If you want people to meet together, you have to agree on the same time. Choosing one fixed moment every week is much easier than negotiating every meeting separately. Morning is better than evening, because if people start doing something else in the morning, they will be distracted by it. Weekend is better than a week day. The solution seems pretty close to optimal.
Keep in mind though that if church occurs at the same time every week, then people who’re inclined to go are likely to block off that time for church attendance rather than starting something else in the same time block.
If I were trying to schedule the optimal time for church services, I’d probably pick Sunday or Saturday morning, but not earlier than 10:00. An hour one way or another can make a big difference.
Not everyone gets to choose whether to work at a job that keeps them up late.
I think optimal church hours would let everyone whose schedule isn’t extremely nightshifted sleep in at least a little for the weekend, then have breakfast, and make it to church without rushing.
Keep in mind though that if church occurs at the same time every week, then people who’re inclined to go are likely to block off that time for church attendance rather than starting something else in the same time block.
If I were trying to schedule the optimal time for church services, I’d probably pick Sunday or Saturday morning, but not earlier than 10:00. An hour one way or another can make a big difference.
I would argue that starting before 10:00 is optimal, it’s our modern habit of being ridiculously night-shifted that isn’t.
It doesn’t matter what should be, the fact is people are night shifted, and we have to work with that.
Not everyone gets to choose whether to work at a job that keeps them up late.
I think optimal church hours would let everyone whose schedule isn’t extremely nightshifted sleep in at least a little for the weekend, then have breakfast, and make it to church without rushing.
That argument can be trivially modified as an argument against any particular time.
Only if you don’t care about the actual quantitative component. Quite a lot more people are still at work at 10:00 pm than at 3:00 am.