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2:183 – Church (Leaders) is (are) Not God<\/h5>\n

#faithbites #faithjourney church<\/p>\n

I hope I got your attention with the image. Slight trigger warning. This may bother some as there will be references to pedophila, anger, and immorale activity.<\/p>\n

I have heard many people say they don’t believe in God because of how a church leader treated them. Some say they can’t be part of a church or worship a God that allows adults to molest children when they are in the service of the Lord. Others say that because of the actions of a church or a leader, they don’t want anything to do with God or a religion. Or based on the image, they found out their leaders were doing sinful acts.<\/p>\n

First, let me acknowledge that no one should ever be forced into sexual activity without consent. No child should every be touched like that. Similiarly, no one should be humiliated by a church or a church leader.<\/p>\n

Second, the church is an institution run by broken people. Church Leaders are sinners like the rest of us. They are human, make mistakes, and try to serve God. This doesn’t mean that all churches are bad or all leaders are bad. I know great churches and have had deep relationships with great leaders.<\/p>\n

The problem comes when we lose our faith in God or our relationship is broken because we equate church to God or Church Leaders to God.<\/p>\n

God loves you and wants a relationship with you no matter what a church leader says, how they act, or what the church does.<\/p>\n

Scripture<\/h5>\n