I am a through the bible type preacher. We’re now in Genesis after having just finished revelation. To keep the balance between old and new testaments, I’ll finish genesis and then go to matthew. Then back to the old testament.
Why do it that way? So the people hear the entire word of God.
One part of the word of God talks about the church. Jesus called it “His Church”. In Acts we read of the church appointing deacons (servers) to deal with the physiological needs of the believers.
The only reason I can come up with for that is that the early church thought care and compassion to be important along with the other aspects of the faith.
Care and compassion is important, yes. That’s why we don’t worship as individuals. There is strength in the Body of Christ.
However, I do believe modern churchgoing is skewed in the opposite direction. My church, for example, will do just about anything to attract students from our nearby colleges. In so doing, it has cheapened the worship experience for many older members in the name of ‘churchtainment’.
The students don’t stay anyway, but this is the kind of story I’m sure our elders would read with interest.