Benefits of Church:
1) Church going is connected with better health:
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/10/23/churchgoing-correlated-with-better-health-a/
2) Church goers live longer:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1479774/The-secret-of-long-life…-go-to-church.html
3) Church goers have lower risks of depression
4) Churches contribute positively in many ways to the community: financially, socially, spiritually
https://www.cardus.ca/organization/news/282/
5) Church goes are happier:
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2010/10/AreWeHappyYet.pdf
6) Church goers have stronger marriages:
http://drstoop.com/the-couple-that-prays-together/
7) Church goers have stronger families:
8) Church attenders have a place to Belong
As soon as anyone gets serious about anything, they join a club. Serious about health… join a gym. Serious about recovery… join a 12 step group. Serious about stamps… join a collecting group. Serious about spirituality, discovering God, and growing in your faith… join a church!
9) Church attenders have a place to Believe:
We love wearing our favourite team’s jerseys’ to events… it makes us feel (and look like) we’re all on the same team. A church family is that place in the community where we can believe… where there are other like minded people we can do life with.
10) Church attenders have a place to Become.
Faith in God is a journey. No one is perfect and no one arrives overnight. A church family supports us on this Journey.