Comments on: What does your church look like? http://www.cityfellowship.com/2009/01/what-does-your-church-look-like/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:20:56 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: ljkim http://www.cityfellowship.com/2009/01/what-does-your-church-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-258 ljkim Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:22:16 +0000 http://www.cityfellowship.com/?p=382#comment-258 Hey David, Hmm good question, was the informality intentional? That's open to interpretation. But here's what we know: (a) They had formal ceremonies in ancient times...more than we do today. (b) And there are plenty of formal ceremonies in the OT, and the early church kept them... So do we btw..."Easter" is the English word for Passover". (c) But the weekly church meetings were different from these. So they still had ceremonial occasions, but it wasn't what they normally did when they got together. So was the difference intentional? I think so. And the churches weren't small either. The first church in Jerusalem had over 3000 people (they met on the Temple grounds). Hey David,
Hmm good question, was the informality intentional? That’s open to interpretation. But here’s what we know: (a) They had formal ceremonies in ancient times…more than we do today. (b) And there are plenty of formal ceremonies in the OT, and the early church kept them… So do we btw…”Easter” is the English word for Passover”. (c) But the weekly church meetings were different from these. So they still had ceremonial occasions, but it wasn’t what they normally did when they got together.

So was the difference intentional? I think so.

And the churches weren’t small either. The first church in Jerusalem had over 3000 people (they met on the Temple grounds).

]]> By: David http://www.cityfellowship.com/2009/01/what-does-your-church-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-257 David Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:49:21 +0000 http://www.cityfellowship.com/?p=382#comment-257 If we look at the early church in Acts, it seems it was more family-like, unlike what most people tend to think "church services". But, do you think that was the case because it was still a "new" faith and the number of believers were smaller, or, is that what God intended? So my question is, is it because of circumstances or was it purposefully hosted that way? If we look at the early church in Acts, it seems it was more family-like, unlike what most people tend to think “church services”. But, do you think that was the case because it was still a “new” faith and the number of believers were smaller, or, is that what God intended? So my question is, is it because of circumstances or was it purposefully hosted that way?

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