Bible Question: God Bless and love to all. I belong to a church and my husband only went with me once in years. But he found another church and asked me to go with him. I know he doen't need to go to church just because I go he should go for God but I keep going with him there to support him. My church and this one are very close to God. Does it say anywhere in God word that we HAVE to belong to one certain church? In my heart worshiping God is what matters but I asked that because people join churches lol. We are the church not the building we worship in lol. Thanks and God Bless, Sissy |
Bible Answer: Sissy- some good responses from others already; allow me to add a little. You didn't mention if your husband is saved, so there is assumption here that can be corrected as needed. If your husband is saved then 1Cor 11:13 would apply. I'm not interpreting this to imply that the saved husband should be jerking his family from church to church but that doesn't seem to be your situation. I'm understanding that your husband currently has you steady in a Bible teaching church, just a different one from the one you were attending. I see no problem. Tamara does a good job of pointing to some practical reasons for commitment to a single local church body, most importantly, in my opinion, the accountability issue. Still, there are lots of reasons people change churches (such as job relocation, etc.) Changing to one that your saved husband leads you to (assuming he's saved and the church is teaching sound doctrine) is as good a reason as any in my opinion, and again, keeping with 1Cor. 11:13. The husband is called as the spiritual leader under Christ's leadership. Some are offended by this while others, husbands, abuse it with attempts to impose a control over their wives and families that is not justified. Since you have been in church consistently, you may be the one to lead your husband to Christ, (this assuming he is not saved) or to encourage him in the Word as he seeks the Lord's truth. See 1Cor 7:14-17 for some reference and then read the entire books of 1 and 2 Corinthians for greater understanding. Hope this helps; welcome to the forum! Jeff |