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The Reason for Participation in the Local Church 

The ultimate reason that we should participate in a local church is that it is specifically commanded by God. Even in NT days, there were those who yielded to the temptation of absenting themselves from the worship services of the local church. The writer of Heb. points out that members of a local church have an obligation to one another. They are to provoke one another to good works and to exhort one another to live consistent lives worthy of God. This can best be done within the context of a local church; so believers are commanded not to forsake the assembling of themselves together.

Taken from The Open Bible