You have heard it all…Christians aren’t perfect, just forgiven; church is for sinners, not perfect people; if you leave a church because of people, you went for the wrong reason. Could it be that these excuses for poor, if not outright evil, behavior is part of the reason folks don’t want anything to do with the church?
The Bible is filled with stories that begin with painful adversity but end up demonstrating how God repositions His people to advance His Kingdom.
I have looked in the eyes of pastors. I see a lot of tired people. I see a lot of pain. The unrelenting pressures of ministry weigh you down with such a weight that you literally can no longer stand upright.
Looking back on our move to Florida to start a MicroChurch is beginning to make me realize how crazy we must have seemed.
You hoped 2023 was going to be different, just like 2022, 2021 and 2020 but here you are facing the same frustrations. It is time for a change.
What if the church’s adoption of cultural paradigms related to marriage is setting up our singles for spiritual failure?
