Should Christians go to Church? [Spirituality & Religion]

I go to church weekly for the most part. I've been talking to a guy who doesn't go because he believes the church isn't meeting on the Sabbath, is operating under Old Testament Law by taking tithes, and says that the Church is just a body of believers, which is true, I personally don't think those are reasons not to go to church. he claims that he fellowships with his friends. I'm a little weary of this, because if a husband doesn't go to church, but the wife does, that could cause division in the family. What are your thoughts?

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SW-User

To me, it's about motive. While it's true that people are the body of Christ and make up the church, it's also true that church implies a coming together of God's people for like purpose. If he thinks that a one-on-one conversation with another believer is church, I don't agree. There's a place for that, but it's not church.

Often, when people avoid the church community, it is because they don't like the accountability and responsibility that comes with worshipping with the assembly. That's not good and is exactly why the Bible talks about NOT forsaking the assembling of ourselves with other believers.