Editorial February 19, 1966 Issue

Why Go to Church?

Carl J. Welz

Meet it head on. That's what we must do with this question. We cannot get people to come to church unless we analyze their reasons for not coming. And our analysis must be courageous as well as thorough.

One reason people choose not to go to church is that they find church services dull. We can meet this in two ways. We can tell people that they must go to church because it is their duty to go, or we can see to it that the services are not dull.

Of course, it is the duty of everyone who joins a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, to support the services of that church by his regular attendance. But it is a misrepresentation of Christian Science to present a Sunday service or Wednesday testimony meeting in the name of that religion which is not interesting enough to attract more than the members of the church. A Christian Science service is an active response to the command of Christ Jesus, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16: 15). Such a service should represent clearly the action of Christian Science in the lives of men.

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