How does the corporate worship that occurs on Sunday morning differ from the corporate worship of chapel or other Christian formation experiences throughout the week?

• Again, excellent question. I think it makes sense to worship with those who are your primary community. I think it makes sense that those who hold you accountable (those who would call you on sin in your life) that those people are the people you worship with. Thus, I think there is some rationale for chapel at a Christian college or even worship in a small group. • There is some reason by Christian tradition to worship on Sunday (the Lord's day) but I don't think this is crucial. I think Sat night services (or any other day) is fine! Additionally, I think that Sunday worship in a church may offer some things you don't get in chapel and dorm floor prayer and praise. For example, intergenerational relationships (we can learn from older people and from kids); stability (it is not an entirely new group of people every four years); and locality (ministry to people locally). Again, I think there is great value in extended evenings of singing (it teaches musicians new music, people learn ...  more