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		<title>3 BIG Reasons People Leave Your Church</title>
		<description>Discuss 3 BIG Reasons People Leave Your Church</description>
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			<title>Chazzer says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/administration/19920-3-big-reasons-people-leave-your-church#comment-3919</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I don't know. I'm not sure I agree with the assumption that church seekers are all that sincere. Do these three things right and what have you really got in the way of parishioners? In my experience, most are consumers more than disciples. When goods and services and presentation are more important than correct doctrine, scriptural practices, genuine spirituality and commitment to one another (#3, I know, but I am too jaded to believe people will hang with a church long if more valued itches aren't being scratched) well, then, it's no wonder we have what we have in American Evangelicalism.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Chazzer</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Caleb Breakey says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/administration/19920-3-big-reasons-people-leave-your-church#comment-3753</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is really timely, Dan. My first book with Harvest House (Called To Stay: An Uncompromising Mission to Save Your Church) is releasing this fall, so I've been immersed in this discussion for the past several months. Your three bullet points are outstanding—with the number one reason being that they're real. No philosophical mumbo-jumbo. Just the simple, practical truth. And that's what we Millennials long for. Grace and Peace to you, brother. We should connect sometime. www.calebbreakey.com https://www.facebook.com/CalebBreakey]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Caleb Breakey</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Alan Latta says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/administration/19920-3-big-reasons-people-leave-your-church#comment-3751</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wow! These comments are enlightening as to the self centeredness that is present in pulpits and pews.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Alan Latta</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Lavender says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/administration/19920-3-big-reasons-people-leave-your-church#comment-3750</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I believe people leave the church for a number of reasons people are at different levels in their Christian walk and seem like the people greet you in then turn on you not enough geniune love and seems like people are more interested in getting a position than doing what the bible says like going out and winning the lost feeding the homeless and making an impact in the world instead of keeping everything inside the church walls]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Lavender</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Thomas Shaw says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/administration/19920-3-big-reasons-people-leave-your-church#comment-3748</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Do you have a "drover" for a pastor who drives the cattle or a "shepherd" who leads the sheep?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Thomas Shaw</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Prince Ubi says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/administration/19920-3-big-reasons-people-leave-your-church#comment-3747</link>
			<description><![CDATA[All the reasons are wonderful but the fundamental reason is the absence of the Presence of God]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Prince Ubi</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Prince Ubi says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/administration/19920-3-big-reasons-people-leave-your-church#comment-3746</link>
			<description><![CDATA[All the reasons are wonderful but the fundamental reason is the absence of the presence of God.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Prince Ubi</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Alaska Mike says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/administration/19920-3-big-reasons-people-leave-your-church#comment-3745</link>
			<description><![CDATA[People also leave the church because of a rebellious attitude. "I didn't like.... this or that, or how this was said, or some other relatively petty thing.... And often you are right that this is not the hungry, humble seeker, nor even the humble longtime Christian. In fact lets just say, it is not the humble.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Alaska Mike</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>make-a-way mom says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/administration/19920-3-big-reasons-people-leave-your-church#comment-3744</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I was highly-churched for 25+ years; in leadership over the last seven where I served the "vision of the pastor". Selfish? Don't think so. The Presence of God was there but ONLY to the degree that the pastor's religious paradigms would allow. Jesus mentions this paradigm in Mark 10: 42-45, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great men exercise authority over them. But it is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant; and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” When Holy Spirit started to dismantle this religious paradigm, I was set free into the liberty of Christ. I no longer fit the box of Institutional Church. left. I now meet with others who Holy Spirit is setting free.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>make-a-way mom</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>YhwhKhai says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/administration/19920-3-big-reasons-people-leave-your-church#comment-3743</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is happening because people are waking up to the schemes and unbiblical teaching being taught in today's churches. Pastors who care more about leading their churches like dictators than like the loving and humble servants they were called to be. Many of pastors set themselves up as pastors to get paid. Ministeries are set up as a career for many of them and often in these churches the only ones who are benefiting are those who are ministry leaders. People are tired of having the Old Testament tithing system rammed down their throats Sunday after Sunday and being doomed to hell over the pulpits if they didn't fork it over. People are tired of the showmanship of church - entertainers and celebrities instead of creating an atmosphere where people will remain on fire for the Most High. People are tired of seeing the mess that' go on in the megachurches, which is why we now have a surge of home/house churches. This is what I'm currently looking for now. .]]></description>
			<dc:creator>YhwhKhai</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>RV Windfield says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/administration/19920-3-big-reasons-people-leave-your-church#comment-3742</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wow! The absence of God "in" the church service or in the people is not even mentioned. Is this about making a good impression, or being sincere? If God was an active person in our life and in the service would those attributes be an organic factor?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>RV Windfield</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>L.A. Girl says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/administration/19920-3-big-reasons-people-leave-your-church#comment-3741</link>
			<description><![CDATA[People leave church because of selfish, self-centred living. If you are thinking, "What's in it for me?" you've missed the point. "Each of you should look not only to your own interests but also to the interests of others." Philippians 2:4 If you have been in church long enough to know the love of God personally and have experienced it beginning to change you, and you have begun to open the Bible and study for yourself, you are now ready to plug into the work of the Lord. And serve in the church you find yourself in.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>L.A. Girl</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>make-a-way mom says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/administration/19920-3-big-reasons-people-leave-your-church#comment-3740</link>
			<description><![CDATA[People leave the church system, not the Church. When Constantine made Christianity the state religion, the church adopted the empire's hierarchal system. Early church fathers never considered the five gifts as offices to be paid careers. Also at this time, Augustine synthesized Christianity with Greek Humanism/dualism. The apostolic church NEVER would have done either of these things. Whenever you mix grace with law/religion/man's work, you have made grace null and void. We need to repent and go back to the Gospel of the finished work of Christ were we ALL have been made competent as ministers of the Gospel. The religious spirit that has gripped the Church for 1700 years doesn't want us to walk in this Truth. When the Church throws off this yoke, the kingdoms of this world will become the kingdoms of our God.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>make-a-way mom</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Happy says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/administration/19920-3-big-reasons-people-leave-your-church#comment-3739</link>
			<description><![CDATA[People leave church, because its become showtime, and not Christ Time.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Happy</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Dotun Reju says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/administration/19920-3-big-reasons-people-leave-your-church#comment-3738</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I pastor in a highly churched city. Why do you think people leave in a context such as mine]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Dotun Reju</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Mahala says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/administration/19920-3-big-reasons-people-leave-your-church#comment-3736</link>
			<description><![CDATA[People leave the coporate church because the truth of Yahweh is not being told. If you really get serious and start studying the word you will see where a lot of preachers are not telling the truth.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Mahala</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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