This Sunday, January 23, we are asking the question "Why do I have to join the church?"  With a lack of specific biblical command to be a member of the local church, many people in our culture believe that they no longer need to join the local church.  This has led to the phenomena among Christians of irregular (at best) church attendance and church-hopping, always looking for the next best thing.  While I agree that there are many churches out there that are not doing things well, if every church that you attend cannot meet up with your expectations, then perhaps the problem lies not with the churches, but within yourself.  Perhaps our love of self makes it impossible, apart from the grace of Christ, to actually love the local church.  Perhaps we need to spend less time critiquing the church and more time repenting of our own selfishness.  Join us at New Canaan Baptist Church in Dallas, Georgia, this coming Sunday as we examine this very important issue in the life of the Christian.