By Ashford Sonii for THRIVE NEWS
Is it supposed to be this awkward and difficult to find a church?
That question sprinted laps around my head as my wife, Olivia, and I took our twins on tour, searching for a church for our family. As new parents of twins, streaming services seemed increasingly more attractive after each new church we visited. But I knew God called me to lead my family according to His ways, and getting involved with a church community is important to Him.
We’d just moved to a new city, and we started off excited to get plugged in and find a church community.
After all, we’d witnessed the beautiful power of being surrounded by a community of Jesus-loving people when we got married as a young couple. The early days of our marriage and parenthood were saturated with the need for resources, especially when it came to living a godly marriage. Our church family poured into every need. Even some of our earliest memories of learning about Jesus are embedded within experiences at our church. But being a part of a local church is not just a box to check or a matter of convenience.
God designed humans to gather in community. The local church serves a pivotal part of His biblical blueprint for our life to be good and provides an opportunity for love-motivated obedience to God in not neglecting to meet together (Hebrews 10:24-25).
