02/06/2026
■"I LEFT CHURCH NOT GOD"
My two cents to the group that claim the above slogan;
First things first, believers don't choose churches to belong, God's pattern is that each must DISCOVER their local church via discipleship. The discovering is preceded by training on how the Spirit leads God's flock. It's why I believe God doesn't ask people to leave any church, neither doesn't He lead people away from local assemblies.
As messed up as some churches in the book of Revelation were, there is no one instance God asked it to shut down or make members leave. Notice how we see Jesus in the midst, with the Seven candlesticks in his hands. Nothing going forward should make you break ranks with your local church.
Make where you are the last place you will worship and serve till he comes or calls you home. Things may go wrong? Join in and make it right. Church is not growing? intercede and win souls & help them settle into the church. Put your heart, soul, mind, strength, influence, gifts, and money into the ministry of your local church in this year & beyond. Roll up your sleeves and join in to build the church.
And why is there a pattern that has become disturbingly common in Church life in our present age? At the first sign of friction: a misunderstanding with a fellow member, a decision from leadership that did not sit well, a moment of personal offence: a certain kind of person reaches for the same weapon: "I'm thinking of leaving the Church."
In real-life issues, you 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮. consider this logic for a moment. You do not abandon a meal because one bite was tasteless. You do not quit your job the first time a colleague irritates you. You do not walk out of your home because someone in your household offended you last year. You find a way. You communicate. You resolve. You stay.
But with the Church, which is a covenant community built on the highest form of love known to man, the threshold for leaving is apparently according to the majority is a single misunderstanding, an unresolved grudge, or an offended ego. This inconsistency is telling, it suggests that such a person's relationship to the Church was never rooted in purpose. It was rooted in preference. And preferences, by nature are fragile.
I call this the consumer mindset because underneath the threat or excuse to leave is usually something more systemic than a single offence. It is a posture, a way of relating to the Church that has been quietly shaped by the same logic that governs shopping.
The consumer mindset says: I am here because this place meets my needs. If it stops meeting my needs, I have options or alternatives. I can go elsewhere. And that elsewhere is always implied: a better church, a more comfortable environment, a Pastor who handles me more carefully, a community that asks less and accommodates more.
This is the mentality that is quietly gutting the depth of Church life. Not false doctrine, not persecution, its consumer mindset. A thinking that Church is a service to be assessed, a product to be evaluated, a relationship that must consistently perform to retain participation.
It treats commitment and accountability as conditional, loyalty as negotiable, and the community of God as something you sample until something better comes along. You flip. You change. You move on. And somehow, this gets framed as discernment. Such believers are displaying a spiritual immaturity dressed in the language of choice & selfishness.
📍I strongly believe & teach that the local church was never designed to be a product with alternatives. It was designed to be a peculiar people, called together, cultured together, formed together, and sent together around with a purpose & mandate that is explicitly larger than any individual within it.
Its why discipleship is God's order to destroy self, ego & pride in the hearts of men. Dear fellow saints, you do not consume a purpose. You submit to it. You serve it. You are shaped by it, often at personal cost. When the consumer enters that environment, the transaction replaces the covenant. And a Church full of consumers is not really a Church. It is a bunch of pleasure seekers that have not yet found something more entertaining.
Finally, i ask you before you leave that church, 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠?
This is the question that must be asked, directly and without apology: Who did you come to serve?
...to be continued another day.
For now, let the wise receive understanding, Amen.
