When We Come Together
Volume 6
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June 1, 2018
Editor
Scott Aniol
Editor
R. Allen Lott
Professor of Music History at Southwestern Seminary
Editor
David Toledo
Associate Pastor of Worship and Creative Arts at First Baptist Church in Keller, Texas
The apostle Paul wrote his first letter to the church in Corinth in large part to give them instructions regarding what they should do “when you come together” (1 Cor 11:17). The corporate gatherings of churches are essential to the lives of believers because of what takes place “when we come together”—the preaching and teaching of God’s Word, singing, prayer, fellowship, baptism, and the Lord’s Supper. Each of these ordinances of corporate worship are essential in fulfilling our commission to “make disciples of all nations” (Matt 28:19), which is why Paul discusses each in detail in 1 Corinthians and other letters.
