If you have never attend church, can you still consider yourself a practicing Christian?

As a Christian that would be an impossibility! If you are a follower of Christ- you ARE the church. The church is a body- you are one of the members of that body. You can't cease being the body by virtue of not being in a building.

1 Corinthians 12:27

Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

Being with other members of the body, however, is how we are completed as a unit.

1 Corinthians 12:17

If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

That being said, it is good to be a part of others lives who also are Christian because it is for our benefit. It just doesn't have to be in a formal building at a prescribed time. The churches in the New Testament met in people's homes.

I Corinthians 6:19

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

We need each other! Getting together where ever it is- is a blessing for us. However, going to a dry dead church building looking at the back of someone's head for an hour, listening to a person talk, and going through ritualistic motions and actions-- that isn't church.

1 Corinthians has a nice explanation for what the body is like.

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If you believe in GOD and that Jesus is the Son of God and he gave His only Son to die on the cross so that you are saved by His grace then yes, you can consider yourself a Christian. Going to church is suggested to you can surround yourself by other Christians and get spiritual support and biblical education from them. The old saying is you are defined by who you associate with! BUT, I know that many people can not attend church and they read their bible, research on the internet, socialize with Christians outside of church, and watch Sermons on TV or listen to Sermons on the radio. If you can attend, you might want to look for a church for interaction and spiritual support. If you can't don't worry about it too much! God knows your heart!

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God is not only found in a special building - god is everywhere around you. God can be found in a baby's sleeping smile, in the sunset, in the rain on a spider web, in the happy greeting of your dog after a day of work.

Your life is your church - how you choose to live it in accordance with his word is enough.