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Originally posted by webmaster
Fred,
Realistically, we have had people in our past churches that were 1.5 hours away. They drove to church each Sunday, stayed with a family all day, and then went to evening services, then drove back.
There have been people in history who walk all night to get to church the next day. I don't think distance compromises the idea overall.
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I have seen this experience as well. I do think that today distance does compromise. In my opinion, there is a huge void in fellowship and connectionalism caused by being so distant from one's church.
We could also cite numerous examples from days gone by where people would go to whatever church was in their town (usually only one to a town) regardless of whether it was Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, etc. That would not make it right. Others may object, but I think it is virtually impossible to have a Biblical connection to a church that is two hours away from one's home.