Why Churches Should Resurrect Sunday Evening Services

Have Sunday morning services become a chore to "get done" at the beginning of the day, simply to be checked off a long list of many weekend to-dos?

If so, attending or resurrecting an evening service may help transform the mindset of many Christians today.

Kevin DeYoung, senior pastor at University Reformed Church, recently revealed a few reasons why congregants should consider "keeping ... going to ... or even starting" an evening service at the church on The Gospel Coalition website.

"Having an evening service keeps the Lord's day the Lord's Day," the Michigan preacher noted. "Without the evening service, I find it too easy to treat Sunday worship like an hour to get done at the beginning of the day."

"The temptation to squeeze worship into the margins of life is even more pronounced when we finish our worship 'requirement' by 8 pm on Saturday evening," he added.

At his own church, nighttime services had been resurrected starting in 2004, when DeYoung began serving. Keep reading.