Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father’<\/em>” (John 4:21). In the same way, we also see that the disciples did not always meet daily. Those in Troas met on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7) — this even though Paul and his fellow travelers were in town for seven days (Acts 20:6). So again, we conclude that in the example of Acts 2:46 the daily meeting is what they did, but it wasn’t an essential fact.<\/p>\nWhy would they have done it? Because in Jewish worship, people gathered twice a day at the temple for prayer (Acts 3:1). It appears that the early Christians, recently converted from Judaism, continued the practice. It was also a good time to gather as it gave opportunities to teach others (Acts 5:42).<\/p>\n
The congregation here chooses to meet three times a week, but you will find variations in that. What you’ll find consistent is that churches meet at least once on the first day of the week to partake of the Lord’s Supper as the earliest disciples did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: I have another question, at the end of chapter 2 in the book of Acts, it is written that the church met daily.\u00a0 Where you worship does the body meet daily?\u00a0 If not, can you explain why not? 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