thankfulness
to God through Jesus Christ (Acts 2:42; 1 Thess. 5:17).
- Voluntary Contribution. Our guests are not expected
to give a contribution. Only the members are expected
to give each Sunday the Lord's day to carry out the scriptural
work of the church ( 1 Cor. 16:1,2; 2 Cor. 9:6,7).
True Christians worship God in every act of obedience to
Him (Rom 12:1). The Lord has directed Christians to regularly
assemble, (Hebrews 10:24,25) the Christians who make up
this congregation limit our collective activities to those
for which we can establish clear Biblical authority (1 Cor.
4:6).
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