Church Is Not Optional

A lot of people claim faith while keeping the church at arm’s length, and it’s starting to look normal. When the 2025 State of Theology survey reports that 39% of self-identified evangelicals don’t think Christians are obligated to join a local church, we don’t shrug it off, we test it against Scripture and ask what discipleship is supposed to look like when nobody wants to commit. We talk honestly about the common lines we’ve all heard or even used: God doesn’t live in a building, chu...