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3 Signs it's Time for You to Change Churches

12/11/2012

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Because of my job I'm not able to church hop - but changing churches has become the norm. In this USA Today article, it claims 80% of people who join megachurches will be gone in 2 years, even if they complete a new member's class.

Church hopping is truly the "all about me" experience. Attend the Beth Moore study at First Baptist, Youth Group at First Methodist, and the Saturday night Weekend Worship at Community Church. Why attend one church when you can pick what you want from 3 churches?

When you change churches frequently, you avoid the ABCs of church membership: Accountability, Buildup (a "B" word for Growth), and Commitment.

If you do change churches, here are 3 signs it's time for a change:

1). Your church doesn't preach or teach the Bible. I could stand up on Sundays and Wednesdays and read the newspaper, share about a book I'm reading, tell funny jokes I found online, complain about the Democratic Party, and share illustrations of great Americans from the past.

Jesus did not preach this way in His most famous sermon in Matthew 5-7. He quoted Scripture, taught against sin, and boldly shared the narrow way of salvation. The church you attend must preach and teach God's Word.

2). Your church isn't engaged in ministry and missions. The church in Acts 6 was so involved in ministry, they had to appoint deacons. Why? Because there was too much work for the disciples. The Bible says the number of disciples multiplied greatly.

If your church isn't making disciples of all nations, it's not a Great Commission church (Matthew 28:19).

3). Accepted Immorality. If you attend a church and there are open homosexuals telling everyone they were "born gay" and there's nothing wrong with their lifestyle - and the pastor and church leadership refuses to confront it, instead pretending it doesn't exist - 1 Corinthians 5 offers instructions on how to address immorality within a church.

If a church won't discipline people, the people won't grow as God wants them to. Hebrews 12:11 says God disciplines us for our own benefit - and it produces fruit.

Resources

9 Marks of a Healthy Church
Movement towards Larger, Contemporary Churches (LifeWay article)
When Is It Time to Leave a Church? (Albert Mohler audio)
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samantha
5/15/2013 12:01:01 pm

Ok... I have been apart of a wonderful fellowship for 16 years now... I got saved a long time ago when i hit rock bottom. I am not ungrateful for what God has done in my life. I am however having issues trusting the leadership that is in my church right now. Not the pastor or his wife it comes in a family that pretty much run everything behind the senes. I had been talked bad about by them and put down many times but they act as if nothing ever happened I was accused of liking their son shortly after i got married to my husband and then i was isolated by the ladies in this church. I never did anything to deserve the treatment i recived... The son himself had done multipul things :: Whispering behind my back while I was preforming small parts in plays that we did ect (intimadation tactic)
I was hurt by this family when they surrounded me in front of the church and stared me down and didnt even explain why they were doing it... It reminded me of how my Ex husband got friends to surround me and tease and taunt me and call me all sorts of sware words...but one catch my ex husband is not saved and neither were the people who participated in this awful event but the family that surrounded me in front of the chruch are suppose to be leadership??? !!! Like I said they act like nothing ever happened and no they have never said sorry for their actions and i dont think i will ever hear it from them.. I dont respect the family and i dont respect the Son either and they all hold leadership positions in this church now so im socially isolated for the most part and probibly will continue to be while here... i have spent years praying for a way out of this church but my husband wants to stay i feel like I cant win...





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