Sentences with phrase «negative church experiences»

It still amazes me how many women share their very negative church experiences at the hands of its so - called leaders, only to have them ridiculed, dismissed, or silenced.

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The terms church and Christian convey very negative messages to many people I know, usually based on personal experiences they have had with churches and / or Christians.

I have seen and experienced the negative impact vision and mission statements have upon the church, and I wish churches would stop needing them, creating them, drafting them and casting them.

This opposition stems from the negative experiences he had made with hierarchical structures in society and the church, structures that suppress, in their harsh authoritarianism, creativity, autonomy and criticism.

Why, in almost every other sphere of existence, do we expect people to learn from their experiences, but when it comes to the church, people are supposed to ignore their negative religious and ecclesiastical experience and just blindly love the church?

In other words, my negative and sometimes traumatic experience with the church as tarnished my perspective.

While much of my anger toward a prior negative experience has waned (since I started over with a new church 7 years ago), the negative experience continues to eat away at me.

If you are feeling lost, disillusioned or hurt as a result of a shift in your faith or by a negative church (or other faith community) experience, Walking Wounded just might be the class for you.

If you are feeling lost, disillusioned or hurt as a result of a shift in your faith or by a negative church (or other faith community) experience, this just might be the class for you.

Having been subjected to some of the worst that fundamentalism has to offer, Justin has managed to emerge from his negative experiences in the Church as a man of wisdom, grace, and love.

The result of this negative cultural attitude is that the churches remain as a sort of Western institution and experience a certain cultural «poverty».

To all these people with such negative response.Jesus loves you no matter if you do nt know him.The relationship I experience with this church is one thing, but its reallyt the relationship I have with jesus is very important.I have served this church since 2001and.

So many people have had such negative experiences in choosing to leave a church.

I'm a product of all the church leaders and all the coaches, and fortunately I had more positive experiences than negative ones.