{"id":99574,"date":"2020-06-15T09:50:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T15:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/?p=99574"},"modified":"2020-06-15T09:50:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T15:50:20","slug":"how-to-reopen-church-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/articles\/topics\/faith\/essentials-faith\/church-involvement\/how-to-reopen-church-now\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reopen Church Now"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our pastor announced they would reopen church next Sunday. While I\u2019ll miss the ability to pause the service and engage in a quick couch-side discussion, I can\u2019t wait to see everyone again. Even if it\u2019s only a pair of eyes peering over a mask.<\/p>\n

But while my church is opening, many remain closed for the foreseeable future. And the discussions continue \u2026<\/p>\n

Should you fight to have it opened now? What if you are in a vulnerable population or members of your family are? What can your family do if your church is still closed?<\/p>\n

Is opening the church that important anyway?<\/p>\n

How to reopen church without a building<\/h2>\n

In many ways, a church is like a hospital\u2014filled with a mix of those giving help and those in need of it. The only difference is that in a church, the patients also serve as doctors.<\/p>\n

Every believer, not just the \u201cprofessional\u201d ones, are there to minister aid.<\/p>\n

The Apostle Paul did most of his best work while locked in a Roman prison. There\u2019s no reason we need to wait for our churches to reopen. The physical building may be closed, but we are the church<\/strong>. (See Ephesians 2:19-21<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The problem is, most of us closed \u201cchurch\u201d long before the coronavirus ever hit, choosing instead to outsource our responsibilities to an institution.<\/p>\n