Sentences with phrase «hurt by the church»

Refreshing again to see that I am not alone in bitterness from being hurt by the church.

Our service is an outreach to the community, for people who have been hurt by church in the past, non believers, people who are feel they are outcasts, etc.We run with no budget, all the offering goes to a need in the community, tonight its going to a senior that lost everything in a house fire.

I myself was hurt by the church and stopped attending for 5 years.

I have also been hurt by the church in the past and it scarred me for a number of years but in due time God's grace is what got me through, not my own doing.

If I walk into a church service pretty much anywhere in America and ask people to raise their hand if they have been hurt by a church (specifically the leadership of a church), nearly everyone will raise their hand.

Some say that when they read my blog they think, «Now there's somebody who's been really hurt by the church!»

By being prayed up, we tend to be more spiritually prepared when we come across people who have been hurt by the church.

Yes, if someone has been hurt by someone in the church, to them it's the same as being hurt by THE church.

Sam (and I promise I'm not being judgmental), I sense that you've been hurt by the church.

A word to the wise: When someone tells you they've been hurt by the Church, the proper response is «I'm so sorry; tell me what happened,» not «suck it up, kid.»

Some had been hurt by churches and were just wanting to meet in our home when we arrived.

Reminded of a pastor that advertised on craigslist something like...» If you have been hurt by the church I would like to talk with you».

Yes, we were hurt by a church, or church member.

I can't tell you how many of my experiences of people who have been hurt by churches and turned off by churches can trace their experiences in one way or another back to issues regarding money.

Have you been hurt by the church.

However most who cry, «I was hurt by the church / pastor» are [in my experience] wimps who have not got their way or have had their feelings hurt.

Way to many folks who have genuinely been hurt by the church / preacher do not have a spirit of forgiveness.

However, unlike many people who left religion, Legend wasn't hurt by the Church — he still talks of it fondly — he simply stopped believing like he once did.

So forgive me for my earlier comment about «religion», it was not intended to be insensitive to anyone who has been hurt by church experiences, but to express balance which I feel often is lacking in society.

Kathy Escobar and Phyllis Mathis are starting a four - week online course for those who have been hurt by the church.

This is a subject dear to my heart... I minister to those who have been hurt by churches.

Iâ $ ™ ve been hurt by the church in my own life.

From Elly: How have you been helped or hurt by your church (or churches)?

The Gospel for those hurt by the church.

Have you been hurt by the church but are longing for some kind of community?

Not exact matches

@Steve: Have you talked to your pastor yet to confess your sin of constantly flaunting your blessedly perfect church in front of groups of people — mostly strangers to you — who've been hurt by their experiences in deceitful, toxic, dysfunctional, and / or spiritually - abusive churches?

You just get to see the broken people who were hurt by the very churches who were supposed to help heal them.

So, with this incredible promise of healing why are our churches still so outnumbered by those who are hurting and defeated compared to those who are experiencing hope and some measure of health?

He believed his chances for faith had been hurt by his father, the early loss of his mother, the air of unbelief in the Church of his youth, even the «terrible» liturgy and the modernized music (pitfalls he counted «inherent in Protestantism»).

Reuters: Vatican says trust in Church hurt by scandal The Vatican, engulfed in the worst crisis in Pope Benedict's papacy, on Monday denied Italian media reports that cardinals were suspects in an investigation into leaks of sensitive documents that led to the arrest of the pope's butler.

The abuse perpetrated by priests is atrocious and hurts Catholics (meaning THE PEOPLE who make up the Church) deeply but that does not given anyone the right to paint every priest the same color!

The abuse perpetrated by priests is atrocious and hurts Catholics (meaning THE PEOPLE who make up the Church) deeply but that does not given anyone the right to paint every priest the with the same brush of pedophile!

But now I say unto you, report those who disagree with you to the church or denominational authorities, label them heretics or say that they raise «red flags» and let everyone know not to listen to them, criticize their positions without ever going to them personally to find out what they actually believe and are teaching, align them with other «heretics» without ever researching their books, writings, and messages, and above all, side with your friends against them even if you personally have never been hurt or offended by them.

A few years back i was being led by god to help some homeless people.I'll tell you about the first homeless lady.my girls and i were driving by a liquor store and i seen a girl a lady sitting next to her cart.god showed me through his eyes the hurt she was living with.he spoke to my heart and said, don't pass her up.i turned around whent back and asked her if she was hungry.she was in shock and said yes.god told me to tell her that she is loved.she started crying and had me call her family so she can go home.anyways after that i joind a church and told them and asked to start a homeless ministry.i was told yes and all of a sudden i started getting pushed aside and they took over the homeless ministry.i feel lost and hurt.now i feel like god is telling me to leave the church.i quit going out with the group because of what happened.i don't know what to do.now i feel lost.

Our church is not perfect by a long shot, but we are striving to provide a church home for the hurting and the searching.

I think that it is refreshing to those who love Jesus but have been so hurt by the «church» and business as usual.

the children hurt by these men and the many others not reported don't deserve to suffer with these injustices because the church doesn't want to face the fact that there is a problem.

Looking over past comments for this blog, my overall impression was that there was a lot of pain represented there; a lot of people who have been hurt deeply by the instituional church.

Thanks for articulating what aches and mourns in many other hearts — of those deeply in love with Jesus — but often deeply hurt or frustrated by the church, religion, spirit of empire etc..

Leaving those who have really been hurt by an individual church or leader [s] to decide and speak for themselves regarding the positive help NP does or doesn't offer would be good too.

As the actual Church in fact does not fulfill it, does not advocate concrete social demands energetically enough, does not dissociate itself radically or quickly enough from dying social forms, does not stigmatize nuclear warfare profoundly enough (all this according to the opinion of these Christians, which objectively is by no means necessarily false), they experience one disappointment after another in regard to the Church, protest against it, hurt and irritated, and turn into lay defeatists.

I was hurt so many times by the church.

I've been hurt so very badly by various members of my church.

Most the members (and I say this as a compliment because I am one to) have been rejected and hurt by more conservative churches.

I can not describe the depths of despair I endured watching my family so hurt by those who declared love for us.8 years on and the pain still lives on and my faith is non existent!The church has grown and the pastor travels all over the world preaching and being feted by everyone.He is now high up in the G12 organisation doing very well thank you!!

I've been hurt by supposed brothers in Christ, I've seen TV preachers act cocky, and ridiculous, I've seen people chase tithes and money, I've seen people in big churches (faithful tithers) go without help while in need, I've seen people chase their own kingdom and building programs.

We get hurt sometimes for sure (and I'll add my name to the list of people who've been maimed by organized church).

Some who come to the pastor belong to the Church, either nominally or actively; some once belonged and have left; some have been hurt by their experience in the Church; and some are seeking for the first time to become members of the Body of Christ.

«I prefer a church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security... More than by fear of going astray, my hope is that we will be moved by the fear of remaining shut up within structures which give us a false sense of security, within rules which make us harsh judges, within habits which make us feel safe, while at our door people are starving and Jesus does not tire of saying to us: «Give them something to eat.»»

-- the spinelessness: when it's revealed that someone is being hurt by someone else in the congregation, why don't church leaders do anything to stop it?