The Lord's Day Alliance of the United States is a Christian organization and we are also an organization with a mission. Simply states, that mission is to undergird and strengthen all that our churches are seeking to do to obey the Great Commission of our Lord. Christ has given us the good news of the gospel with the expectation that we share it with all the peoples of our world. We feel that the proper use of Sunday is critical to the church's task of evangelization.

How important is Sunday to the mission of Jesus? Sunday is the day when most churches meet for worship and Christian education. It is through these activities that people are given opportunity to assemble together and engage in acts that help them to understand God's revelation and respond to that revelation. It is also the time when the Word of God (the Bible) is taught to all age groups.

As the needs of the world are brought to our attention, we receive the challenge to support world missions through our prayers and through our giving. Recently I read a sermon by Dr. Frank Harrington, pastor of Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. He challenged his congregation to give 50 percent of their total budget to mission causes outside the local church. And that influential sermon was preached on Sunday.

Offerings for the support of the work of the church are usually taken on Sunday. From my experience in the pastorate, I know that when anything hurts Sunday attendance at worship, the offering drops and usually is not made up on subsequent Sundays.

Sunday worship is also the time when the gospel, the good news of salvation, is proclaimed. It is a time when unbelievers are given an opportunity to hear and respond. Only eternity will reveal the number of individuals that have found forgiveness of sin and new life in Christ because of churches observing Sunday as the Lord's Day.

Where would our churches be without Sunday?

While we give emphasis to keeping Sunday as The Lord's Day, we respect every person's personal choice in the matter of Sabbath observance in our pluralistic society.

For Christians, the Lord's Day is most important because it was on Sunday, the first day of the week, that Jesus arose from the dead. While Easter has its special meaning, every Sunday is a special reminder of that blessed resurrection event.