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“Every pastor should read this.. . . Every believer who has ever despaired of church, been tempted to quit, or struggled with guilt over leaving should, too” (Rod Dreher).   Americans still believe in God, but they are leaving the church in.
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The things Julia Duin writes about are raw, real, and cannot be easily dismissed. Every pastor should read this book. Every believer who has ever despaired of church, been tempted to quit, or struggled with guilt over leaving, should too. She has a master's degree in religion and regularly wins awards for her national and international religion reporting. This is her fourth book. She resides in Maryland. For seven years she edited the Times' prominent "Culture, Etc. Duin lives in Virginia.

Customer Reviews Average Review. See All Customer Reviews. Shop Books. Add to Wishlist. USD 9. Product Details About the Author. Average Review. After a latest incident with a cold, distant and formal member, I am seriously considering leaving the grace movement and going back to the Holiness movement. At least over there, they have conduct, order and doctrine. And many of the people show what they believe.

I apologize to you all ad to God for sounding a bit frustrated. I am going to seriously pray over this matter.

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Just my take on all of this. Correction: I said I was seriously considering leaving the grace movement. That was a tad hasty. Sure, they have the programs and organization but not the people.

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This is why I believe many, if not most, people who think they are saved are not. Most people who believe they are believers do so because they prayed a prayer one time in their life and got baptized. Not only have they not shown any fruit in their life they have no conversion testimony to speak of. People are suppose to examine and test themselves.


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I agree with you. If you even disagree a little they rather kick you out instead of investigating what is really going on.


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    6. I agree Steve. I just read a post from my pastor to a woman who has had a migraine for 3 days and he said come to church on Sunday and be anointed with oil. Entitlement mentality? All I want to do is serve, but almost am never asked even after making it very clear that anything that is needed just ask. Right now in our small 65 member church we have a Pastor and 5 Elders all men of course. When any idea is brought up by any members to help grow the church, help save money or even help bring in money the ideas are immediately shot down.

    Now we are accused of being gossiping, hateful trouble makers for having the nerve to share our feelings with each other. This is how our Pastor reacted when one member told him how many members where feeling. Sorry sir I think in our case it is the Pastor that suffers from the Entitled mentality… But I most certainly agree with your study and the main reason why folks leave a church….

    I am in the same boat as you. They will not allow me to serve. I have this amazing idea that could bring millions to Christ, but I can get no help from church. I evangelize on my own and bring about 15 people to the Lord per week.

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    I wanted to work with our missions department, but they do not return calls. I presented it to several pastors and 1 likes it but it has to be approved by a committee and 9 times out of 10 a committee will say no. The church itself is a country club. Most churches are too busy building their own personal exclusive kingdom.

    I completely agree. Music is important.

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    Some music in church is outright Satanic. What is wrong with people desiring a real community that cares? When my mom died and no one really did anything, I knew that this was not the family I wanted. The church itself is an exclusive Country Club and that is why people leave. When I have a real problem, I stay away from church. Church should be the first place I go. But instead of getting loving concern or living water, I get self- righteous filthy rags filled with dirty water. I agree Dr. As a former pastor who constantly held onto the idea that people who leave are the ones with the problems, I can now say that such a attitude is a self-delusion motivated by self-preservation instead of wisdom.

    And almost everything I see online written by people in full-time ministry falls into the same trap. I would love to see what a minister has to say about it who does not accept pay from the congregation. Would we even encourage such a thing anymore? When a person can see that the church or the Lord Jesus owes them nothing, then they will be able to be taught and lead into being a disciple of Jesus Christ.

    You cannot see the Kingdom of God without being born again,maybe some places are trying to up the number on the registry rather than winning souls! And if it a re occurring issue, one would think the leaders need some Soul searching! And please explain to me where church membership is talked about in the Bible??? Instead, God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the less honorable, 25 so that there would be no division in the body, but that the members would have the same concern for each other.

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    I agree! Expecting something from your congregation that you are not modeling.. Do what we say and not what we do rarely works.


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    Rarely do I encounter a church group whose leadership is willing to confront real problems in how they do things. But when those problems are systematic it often has to do with leadership: — Not giving opportunity to serve e. The church is not microsoft and Bill Gates is not worshiped there. Too many churches have become like a business and only deepened the entitlement problem. In your example giving should be in the form of entrance fee and the church be all paid staff. Although, Jesus allowed people to walk away on more than one occasion.

    I went to this church for 28 yrs. Realized pastor was taking all tithes for his self and wife. He leaves the church nothing. Right now he has 4 members. Eight of left.

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    No money to fix church up. The assembly told pastors they could take a salary or get all tithes from church, so for 28 yrs. Nothing is left to fix up church. What do you suggest? Several people in this thread stated that a church and corporation cannot be compared. The comparison Steve is making is about communication and actually caring about the people enough to hear their concerns so they will feel cared for enough to stay- ie compassion, kindness, love,…those spiritual qualities — remember those?

    Look beyond what might appear petty to you to hear the hurt. People who approach church are very vulnerable. They might have had a bad experience before visiting, or while being a part of your church! There are books by Christian authors which encourage church-goers to be especially vulnerable when interacting with others in church — this is not usually safe! There is a higher concentration of mentally ill, sex addicts, controllers, exploiters, etc gathering in churches. I have been looking for a church for 2 years and have been praying over a certain church as a possibility to go regularly.

    I was appalled that she would be inflicting herself onto others in a leadership position. I decided to keep looking for a new church new to the area.

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