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Community – De-Churched; How The Church Lost Me Part 3

By Andrew Pair April 7, 2025

The fact is, most churches today are just social clubs. Instead of an open and passionate community of faith, we have created a religious club where anyone who doesn't fit the cookie-cutter mold is excluded and rejected. As much as we may not want to admit it, we are more divided in our churches than anywhere else.

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De-Churched: How The Church Lost Me – Part 1

By Andrew Pair March 31, 2025

For someone who doesn't wear a suit or speak good 'Christianese', the church has little to offer. Everyone calls one another 'brother' and 'sister,' yet they treat their neighbors better. We call it 'fellowship' and yet there is little if any real community going on. For the hundreds and thousands of people like me, we didn't choose to be de-churched. We feel that the church left us.