{"id":83168,"date":"2025-01-12T13:44:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T19:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=83168"},"modified":"2025-01-12T13:44:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T19:44:18","slug":"thank-you-for-is-online-services-acceptable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/thank-you-for-is-online-services-acceptable\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you for &#8220;Is online services acceptable?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>I thank your church for making &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-online-worship-acceptable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is online worship acceptable?<\/a>&#8221; available. I participate in debates, and this year, we are debating whether online worship is acceptable. Your fine church&#8217;s article helped me a lot, so once again, thank you.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad it was of service to you.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I thank your church for making &#8220;Is online worship acceptable?&#8221; available. I participate in debates, and this year, we are debating whether online worship is acceptable. Your fine church&#8217;s article helped me a lot, so once again, thank you. Answer: I&#8217;m glad it was of service to you.<\/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":[127,356,84],"class_list":["post-83168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-about-this-site","tag-attendance","tag-worship"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32040,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-ok-to-play-hymns-at-home-without-singing\/","url_meta":{"origin":83168,"position":0},"title":"Is it OK to play hymns at home without singing?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: My question is regarding instrumental music.\u00a0Is it okay to\u00a0play hymns on the piano at home, without singing, for fun? 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You and many have given me so much knowledge in God's word and increased my faith. I am a member of the Church of Christ. I\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":70999,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-a-congregation-of-only-women-worship-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":83168,"position":3},"title":"Can a congregation of only women worship God?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 11, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Dear Brethren, I hope this message finds you well. I have a question regarding worship gatherings and would appreciate your guidance. There is one congregation in which only female members remain, as the sole male member who served with them had to (compelled) relocate for economic reasons. 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