Worship with a church family brings multiplied blessings (Heb 10:25). External and internal pressures threatened to pull the early believers away from their church and their faith. Regular worship was God’s answer to that danger. The first Christians gathered in large groups in the Temple and in small groups in private houses (Ac 2:42, 46). In spite of hardships, opposition, and lack of facilities, they made the effort to join in corporate worship. The ultimate significance