Why do people go to church?

I think most people go, because they want to hear the Word of God. What message God has to offer on this day. Others do however go out of obligation to the community, or to keep their visual standing in the community. I have not been in a while, but i do need to start going again. I got tired of watching hypocrites, and listening to false prophet.

People go to church because they want to praise and pray to God. It is already a living tradition to attend mass every Sunday. It is one way of worshiping God and showing him our love and respect for him. The church is like a living home of God here on earth. So...we go there to pay our love and respect.

Hi France, From the beginning of time, people have had a desire to know more than we can comprehend with the five senses. This has resulted in the idea of a creator and hence thedevelopment of religions. Many people today attend church because they have been indoctrinated from early childhood to believe they should. Others attend because they enjoy getting together with those who believe as they do while still others find comfort in their beliefs. There is nothing wrong with having such beliefs as long as it does not infringe on the rights of others. Blessings.

Because it is expected! Because it is a habit. To socialize and worship. The reasons are as varied as the people who attend.

The reason why I go to church is to basically relieve myself from that week. Right now a lot of negative things are going on in my life. So I go to church to basically let it out, sometimes I cry or I might be really silent(which is a scary thing because I talk a lot:) and I talk to God about my problems. One thing I must say is the church doesn't make you believe you have to take it upon yourself to accept and follow. Now don't get me wrong there are a lot and I mean a lot of hypocrites in church, where I'm from we call them bench warmers. The reason why we call them that is because there not doing anything but keeping the benchs company!! But you just have to brush them off and remember that it's only going to be you and God on judgement day.

The church is only a building that is to bring the people of God together to worship Him, study His Word and to fellowship among those who believe in Him. It is important that we all find a place to participate in all of these things. It is the place where we go to become better prepared to "go and make disciples among all the nations." This is something that we as believers have the responsibility to do. The Bible tells us that we are not to neglect our coming together to encourage each other in the Lord. I too know that some people only come out of obligation but even if the tinest amount of the truth seeps into their minds and hearts maybe...hopefully someday it will become a reality for them.

Supposedly people go to church because the church is their sounding board, and I don't mean the church itself but I mean the members of the church. It's not easy to sustain your faith all the time so members are supposed to help each other with that. I stopped going to church years ago... I felt like a hypocrite.

To praise the lord, god. This is a very simple answer. There are lots of advantages of going to church. You can see lots of peple there and listen to a thoughtful speech given by priest. Praying together and signing together give you pleasure and happiness.