I have never figured out what services church services offer. Although for centuries attending church services has been presented as obligatory for Christians. I can’t find the idea of “church services” in the Bible. Christ-followers are told to assemble themselves together and in 50+ places Christians are told to serve one another in various ways, but nowhere are they told to be the passive recipients of the services of a religious organization.

Too often the body of Christ, His assembly, rejects His dominion and Headship, honoring Him with their lips but keeping their heart far from Him. Look what human leadership and the concept of human authority (headship) has done to the body of Christ. (Jesus is the only Head of His body.) It’s estimated that there are more than 40,000 independent Christian denominations worldwide and that doesn’t include all the independent non-denominational churches. Jesus prayed that His body be one. Human leadership has sliced and diced it into shreds.

The dream that God has planted in my heart is to see members of the body of Christ overcome their divisions by connecting heart to Jesus and to one another. I want to see churches allowing the Holy Spirit to directly and personally lead the congregation in the actual doing of the New Testament “one another” commandments when they gather in His name. That would be a great service to their members and to the world in general!