How do you respond to being hurt by the Church 19 Articles

by David Dewitt

As a minister, I know what it means to be hurt by the church. I have been there on many occasions on a deeply personal and private level. For those of you who read this article, my heart truly breaks with those who have be...read more

by Jennifer Wells

Whenever or however it comes, I feel we have all had at least a moment where we felt that the church or someone in it has hurt us. It shakes us to our core because this is the place where God Himself is supposed to meet wi...read more

by Michele Connell

This title, I'm sure, will evoke many emotional responses from all those who have ever been wounded by fellow Christians. It is a tender subject and involves a myriad of responses depending on each person and their persona...read more

by Rachelle de Bretagne

Many years ago, an experience in my personal life changed my perspective of the concept of Church. I believe deeply in God and although I would never purport to have sufficient knowledge to understand all the ways of the m...read more

by Janice Day Sirman

How do you respond to being hurt by the church? What is to be our attitude when others cause us pain? Several years ago, our family went through a very difficult time. Due to personal problems, we were forced to leave the ...read more

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by Natasha L. Kohlhoff Polak

The church and members are like your family. If they hurt you, you feel rejected and betrayed. It happened to me. The church I had attended for quite a few years had a school where I worked, and I was let go when a chil...read more

by writer 'd'

I have just recently been hurt by the church. I left the church as I believed that they were bringing in false teaching. I believed that they were getting carried away and forgetting the bible. I am still angry and I am ve...read more

by crow messenger

Paul, in one of his last letters written from the dungeon prison in Rome, expressed his sadness and hurt at having been abandoned by those in Asia. A man dying in a cold prison who had worked tirelessly to encourage and bu...read more

by Claudia Windal

I believe that we are not hurt by the Church but by individuals and groups within the Church and various religious denominations. I have been hurt by the narrow mindedness, prejudice, lack of education, and selfishness tha...read more

by Ivan Sugarwood

Before I begin I must state that no chruch is perfect. You will never find a place where everyone says the perfect thing without offending you in anyway. I truly believe that pride is the culprit on the person who supposid...read more

by Aquarius Bay

I once heard a preacher say, 'When religion gets ugly, the prophets are killed!', not meaning literally, but again, maybe so. I delved into religion in the late 1980's, became a fairly good speaker, and investing myself...read more

by Susie Gilliland

So many denominations in the world today for Christians perhaps your Methodist, maybe Church of Christ, possibly Baptist, Presbyterian, or nondenominational. Which ever you are the one thing they all have in common is they...read more

by Renae Richardson

I thought I knew you? I thought you knew me? Why the hurt? Why the pain? How could you stab me in the back, talk about me, slander my name? How could you? What should I do? Where can I turn? Is this who we were called t...read more

by Catherine C. Roberts

Several years ago, my heart was torn out (or it sure felt like it) by the congregation of the church that, I was a member of. This is how the story goes; I was an active member of this church and the most part of the con...read more

by David Wermuth

A perfect question deserves a perfect answer... Naturally, us Christians don't want to respond to being hurt by a church, we want the church to respond to us for being hurt. That's human nature, our sin nature, that want...read more

by Karen Exelby

Hurt by the church? That very phrase almost sounds like a joke, but for way too many people it is no laughing matter. I have heard it said that there is no hurt like a church hurt. The very institution that was establis...read more

by Karen Shoemaker

How to respond to being hurt by the Church? I am an expert on this subject. Self-professed. Years ago my husband had an affair. He left the church, obviously. Instead of reaching out to him and trying to help him the churc...read more

by Caitlin Mcculloch

"Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, 'Surely not I, Rabbi?' Jesus answered, 'Yes, it is you.'" ~Matthew 25:26 Christians, literally "followers of Christ", are destined to follow Him, even in this painful wa...read more

by Vickie Dean

I have heard it time and time again: people desperately seeking to find God, looking for answers to their issues and struggles. They go to church, only for someone to come along and say something insensitive, or look ...read more