Comments on: Leaving a Church? http://www.joethorn.net/2007/10/17/leaving-a-church/ theology. church. culture. life. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alan http://www.joethorn.net/2007/10/17/leaving-a-church/#comment-3635 Alan Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:52:03 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/2007/10/17/leaving-a-church/#comment-3635 Joe - Thanks for posting this excerpt - finding it this afternoon proved timely and most helpful. For several months, my wife and I have been attending a newly-created church (merger of two previously independent local non-denoms). This new entity lost a lot of what made our old church good and while we are confident in our justification to leave, we have struggled greatly with exactly *how* to leave... I think I'll have to pick up Dever's book as we begin a new - and challenging - search for a more healthy local church. Thanks again! Joe -

Thanks for posting this excerpt – finding it this afternoon proved timely and most helpful. For several months, my wife and I have been attending a newly-created church (merger of two previously independent local non-denoms). This new entity lost a lot of what made our old church good and while we are confident in our justification to leave, we have struggled greatly with exactly *how* to leave…

I think I’ll have to pick up Dever’s book as we begin a new – and challenging – search for a more healthy local church.

Thanks again!

]]> By: Randy http://www.joethorn.net/2007/10/17/leaving-a-church/#comment-3634 Randy Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:50:57 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/2007/10/17/leaving-a-church/#comment-3634 Hi Joe, I throoughly and blatantly stole this article and put it up on my site. :) Thank you! Hi Joe, I throoughly and blatantly stole this article and put it up on my site. :)
Thank you!

]]> By: Still Considering Leaving a Church « Cavman Considers http://www.joethorn.net/2007/10/17/leaving-a-church/#comment-3633 Still Considering Leaving a Church « Cavman Considers Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:48:14 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/2007/10/17/leaving-a-church/#comment-3633 [...] Joe Thorn has some advice from Mark Dever if you are considering changing churches. Before You Decide to Leave [...] [...] Joe Thorn has some advice from Mark Dever if you are considering changing churches. Before You Decide to Leave [...]

]]> By: Barry http://www.joethorn.net/2007/10/17/leaving-a-church/#comment-3632 Barry Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:55:24 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/2007/10/17/leaving-a-church/#comment-3632 How interesting that God brought me to this site! I was asking some questions to Joe over the weekend about the website design, and happened to read this article about leaving a church. As it turns out, I meet with a guy every other week for coffee and accountability, and this week he told me he and his wife are wanting to change churches (ours is pretty big, and they feel a little lost). I was able to point him to this article, and I hope that he follows through on the advice that you gave. God certainly moves in ways we never would realize on our own, but I'm sure His hand was in bringing me to this site and leading me to this article. Thanks! How interesting that God brought me to this site! I was asking some questions to Joe over the weekend about the website design, and happened to read this article about leaving a church. As it turns out, I meet with a guy every other week for coffee and accountability, and this week he told me he and his wife are wanting to change churches (ours is pretty big, and they feel a little lost). I was able to point him to this article, and I hope that he follows through on the advice that you gave. God certainly moves in ways we never would realize on our own, but I’m sure His hand was in bringing me to this site and leading me to this article. Thanks!

]]> By: Carl http://www.joethorn.net/2007/10/17/leaving-a-church/#comment-3631 Carl Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:02:06 +0000 http://www.joethorn.net/2007/10/17/leaving-a-church/#comment-3631 I left a church once. But for a practical reason. My wife and I moved to the opposite end of the city when we bought our first (and so far only) home in which we live and just couldn't afford the gas so we joined a closer church with the blessings of our former church. Leaving a church isn't always because of negative issues. Sometimes it's because of a blessing. I left a church once. But for a practical reason. My wife and I moved to the opposite end of the city when we bought our first (and so far only) home in which we live and just couldn’t afford the gas so we joined a closer church with the blessings of our former church. Leaving a church isn’t always because of negative issues. Sometimes it’s because of a blessing.

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