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What can Christians do when invited to attend and take part in religious services at temples or mosques?


Sometimes, Christians may be invited to visit places of worship of those of other faiths. Some Christians may politely decline such invitations for their own valid reasons and this should be respected. Others may wish to visit those places when there are no worship or religious activities going on in order to better understand the other religion and so build relationships with the other communities and persons in it. 


When acts of worship are being carried out in that temple or mosque, Christians should bear in mind the following:


"Christians should find out more about the other faith community prior to attending its worship activity.

"Christians attend such activities as visitors and not as participants. This means that they should not take part in any rituals or religious activities performed during these worship events.

"When Christians attend the worship activities of other faith communities, they must learn about and observe any restrictions that may be practised in that place of worship. This includes appropriate behaviour relating to attire, food and drink, gestures, gender roles as well as postures.

 

National Council of Churches of Singapore

“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit, we were all baptized into one body.”

- 1 Corinthians 12:12-13