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Why Do I Need a Church If I Can Study Online?

SHORT ANSWER

Online resources can help you learn, but the New Testament describes Christianity as embodied community: teaching, fellowship, prayer, worship, correction, service, shared burdens, leadership, and the Lord’s Supper happen among people who actually know one another.

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CONTEXT MATTERS

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A website cannot baptize you, know your life well enough to shepherd you, sit beside you in a hospital, or replace accountable Christian community.

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Open the passages. Read the surrounding chapters. Compare translations. Search related passages. If our summary does not survive that process, tell us. Authority should be earned through transparent work, not demanded through branding.