[narses]

"He doesn't attend every Sunday."

How often does he attend Sunday services? Isn't Sunday attendance sort of a mandantory part of the Christian faith?

[goldstategop]

Posh. Actually, in the Christian Bible, it says to profess your faith quietly and not shout it from the rooftops as the hypocrites do. So Bush is being a committed Christian.

[alnick]

Isn't Sunday attendance sort of a mandantory part of the Christian faith?

Absolutely not.

[freecopper01]

In some denominations it is. Attendance is strongly encouraged because if allows for fellowship of the Body of Christ (Believers). One or two actually say it's a deadly sin to miss church / mass. That put's it back onto works, though and not through Salvation... Presitdent Bush, in having an opportunity to pray is still within his duties as a Christian.

[Matchett-PI]

"Isn't Sunday attendance sort of a mandantory part of the Christian faith?"

Everything is "mandatory" to religious legalists.

The emotionally and spiritually immature need guardrails to feel secure.

[Wiser now]

We are told not "to forsake meeting together" as much for the support of the like minded community as it is for worship.
He has a home church in Texas, when he is in Washington he attends varioous churches.
We are not required to attend services.

[Preachin']

"Isn't Sunday attendance sort of a mandatory part of the Christian faith?"

Actually, the first church met every day (Acts 2:46). We get so caught up in when, that we miss the whole point.

Like I've heard it said, "being right is not a fruit of the Spirit." (ref Gal 5:22-23)

[cyncooper]

What's your point? Are you insinuating that President Bush isn't either a real Christian or, if real, not good enough?

If so, you're wrong, as the discerning and perceptive can plainly see.

[Rebelbase]

"Isn't Sunday attendance sort of a mandantory part of the Christian faith?"

Only in churches where they make you feel guilty for missing a Sunday.

[HomeschoolGenealogistMom]

It is best to go to church- but can you imagine the security they would have to put the church people through every Sunday? Under those circumstances, smaller, private services at Camp David might be preferable.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

One more clarification about church attendance -- salvation is about relationship, not form. It is about communication with your Lord and Savior, much as you would a marriage partner, and not just about meeting all the time in a building with a steeple and pews, etc. That has it's place, and we are to "forsake not the assembling of yourselves together", but having Michael W. Smith or other believers over for dinner and praying with them IS fellowship.