When to Leave a Church and How to Find a New One

One of the assumptions of my new book Uncomfortable is that church is hard.

Discomfort, frustration and pain are inevitable. But another assumption of Uncomfortable is that these are not necessarily reasons we should leave a church. On the contrary, I argue in the book that discomfort in church community is actually a huge part of how we grow. Discomfort stretches us and it draws us out of me-centered consumerism. It forces us to rely more on God and cry out to him for help. It binds us togeth...