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Roy Coates:
Just curious how others left their local church. Did you just stop going? Did the Pastor or others from the congregation call? Did you sit with the leadership and advise them of your decision ahead of time? Did you have responsibilities in the house such as Deacon, Elder or Usher? How did you deal with those responsibilities?

Thanks for sharing...

lorrie:
Hi Roy!I know your question is directed  at those who went to a building, however i thought i would put in my 2 cents worth.
Basically i turned off t.b.n. i started watching t.b.n. july the 4th 2003 and from the independence day programming i realized the awsome gift of our indepence that Christ gave.
 I was unable to go to a church for many yrs due to my illness [m.s.,I was physically healed thanks giving day 2006.]And in march of this year i read L.Ray Smiths papers on the lake of fires- tithing etc..However i was purged of many bad [habits]sins during that time- i quit,cussing /swearing,smoking-drinking alcohol,prescrition drugs, negative thoughts,..you get the picture.
I  didnt go to church before that.Hope i didnt bore you.
May our Father continue to bless you

sansmile:
Hi Roy,
Well, to cut a long story short, the last man-made temple we frequented, was Calvary Church in Westminster. We flound we were frequently coming away frustrated and dare i say angry, at the lack of substance in "sermon" and the treatment of people downstairs in the "tea room". (Although i have to say music was brill). So, basically we started to study as a small group (3 of us). Thats when the Holy spirit started to reveal all the lies to us. Very shortly after this my husband was led (by God) To the bibletruths site.   We have never crossed the churches threshold since.

God Bless
Sandie

mharrell08:
Hello Roy,

I, myself, used to go to a word-of-faith church (prosperity gospel) called 'Word of Faith' (some coincidence?) in Atlanta, GA. I was a volunteer with the youth services as well as the faith groups for couples (this is when couples in a geographical area take turns hosting a 'bible study').

At the end of 2006, the Lord led me to the BT website and Ray's paper on tithing. He had already been revealing parts of this truth to me so when I read Ray's paper, I was overjoyed. I wrote my former pastor a letter stating why I left and copied the other members of the couples faith group. I was not as well versed then at stating what I was following in His Word but I knew that I was following the truth. None of the other members (who all still attend as I know from the email invites to the group that my wife and I still receive) have attempted to speak with me to understand why. That don't care as they also do not care for the Word of God. Hope this helps


Marques

Phil3:10:
Hello Roy,
I praise GOD for drawing me out of the Babylonian Church System. However, I feel HE put me in the system to open my eyes to HIS truths. I was raised in a very legalistic church in which I was never able to,as they teach,"be baptized and saved". In my mid 40's I was baptized in a Southern Baptist Church that my wife and family attended. I remained in this church and took on leadership roles including becoming a deacon. I tried hard to find GOD but never really did. I wanted to so very much but the more involved I became the more distressed I found myself. However, being in the system taught me much about the Bible and my interest in finding the real GOD led me into deep study, prayerful searching and an even greater awareness that the Babylonian Church System was not of GOD.
I continued my search for several years and became more and more disillusioned with the church system
and the lies and deception I found. I thank my LORD that HE led me to Bible-Truths.com and L. Ray Smith.
I was finding it harder and harder to attend church and finally made my break when the pastor started the Purpose Driven Life program. I had planned on returning after the Purpose Driven Life program but could never get the desire to return. I would spend all day Sunday in Bible-Truths along with study, prayer and really getting into a personal relationship with GOD. Leaving the Babylonian System has been very hard in my relationship with my wife and family but after 3 years I do feel they can see the bondage of the institutional church system and my prayer is that they will eventually come out.
Prayerfully, many others will see the bondage of the Babylonian System and come out of same. I do know that it is only GOD who can draw each of us to HIM in HIS time and in HIS way. I apologize for the length of this reply but hope it is of some help.
Phil3:10

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