The Truth About "Church Hurt" No One Will Say Out Loud | The Pursuit with James Griffin

Somebody in the church hurt you. Does that give you a reason to leave, or just an excuse to quit? In this episode of The Pursuit, James Griffin, Carlos Fernandez, and Matt Moody pick up the thread from this weekend's Storm the Gates message and preach the whole different sermon James promised: when leaving a church family is legitimate, and when it's abandoning the household of God.

If someone in a church family has ever hurt you, or you're carrying an offense you know you need to deal with, this one is for you.

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0:00 Intro
0:12 Welcome back: baby Rhodes and a preaching break
1:17 Free episode guide
1:38 The whole different sermon
2:16 For the person nobody called
3:52 Why Groups are the first responders
5:06 Have you ever been hurt by a church family?
7:43 Nobody talks about Chick-fil-A hurt
8:40 Quitting on the church vs. quitting on Christ
11:47 Why James didn't quit at 19
13:33 Why Moody stayed
15:03 Five legitimate reasons to leave a church
20:19 Leaving too quickly, staying too long
20:56 What quitting actually looks like
23:37 Don't bring those problems here
26:01 Problems become patterns
26:28 40 million people waiting on an invite
28:43 One invite can change an eternity
31:58 Two years of texts that changed a life
32:57 Leave your gift at the altar
35:09 Who goes first? Matthew 18
37:56 A reconciliation story from this weekend
42:58 Text, call, or face to face?
46:16 How to start the conversation
50:22 What if it makes things worse?
52:36 One thing to do in the next 48 hours
54:29 Closing