It may seem the right thing to do but in fact there is no mention of 'going to church' in the bible and that is because we are the church. Scripture talks of meeting together but that would have been in homes or in the market place or anywhere else really, as they didn't have specific buildings.
It's true that they met in various places and didn't have a "church building". But they still went to Church. Whatever the appointed as the meeting place was the Church. Before I offer my reasoning, let's consider why they didn't have a Church building. It's an obvious answer if you know your history. They were too few in number, didn't have the funding and were too persecuted to have one. That's simple enough to understand.
Today, you can still have Church in a grove, on a hilltop, on a beach, in someone's home or in a bar (attendance may be better in the latter!). As I stated, Jesus had daily services in a temple. (That alone is enough to counter the theory that there wasn't a Church building... Jesus taught in a temple!)
But here's the thing... Let's say they held it in private homes. Consider there verses:
1 Corinthians 11:18 KJV
For first of all,
when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
There are three phrases I want to discuss. The first is in bold. "When ye come together". This is saints (Christians) being "the Church". Yes, the believers are "the Church". There is no denying that.
The second is in italics: "... In the church...". We have the Church (believers) coming together in the church. Paul called it the church! It was a location. Maybe a private house. Nothing other can be seen from this other than they were meeting in one place. The came together in one location. Let's just say it was a private home... Fine. It was called "the church".
The 3rd phrase is"I hear that there are divisions". Well, Paul was not pleased with it, and this report was the means to set some ground rules and doctrines which govern behavior in church.
So, before I go on, this one verse established or starts to establish various things: 1. The body of believers are to come together in physically; 2. They met at a certain location which was called the church (meaning it was a location, not just a spiritual presence around the region) and 3. The were about to be rules established for when physical bodies gathered.
In all of this, it was not questioned as to whether they should go. The assumption is that they would. He did not say"If you come together.. ".
Now, about the "private home" idea...
1 Corinthians 11:20 KJV
When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
Again, they were coming together. Now these Corinthians were abusing the occasion, as the next verse details. I will skip that for now...
1 Corinthians 11:22 KJV
What?
have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
1 Corinthians 11:34 KJV
And if any man hunger,
let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
What I put in bold is what I want to get at. The physical place they gathered at may have been a private home, but it ceased being one when The Church (the believers) gathered. It was no longer a house or a home. It was officially a church building and there were rules to follow. If it was "Bob's house, it was no longer "Bob's house" for that two or three or twelve hours. It was the Church building because the Church was there. And Bob lost all ability to take a break and have himself a sandwich with a glass of wine.
People are getting hung up on the whole "a building isn't the Church" thing. I agree! It's not but they have to assemble somewhere. Today, many Nations (not all) are blessed that they can go somewhere to worship. Yet, they despise the idea.
I am very sympathetic to the notion that organized religion isn't following the Bible. I get that...But this whole notion that a building is unbiblical is foolish. It's foolish for historical reasons and these verses clearly show that there is a "church location" in which even if it's a private home, it ceased to be one during the gathering.