First Importance

Preaching the word of God is the primary ministry of the church. Preaching is the proclamation that Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose again, and this gospel is of first importance in all that the church does (1 Cor. 15:1–11). ~ The Resurgence

http://theresurgence.com/2013/05/02/preach-the-word?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheResurgence+%28The+Resurgence%29

Going to Church?

"... the rationale for the physical assembly, the meeting of the church for preaching...The assembly is not merely functional; the assembly was and is necessary, because assembly is what God is doing in remaking a broken world...The local church really and concretely represents the regathering that God is doing in a broken world. The whole story of salvation may be told around this theme of scattering as the judgment of God and gathering as the rescue of God."

~ Gospel Coalition

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2013/02/04/assembly-required/