Do you really need to get involved with your church?

To answer this question, you need to ask yourself what it entails being a Christian. You cannot be just a Christian by name; instead, your actions should reflect the Christianity in you. Once such action, is, getting involved with your church.

So why do you really need to get involved in your church? Here are some of the reasons why your involvement with your church is very vital.

#1: When you get involved with your church, you are justifying that you are a Christian. Going to church weekly and participating in other church activities show that you are a true Christian. Your involvement with the church will also prevent you from abandoning your Christian faith. The church will help you to maintain the right doctrine hence, preventing you from adopting some unbiblical ideas. Staying close to the church will make it easy for anyone in the church to notice any change in your views about Christianity and the will be able to help you to remain steadfast in your Christian faith.

#2: The Lord God has given you some spiritual gifts. It is your responsibility as a Christian to use these abilities and talents to in helping other Christians as God intended when He gave them to you. You can hardly use these gifts if you separate yourself from the church. Thus, non-involvement with your church is like depriving others what you would otherwise have offered to those Christians in the church.

#3: If you involve yourself with the church you will be encouraging love and unity among your fellow Christians. You are a member of the church and if you fail to be there, the church is not complete. You will also be an encouragement to non-believers. When they see good things in you, they will know the importance of Christianity. So as seek the answer to “do you really need to get involved with your church?” question, ask yourself the sense of achievement and the joy that you will get when you win souls to God.

#4: It is your duty as a Christian to ensure that the word of God is spread to every part of the world. You might not be able to preach the word yourself but you can, together with your fellow church members and Christians in general pool your resources together and provide support to benevolent works and missions.

#5: How will you be able to defend your Christian faith if you are not involved with your church? Christians are always faced with criticism and persecution. You will always be challenged by your friends, co-workers, and even your own family members. If you are part of a church you will always seek answers to their questions and answer them comfortably without any fear or shame.

#6: Do you really need to get involved with your church? Yes, you do. The church is like your second family. It is the place where you can always seek help in case of an emergency. Your friends can abandon you, your family can disown you, but the church can never abandon nor disown one of their own. It is in the church that you can seek comfort and refuge at the time of need.

#7: Baptism and participating in the Lord’s Supper are the most important and necessary ordinances for every Christian. There is now where else you can get these two sacraments if you are not part of the church.

There are a lot more reasons to get involved in the church. The few listed reasons are however enough to guide you in this. If you had stopped participating in the church, it is time to come back.

Thank you for taking your time to read this article. It is our hope that it has shed some light on your Christian life.