msg 2 former church attender

I wrote this to a person who was hurt by the church in the past, and wanted to share with you as well. I hope it encourages you 

Sorry to hear of your bad experience.  Sadly some churches are not actual churches but social clubs. It was surveyed only 37% of Bible church pastors are biblical preachers, today. And probably around that many or less are actually Christian in the church. Only 3% were found by large surveyed across churches who actually read the Bible daily. 34% read at least 4x a week.  Many or most in churches are not saved. The parables are warnings of false converts in the church. Jesus & NT Scripture has serious warnings to people also, who claim to be his disciples. 

I am sad to hear that happened to you. You certainly could search around for a good church. 

Just know that true Christians follow Jesus, they are growing in holiness, obeying the teachings in Scripture, and loving others. Rightly following Jesus. And would not be participants in gossip, meanness, or other harmful things that are typical of the unsaved. 

And as you've found, false converts fruit eventually shows. 

If you do look for a church in the future you can interview the pastor, elders or decons by phone, and inquire more about the members, and ask to connect you with a mature trustworthy saved believer (if you attend) who would embrace you and keep you connected within the church & it's fellowship & serving activities offerings. Not leaving you alone, but going with you, until you settled in and found trustworthy bretheren to befriend & fellowship with. Tell him you had been hurt in the past and wabmnt some helps from the pastor to get you settling in, among the mature believers in the congregation. (He will know who they are, or the decons will). 

Pray about it.🙏 You do not want to miss out on the blessings God has for you, in Christ & in fellowship with the saints [redeemed/brethren]. 

If you have questions regarding this, the Bible or Christianity. Or prayers, I have added helps below. 

Glad to help. God bless. 😊😊😊😊

Resources to help 

The Gospel- ensure you are saved 

Read the Bible daily 

Christian Resources

Solidify your faith 

*some of the resources might look overwhelming. Just look at the section headers for the offerings and decide what you want to start with. You can always add onto it later. Just read thru the Bible for now & then take an idea. The pg3 has bunch of audio/video resources and the Bible page has reading plans to choose from. 

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