James Donaldson on Mental Health - Church Attendance Prevents Suicide and Has Other Benefits

by Shawn Paul Wood “I don’t need to go to church.” “I have better things to do on Sundays.” “Yeah, but isn’t there a game on?” It turns out that church attendance may be better for your recreational and social life than you think, according to a recent study from The Wheatley Institute of Brigham Young University .

The report, entitled “ The Religion and Mental Health Connection ,” contains extensive information on the surprising benefits of attending church, many of which pertain to mental health.

Not the club, the frat party, or even the latest hotspot downtown.

Attending church may be better for your health than any of us realizes.

This isn’t about a spiritual mindset of wholesomeness, but about the psychological and physiological benefits to an individual’s sense of well-being.

If that doesn’t hit close to home , nothing will.

Don’t Forsake the Assembly Church attendance is something that is taken for granted these days.

Thanks to technology, it’s easy to attend “Bedtime Baptist” or “Bedsprings Assembly of God.” Whenever you roll over, grab the remote and stream your church on YouTube.

Yet, that’s not quite what the Lord intended.

Who needs to wake up and go to a church building, anyway?