Why not prioritize on relational discipleship, but still attend institutional worship services somewhere?
The quick answer is that I am convinced that the discipleship I described in Discipleship and the Institution is so thoroughly faithful to the Biblical picture of following Jesus that I do not desire to pursue anything else. It’s not so much that “worship services” are contrary to Scripture, it’s simply that I don’t find as much support for them as I do for following Jesus as I described. Aside from “How many attend?” I am asked this question the most, by myself not least. It seems that the underlying assumption of the question often (although definitely not always) is that there are things you can only experience in “worship services.” Even in my own mind I wrestle with this assumption. I think when most people ask the question they have in mind that I am missing out on: • praise of God through music • exhortation through Biblical exegesis • construction of a unified vision for the local body Yet I am under the conviction that all those things are actually more viable in the context o
