The Result of Forsaking the Assembling Together | thebereancall.org

TBC Staff

In Hebrews:10:25, the writer makes a cautionary statement:

“not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”

Gathering together in community is important as it comments us in physical, spiritual and emotional ways. Both Christians and atheists these days are concerned about the decline of society they are witnessing. In Quitting Church, Americans Gave Up More Than They’d Bargained For Paul Prather, who identifies as a "Pentecostal pastor in Kentucky," points out that atheist, Derek Thompson, a staff writer at The Atlantic, is deeply concerned at the consequences of the nearly 40 million leaving "Organized religion”:

“But I wonder if, in forgoing organized religion, an isolated country has discarded an old and proven source of ritual at a time when we most need it,” he added. “Making friends as an adult can be hard; it’s especially hard without a scheduled weekly reunion of congregants. Finding meaning in the world is hard too; it’s especially difficult if the oldest systems of meaning-making hold less and less appeal. It took decades for Americans to lose religion. It might take decades to understand the entirety of what we lost.”

While young adults are "deconstructing" from the faith, atheists, and agnostics are raising the alarm over the decline of having meaning to life and the decline of culture. Perhaps, discipling churches to disciple culture would be a step in the right direction.

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