Our gathering on the Lord's Day is to be a weekly family reunion with brothers and sisters who love one another, invest in one another, commit to one another, suffer with one another, rejoice with one another, weep with one another, and band together for the Gospel. Without these types of relationships, it is easy for people to leave a church. With these types of relationships, it is hard for people to leave a church, and the biblical reasons for leaving are few (Acts 4:23-24).