People leave churches all the time. Members come and go. Some move to other towns. Many others move for not so noble a cause. Some leave over theological issues that are compromised.
Some people leave their church family over splitting theological hairs over trivial things. This happens a lot. Some leave because they do not like the pastor, the pastor does not like the flock or the members do not like the music. I recently heard about a couple who left a previous church over a theological trivial matter but ended up in a church where open immoral lifestyles are accepted and embraced in leadership. Go figure.
Many leave church over personality conflicts, hurt feelings, and broken relationships. God's admonition to forgive people, reconcile, and not hold onto bitterness are forgotten amidst feelings of the flesh to break fellowship. Churches are torn asunder under broken relationships.
Mad, unforgiving, and disgruntled people leave one church and are eagerly embraced by another church without any regard for the broken relationships they left behind in their previous church.
Does the Bible hold authority over the people of God anymore? Does the Bible not speak to issues of morality? Does the Bible not speak clearly on mattes of personal relationships.? We make it far too easy to leave one church for unbiblical reasons and join another. God's word is being compromised on many fronts in the local church to appease the modern culture.
If you are considering leaving your current church home do you have a Biblical reason for doing so?
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