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Good Online Church/es or Bible Studies/Sunday School or Fellowship?

Started by Jonathan Richardson
September 7, 2026
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#1
Hi! I was going to a good Anabaptist church, but had to move to an area at some distance from any currently. I would like to attend a good Bible Study, a good full church service, and fellowship online. Any ideas? :) In general, I like to do real life instead of online, yet I have found the internet very helpful for learning from thehisoricfaith.com and would love to find a good online church.

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#2
I am able to listen to some good sermons. So Bible Study, Fellowship, and hymns are the other important elements for continuing to grow and be renewed spiritually.
#3
Hi Jonathan,

I do not think it is possible to fully replace in-person church services online. One important aspect of an in-person Sunday gathering that I do not think can be replaced is Communion. I learn a lot more "knowledge" online than I do at an in-person church service, but I can't live out that knowledge unless I am around real people. 

On the other hand, both Jesus and John the Baptist spent extended periods of time in relative isolation and grew very close to God. For a limited season, it may be a great time of spiritual growth for you to be able to spend extra time in prayer and deepening your own walk. However, I would recommend that if at all possible, you move to be geographically close to a faithful group in the foreseeable future. If that is not possible, you may be able to find a few like-minded believers (or convert some) and start a house-church where you are. My final suggestion, which you should only consider very carefully, would be to look into local churches from the Restoration Movement (particularly the Churches of Christ). There may be a Church of Christ (CoC) in your area that is fairly closely aligned with the historic faith perspective (historically the CoC has taught nonresistance and taken the scriptures very seriously on other issues as well, although many have adopted the attitudes of the world in the past 50-100 years). I was part of the CoC before coming to a more anabaptist/historic faith understanding, and Chuck Pike, one of the teachers on this platform, also spent decades in a CoC before starting a house church. I personally would only consider going back to a CoC if there were no anabaptist groups close by and it was impossible for my family to move.
#4
Ok. Thanks for these ideas. I know online can't replace in person. Would be good though when having to live, for a time, in a place far from the places you mentioned. Do you know of any map of where Historic Faith type churches are? 
#5
You may also want to checkout the holiness churches. These churches come from the roots of John Wesley. I have quite a few friends and family who are part of this movement. There many groups under various names that are part of this movement. In general from what I understand, they hold much of the historic faith. For a brief overview check out God’s Bible School and College. They have a statement of faith on their website. Also they have a lot of singing groups on YouTube
#6
https://holinesschurchdirectory.com/" https://www.holinessmovement.org/search-for-a-church/ https://www.findmyholinesschurch.org/ These are church directories for the holiness movement
#7
The site usually recommended here is https://churchindex.org/. Have you checked that?
#8
Ok. Thanks for the links.
#9

Thank you for the question, brother Richardson. I am encouraged by your earnest desire to seek the kingdom and the righteousness of God.


In Hebrews 10:22-25, the Word instructs us to: “hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another…”


It seems that it would be impossible to fully obey the injunction to be “not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together [with other believers]”, if we do not in fact commit ourselves to regularly assembling “together” with other believers. 


In other words, if we were in fact to make it our purposeful habit to ‘assemble together, separately’, (to the neglect of any remaining possible option to assemble together), we would fail to capture the vision and guidance the Spirit has provided for us in the words of Hebrews chapter 10.

(And the goal of the Spirit’s instruction is always “charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned”, since “love is the fulfillment of the law”, and this law is “the law of the Spirit of life”.)


‘Assembling together, separately’ seems to be an oxymoron, and a logical contradiction.


However, I am entirely sympathetic to your most noble and pure intentions. 


It could very well be that God has allowed you to experience such a circumstance so that by your pure, kind, and meek endeavors, and gentle example, you might be a positive influence in your area towards a more full and faithful adoption of the Kingdom life and principles by other professing Christians. 


A positive witness of Kingdom Christianity is very needful in many of the the Churches of Christ mentioned by brother Doeringer. (I know many of the ‘churches of Christ’ and love them dearly, and could wish nothing more than that they catch a fuller glimpse of the historic faith, and aspire towards it, and rise up to meet it as an ideal that is most manifestly expressed in the Scriptures)


Whichever course of action you determine to take in your search of regular fellowship, I pray that God will bless you in it, and give you peace.

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