Our Dirty Little Secret......sshhhhhhhhh!!

In late 2006, after spending nearly 48 years going to what we call 'church', my husband and I decided to call it quits(on going to church--not our marriage ☺). When we made this decision, we were doing very well spiritually (still are) and we weren't in the middle of any controversy, split, or anything of that nature whatsoever. One week we started talking, looked at each other, and we both just knew that we would no longer be getting up early Sunday morning to GO to 'church'. I'm sure there will be times when we'll be in one of those buildings again to visit someone, etc., but we both decided that our growth has taken place outside those walls thoughout our walk and for the most part, the flurry of activity associated with being a part of a church (as we know it today) seems to do more to pull us away from intimacy with the Father and makes it nearly impossible to build relationships with people in our communities in order to point them to Jesus.

I've been wanting to write this series of blogs for a long time, but I really don't want to seem angry and negative. While I am not angry at all, some of my views on the church AWKIT (As We Know It Today) are negative ones.....but that, in itself, doesn't make my opinion wrong. I would like to speak what I see as the truth, in love, but I ask that you know the underlying message is that I love the church and I would love to see it functioning in a way that brings people into intimacy with God.


One of the benefits of not having any readers at this point, is that it doesn't really matter what I say here. I can just practice writing! If anyone does happen by.....please feel free to comment. I enjoy the discussion. There is a lot to say and I'll try to answer the questions I get most often, such as---"What if you get into error?", "What about leadership?" , "Doesn't the Bible say not to forsake the assembling of church?", "Where will you get your teaching?". If there are any more out there, please add to the list---then at least I know someone is reading!

That's all for now,

'Nerak'