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By Mary Fairchild, About.com Guide to Christianity since 2005

Why do Christians Worship on Sunday?

Wednesday May 7, 2008
A reader, Jan, sent me this email:
    I do have a query about Sundays. It seems to me that Peter still attended the Synagogue on the Sabbath in Acts 15:21. So, why and when did we decide that Sunday is set aside for Christ, rather than the Sabbath, or the seventh day of the week?
Many Christians and non-Christians alike have asked this question. After all, in Bible times the Jewish custom was, and still is today, to observe the Sabbath day on Saturday. We'll take a look at why a Saturday Sabbath is no longer observed by most Christian churches and attempt to answer the question, "Why do Christians worship on Sunday?"
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May 7, 2008 at 3:07 pm
(1) Karen says:

The Seventh Day Adventists worship on Saturday. We have an Adventist church within a bus ride from my house but I’ve never investigated their worship or beliefs.

May 19, 2009 at 1:41 pm
(2) Joe says:

To find out more about their beliefs…

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