{"id":25413,"date":"2020-06-17T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=25413"},"modified":"2026-07-16T11:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:12:15","slug":"a-changing-church-gods-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/a-changing-church-gods-design.htm","title":{"rendered":"A Changing Church Still Follows God’s Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"God'sGod designed the Church to function like a Body<\/a> which requires interdependence. As members of one another (Rom. 12:5), we demonstrate concern for each other so that “If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it” (1 Cor. 12:26).<\/span> That takes interaction, fellowship that goes below the surface.<\/p>\n

God’s Design Requires Meeting Together<\/h2>\n

God’s design for the Church obviously provides the reason behind the command for “not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching”<\/em> (Heb. 10:25).<\/span><\/p>\n

Notice in that verse that the objective of meeting together is to provide a venue for “encouraging one another” which, if it was important back then, how much more as we “see the Day approaching” even closer.<\/p>\n

Certainly the intent of that verse is for physically meeting in the same place with one another. Back then, however, they didn’t have phones and the Internet so meeting together by calling, texting, video chatting, and other technological platforms wasn’t possible. The only way they could meet together was in the same physical location.<\/p>\n

God’s Design Still Works Today for a Changing Church<\/h2>\n

Keep in mind that the true objective of meeting together, according to Hebrews 10:25,<\/span> is to provide opportunity to encourage one another. So,<\/p>\n

what we do when we meet is as important, if not more important, than the fact that we meet together.<\/p>\n

Traditional worship services, whether live or streaming video, often provide one-way communication with minimal opportunity for connecting. So, if it’s not happening much in one setting, are we providing other venues? Are we truly living out God’s design for the Church in the way we function?<\/p>\n

Following God’s design leads to true community wherein we encourage and build each other up, which requires connecting and communicating with one another. We have so many means of connecting and communicating today that we’re without excuse for not meeting in some way.<\/p>\n