A Christian may agree with this statement because it states in the bible that a Christians shouldn’t be in isolation but together as a community. In Hebrew 10:25 it states ‘Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another’. This shows that God wants Christians to go to church so that they learn his word and fellowship together as a community. Therefore implying to be a Christian you have to go to church.
Another reason why a Christian may agree with this statement is that is that the church is also known as the house of God. They believe that God is omnipresent and is always in watching, this is a very important factor and belief in the Christian faith. Therefore not attending the house of God would be offending God, people who do this on a regular basis cannot be classified as Christians. In Malachi 3 it states that Christians are obliged to give their tithe which is 10% of what they earn. To do this a Christian has to go to church thus supporting the statement.
However other Christians may disagree with this statement because there is more to Christianity than coming to a building every Sunday and to services. Also it isn’t that worship can be done in the church only. Christians can worship the God from anywhere even home as God is omnipotent and is able to hear Christians calling upon him wherever they are.
Another reason why a Christian may disagree with the statement is that with being Christian is about committing oneself to God and belonging to him with true feeling from the heart. Even if someone attends church everyday, for all the religious festivals, and pays their tithe doesn’t make them a Christian this may all mean nothing as it may be for show, they just enjoy or that it doesn’t come from the heart.
To conclude I believe that to be disagree with the statement “A person cannot be a Christian if they do not attend Church.” It is the worship, devotion and submission to God which makes a Christian and not regular church going. It is possible to worship God from anywhere and doesn’t have to be church as God is everywhere and can hear everyone. Also just because a person attends church doesn’t make them any better than another Christian. As Christians believe in life after death when it comes to the judgement day attending church wouldn’t allow a Christian to enter the kingdom of God but the way the lived their life, adored God and dedicated their everyday lives to him. Jesus said in John3:3-6 ‘...I say to you, 'unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.... Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.’ Therefore supporting the fact that heaven cannot be attained by going to church but the belief and faith in his the word of God, which is what makes a Christian.
