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Quitting Your Church? You May Regret It!

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist

I quit!

The writer of Ecclesiastes does indeed remind us there are times and seasons in our lives. Regarding where we are in life, he tells us there is "a time to plant and a time to uproot" (3:2).

There are times we are to plant ourselves firmly in the place God has called us. But there are also times to leave or uproot.

Do we get it wrong sometimes? I feel like I did in one church I served. Looking back, I do believe I left prematurely.

I have been a bit surprised at the number of pastors and staff persons who have shared similar stories with me. They left their churches because they were angry, because of the untold numbers of critics, because of the unreasonable expectations placed upon them, or because they were simply burned out.

But then they realized, after it was too late to change, they made the wrong decisions. They followed their immediate emotions instead of God's plan.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/4-common-reasons-pastors-regret-quitting-their-jobs-166813/#FP2UsfH0CklZrj3b.99

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