Our Children Ask Do We Have to Go to Church??? Yes!!!!!!

Our children ask Do we have to go to church??? YES!!!!!!

Less children today are attending church regularly than ever in our history as a nation Many parents don’t believe that regular church attendance is necessary for their children anymore. This is tragic! Moms and Dads, do we make our children brush their teeth? Do we make them wash? Do we make them eat? Sleep? Do we make them go to school, etc? WELL, YES, OF COURSE! Why? Because, it’s important!

Why Kids Don’t Want To Go To Church

Having a church which puts much emphasis on children ministries, as a Pastor’s wife, I’ve observed 3 major reasons why children don’t want to attend church. With the reasons, I’ll try to present some solutions.

1. Entertainment – The church cannot compete with the entertainment world today. Kids are being brought up today by TV, movies, VCRs, computers, sports, etc. Hollywood has millions of dollars to produce fast paced entertainment. As a result, being entertained has become a lifestyle. Our children are lacking the character and discipline today to sit still, listen and learn, whether it be in the schoolroom or church. If they are not entertained, they are bored.

The tragic result is this If a child has the option to quit something he is bored with, he will always quit. Why? He does not have the discipline to stick it out. His character has been trained to only do things that are entertaining. What will happen to that child when he becomes bored with high school? or his job? or marriage, etc? He’ll quit!

Parents should teach their children that life isn’t all entertainment. TV has brought about the slow death of the mind. It has dulled our senses and robbed us of the ability to think. It’s easier to allow someone else to do our thinking for us. Restrain it! Also, parents should make their children go to church. Ah, you say, “I’m not going to force my children to go to church like I was.” Did you really turn out so bad? Are your morals, standards and convictions higher than your children? Are your parent’s higher than yours? Are our grandparent’s morals higher than ours? Do you remember how moral your great grandparents were? Where were these morals taught? Where did this country receive this heritage? FROM THE CHURCH! FROM THE BIBLE!

If you don’t make your children go to church, what will their children be like? MORALS ARE PRESERVED BY PEOPLE PROPERLY TAUGHT!