5 Reasons Church is Essential
1. Going to Church Lowers Blood Pressure
According to The Wall Street Journal and other sources, those who attend church see a substantial decrease in blood pressure. "That's important because high blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, the leading causes of death in the world."Read full article here
2. Going to Church Helps Battle Depression.
"When we look at the most depressed individuals, what we find is that increasing religiosity by one standard deviation - which is going from not going to church at all to attending church once a week - decreases the probability of being at risk for moderate to severe depression by as much as 20%."Read full article here
3. Going to Church is Good for Your Family.
"The activities organized by these institutions offer families a chance to bond, spend time together, and be a part of the same community." We believe church is an essential part of the family. Church creates a community, a place where you can find help, share your burdens, and be of help to others. Your family will benefit from a regular diet of going to church.
Think of it this way. If you ate as often as you went to church would you be physically thriving? Church is not a vaccine or a flu shot, rather, it is more like eating. Once or twice a year will do very little good. Faithfully going to church is where the benefit lies.
4. Going to Church is Essential for Your Spiritual Growth.
At Gospel Light we whole-heartedly, completely, and undeniably believe the Bible. We try to live by it, read it, meditate on it, and apply its truths. And one of those truths is that church is essential.
The Bible says "not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another:" We believe going to church is a needful activity for the Christian to participate in.
Church has 3 main purposes.
1. To learn the Bible.
2. To be helped and encouraged.
3. To be of help and encourage others.
Church is not just a take and receive, but rather a give and receive.
5. At Gospel Light Church You'll be Loved.
We love people at Gospel Light. For decades we have tried to reach the greater Cedar Rapids area with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Not to make money or have notoriety, but because we genuinely love people. People from all walks of life.
We have many programs to help people in all stages of life: drug & alcohol addictions program, transportation for children to come to church on a weekly basis, multiple free community events every year, and much more.
Grow your relationship with Jesus Christ at Gospel Light Baptist Church.
