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I went to a church many years ago in Texas to speak one Sunday. Before I got up to speak, the music minister motioned to me and said in my ear, "This church has split three times and these are the people who are left." There was a huge Baptist church down the street that many of the members of this church went and joined and that church was growing, but this church was dying. I saw numerous big Sunday School rooms that were empty.
I've also experienced a church split as a member. People taking sides and the church turns inward and it starts to die. The people in the church get their focus off the Lord and on to each other and who is to blame. It seems that if God's idea of his most important command is for us to love HIm and love each other then Satan's idea of how to destroy a church is have us turn on each other and engage in jealousy, slander and division.
So, if you were in the middle of a situation like this where people are taking side, pointing fingers and blaming each other, what advice would you give to a person stuck in a church like that? When is it time to stick it out and when is it time to leave? What would you tell that person to do to help the to grow their faith when it is being tested?
I've also experienced a church split as a member. People taking sides and the church turns inward and it starts to die. The people in the church get their focus off the Lord and on to each other and who is to blame. It seems that if God's idea of his most important command is for us to love HIm and love each other then Satan's idea of how to destroy a church is have us turn on each other and engage in jealousy, slander and division.
So, if you were in the middle of a situation like this where people are taking side, pointing fingers and blaming each other, what advice would you give to a person stuck in a church like that? When is it time to stick it out and when is it time to leave? What would you tell that person to do to help the to grow their faith when it is being tested?