Is it ever okay to leave your church? When my father pastored a church in the 1970s and 80s, he calculated that 25-30% of the church left it every year. It had nothing to do with his preaching, which was excellent. Instead, the area in which he ministered was full of young, upwardly mobile families, whose jobs moved them around quite a bit. The other churches in the area had a similar rate of turnover. Recently, an email correspondent of mine shared the story of why she left her mainline Protestant church. Although she had a long history in the … Continue reading Love Jesus, Love His Church (1 John 2:19)