Church hurt

The church is filled with imperfect people serving a perfect God. How do we stop giving power to the imperfect people at church and keep going back to the place God desires His children to be — at church.

Where are the friends who used to pass us in the halls & sit near us in the pew? After much research, I think I've figured out why people leave church. #leavechurch #church

Someone hurt you in church. How do you respond? Chopo Mwanza explores our instinctive reactions, and why Christians often need to live counter-intuitively.

Sometimes, we are called to leave the church we've been attending. Take these two steps first then read some encouragement for healing...

"So, what do we do when [the church] becomes the source of our pain and grief?"

I’ll be honest. The process of healing from church hurt is not easy. It can be hard to face the pain. It can be hard to disentangle the God who loves you from the misrepresentation of God by an unhealthy leader.

We thought it would never happen to us. We were loyal! We were helpful! When church hurts, these three things remain true.

Church hurt. This is for me

Church hurt is real. And, likely you have been hurt by the church or someone in it. So here is an apology letter for healing your church hurt today.