'Do I need to go to church if I am a Christian?' I have gotten this question a great deal over the years and even more so over the past year. The pandemic and the resultant shift in habits has produced a much less church-going society. There are many reasons to this, I would guess, and they vary from habit, to politics, to fear, etc. And as much as the cultural tide is of some interest to me, I am mostly concerned with our understanding, or a lack of understanding, of why ch