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If You’re Going to Leave Your Church, Do It Right

5. Develop a plan right away for how you will look for a new church.

It may take you some time to settle in a new place, but start working on your plan right away.

Will you visit these 10 churches? Or two churches? Will you visit them once or three times? What is important to you  (and your family, and God!) in finding a church?

Don’t allow yourself to float aimlessly for months and years. Too many church floaters just float away.

6. Don’t burn bridges.

If you were a faithful member of your previous church, you will keep running into those who are still there. You’ll see them at weddings, funerals, open houses and school functions. Maybe even family reunions!

It’s bound to be a little awkward, but do what you can to keep the relationships intact. Many of them are worth saving. And you may need them later.

7. Keep praying and ask others to pray for you.

The ties that bind are not broken easily. In some ways they don’t have to.

Obviously, the relationship changes when you leave a church, but you should still want what is best for all those you left behind. And hopefully they still care for you. It never hurts to have more prayer.