A guide for when you want to leave your Church

I will start by saying, I do not believe in any doctrine that insinuates that your destiny is tied to that of any local assembly.

By that I mean, a teaching that infers that if you leave a certain Church, your life will be negatively affected. In fact, I think such a belief is demonic and assemblies that teach that have traits of a cult, and should be avoided.

If the scriptures are true and we are indeed the temple of the living God, then the presence of Christ is indeed in every true Christian assembly and leaving one to join another is not a sin nor does it mean your life is ruined.

However, this does not mean that we should treat leaving a local Church family as a light or casual thing. No relationship or friendship should be viewed in such a manner, and being part of a local assembly involves lots of deep relationship building. So it’s no surprise that leaving a Church is rarely easy. That place has been ‘home’. You spend a minimum of once a week with the people there and have grown with them. It’s not supposed to be easy to just leave. Yet at times despite our love, it may be necessary. How do we discern if it truly is? How do we navigate our thoughts, especially when we’re not too sure what the best decision is?