Episode 73: Is it Necessary to Have Service on Sundays?
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Consider all these factors when deciding whether or not your church is going to meet on Sunday mornings.
In Episode 73 of the New Churches Q&A Podcast, we talk about what factors need to be considered when deciding on alternative service times. Here is Lee Peoples with his question:
How do you find out what’s best in determining a day of the week and service time to meet?
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- Some situations in which it may be beneficial to offer a non-Sunday service time.
- How to gauge interest for an alternative service day and time.
- The reasons why Sunday is the predominant day churches meet.
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
- “There seems to be a pattern in the New Testament about meeting on the first day of the week” –@edstetzer
- “Can you go all out and have a functioning biblical church on Thursdays?” –@edstetzer
- “I don’t think there’s a clear biblical mandate that exceptions can’t be made to Sundays” –@edstetzer
- “There’s an orbital pull toward Sundays in most cultures” –@edstetzer
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