Doesn’t attending a midweek large church service and attending a Small Group meeting essentially provide the same combined benefits?
A. In churches that allow their Small Groups to remain together indefinitely, and offer a complete midweek service the benefits are almost the same. The exceptions are: the older children don’t participate in the entire service and learn from the adult interaction, and the no-sermon Q&A teaching format is believed to be a more effective learning experience, particularly with people who are new to Christianity. However, to attend Sunday service, a midweek service, and a Small Group meeting requires 3 time commitments per week. Most people today, particularly those with children, can only cope with 2 commitments per week. As a result, few people are able to attend both a midweek service and Small Group meeting each week no matter how much they would like to.
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