Your standard chords (also called open chords) are easier to get your fingers used to. I almost think it's a prerequisite to learning your barre (moveable) chords.
Like, Uriah said, you won't really use them a lot in gospel, but it's good to know as much as possible. It also just gets you used to the placement of the notes on the neck (but playing bass, you already know that, you just have 2 more strings to work with).