Ten Who Left: People Who Have Left the Church and Why
Why do People leave the Church? Why not ask them? We have plenty of greeters at the form door. But do we have enough lifeguards posted at the back door? Why do members leave the church? Do they come... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0816312982
ISBN13:9780816312986
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:Pacific Pr Pub Assn
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.38 lbs.
Dimensions:8.3" x 0.5" x 5.5"
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Reasons why people leave the church may surprise you.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Inactive members. We know they exist. We wonder where they've gone and why. We might even make some attempt to get them back. But, do we really know how they feel? Why they left? What kind of changes would make them receptive to coming back? Have we listened to them, really listened, without judging? In Ten Who Left, Fred Cornforth and Tim Lale interview ten ordinary, reaL people who left the Adventist church. Their concerns and the problems which contributed to their departure from the church and which continue to keep them from returning are detailed. The interview subjects are divided up evenly between men and women with five of each. They include two couples with the rest single or divorced. Most were raised Adventist and all have been inactive for at least one year. The interviews are not doctored up. Cornforth and Lale make no attempt to excuse the interviewees or soften their statements. Although it is tempting to believe that members who leave the church are heretical or at fau
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