{"id":10468,"date":"2007-06-21T22:00:15","date_gmt":"2007-06-22T03:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=10468"},"modified":"2019-09-24T22:18:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T03:18:52","slug":"is-it-wrong-to-have-a-fellowship-building-for-dinners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-wrong-to-have-a-fellowship-building-for-dinners\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it wrong to have a fellowship building for dinners?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>You have a great web site, and I&#8217;m forwarding a link to several people. On the home page, the first paragraph causes me to ask if you think it is wrong to have a fellowship building for pot luck dinners.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>In answer to your question, I will point you to some responses and articles that address the topic.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/finding-liberty-in-silence\/\">Finding Liberty in Silence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/if-you-can-have-fellowship-with-people-who-differ-in-one-area-why-cant-you-have-fellowship-with-those-who-have-kitchens-and-fellowship-halls\/\">If you can have fellowship with people who differ in one area, why can&#8217;t you have fellowship with those who have kitchens and fellowship halls?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/isnt-a-kitchen-just-a-way-to-reach-people-with-the-gospel\/\">Isn&#8217;t a kitchen just a way to reach people with the gospel?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks for the links. I suppose the topic of &#8216;silence&#8217; must indicate that your congregation does not use songbooks, microphones, etc.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>Not at all, as the article on silence states. It is amazing how congregations have forgotten basic lessons, such as establishing authority (remember people talking about general and specific authority?).<\/p>\n<p>See the sermon outline:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/all-things-are-lawful\/\">All Things are Lawful<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: You have a great web site, and I&#8217;m forwarding a link to several people. On the home page, the first paragraph causes me to ask if you think it is wrong to have a fellowship building for pot luck dinners. Answer: In answer to your question, I will point you to some responses and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[151,593],"class_list":["post-10468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-eating-in-the-building","tag-fellowship-hall"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19698,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/you-shouldnt-write-against-having-kitchens-and-fellowship-halls-since-these-arent-important-to-salvation\/","url_meta":{"origin":10468,"position":0},"title":"You shouldn&#8217;t write against having kitchens and fellowship halls since these aren&#8217;t important to salvation","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 31, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I stumbled across your web site and found some very valuable information that may help me in the future. I disagree, however, with one of your beliefs. Having a kitchen or a potluck at the church building is not wrong. The church building is just that -- a building.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1999,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/if-you-can-have-fellowship-with-people-who-differ-in-one-area-why-cant-you-have-fellowship-with-those-who-have-kitchens-and-fellowship-halls\/","url_meta":{"origin":10468,"position":1},"title":"If you can have fellowship with people who differ in one area, why can&#8217;t you have fellowship with those who have kitchens and fellowship halls?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 16, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Do you believe that weddings and\/or funerals may take place in the church auditorium? Do you think that you can maintain fellowship with those who differ with you on this question? Do you think that you can maintain fellowship with those who differ with you about having a kitchen\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19369,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-we-have-meals-in-the-building-since-eating-together-is-an-expression-of-fellowship\/","url_meta":{"origin":10468,"position":2},"title":"Can we have meals in the building since eating together is an expression of fellowship?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 7, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Someone has been arguing with me about fellowship and they say it is okay to have meals together in the building because eating together is an expression of fellowship. He says, \"If eating together and having fun together is not an expression of fellowship, then what is it?\" He\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30095,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/fellowship-halls\/","url_meta":{"origin":10468,"position":3},"title":"Fellowship Halls? (Dunagan)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 10, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"by Mark Dunagan Somewhere in the past, the idea entered the Church of Christ that it would be all right to take the funds collected on the first day of the week and construct a church building which would include such things as a kitchen and a large dining room\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":54072,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/in-regards-to-fellowship-halls-it-seems-you-gave-two-different-answers\/","url_meta":{"origin":10468,"position":4},"title":"In regards to fellowship halls, it seems you gave two different answers","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 31, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I was reading through some of your questions and answers regarding\u00a0fellowship halls. 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