Why join a church?

Church involvement is God’s plan for every Christian.

The Bible tells us to meet together as believers and to encourage one another.

Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (NIV) Hebrews 10:25
The reason I encourage Christians to find a good church is because the Bible instructs us to be in relationship with other believers. If we are part of Christ’s body, we will recognize our need to fit into the body of believers. The church is the place where we come together to encourage one another as members of Christ’s body. Together we fulfill an important purpose on the Earth.

As members of the body of Christ, we belong to each other.

… so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. (NIV) Romans 12:5
It is actually for our own good that God want us in fellowship with other believers. We need each other to grow up in the faith, to learn to serve, to love one another, and to practice forgiveness. Though we are individuals, we still belong to one another.