“Wednesday is the new Sunday”

“Wednesday is the new Sunday” April 28, 2017

commandments-311202_640More and more churches are holding church services on Wednesday evenings. And for more and more Americans, that is the day they go to church.

Though many conservative Protestants have long held midweek services as an “extra” day to worship, this new trend of worshipping on Wednesday alone is becoming especially common in mainline Protestant denominations.  (Though I assume these congregations still hold Sunday services.)

After all, going to church on Wednesday keeps Sunday free for all of those other weekend activities.

Do you see anything wrong with this?

From Jean Hopfensperger, Churches and families making Wednesdays the new Sunday – StarTribune.com:

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