In
Christianity, a
church service is a formalized period of communal
worship, often but not exclusively occurring on Sunday, or Saturday in the case of those churches practicing
seventh-day Sabbatarianism. The church service is the gathering together of Christians to be taught the 'Word of God' (the
Christian Bible) and encouraged in their
faith. Technically, the "church" in "church service" refers to the
gathering of the faithful rather than to the
building in which it takes place. For example, the pentecostal church believes the church is the "Body of Christ" as Christ is the head of the Church.