When People Leave Your Church

After 30 years of ministry, there is one subject that was perhaps the most sensitive to me. What do you do when people leave or are talking about leaving your church? I always struggled when anyone would leave. I have loved every single person I had the privilege to pastor, but many times the love was not reciprocal. That doesn't mean that I got along with every person, or that I or they didn't have quibbles and faults that were annoying. People are people. All of us have faults. We can't get along all the time. But we can learn to disagree without being disagreeable.

This pastor has an insightful column dealing with the issue of people leaving our churches. Take a moment to read his response to an honest question and then let me know your thoughts.