{"id":273732,"date":"2025-06-04T23:52:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T23:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/dear-evangelicals-the-real-reasons-people-are-exiting-church\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T23:52:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T23:52:55","slug":"dear-evangelicals-the-real-reasons-people-are-exiting-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=273732","title":{"rendered":"Dear Evangelicals: The Real Reasons People Are Exiting Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #2c3e50; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 800px; padding: 20px;\">\n<header style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 40px;\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 1.2em; color: #7f8c8d;\">Why they\u2019re leaving. What it means. What we must do.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The REAL Reasons People Are Exiting Church - &quot;Dear Evangelicals&quot;\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/au920wFeICw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 40px;\">\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 2em; color: #2c3e50;\">About the Book<\/h2>\n<p>People are not leaving for the reasons we wish or claim. It\u2019s not really because of politics or improper preaching. It\u2019s not because of sins they want to commit or even a breakdown of traditional values. No, they\u2019re leaving for all the reasons they tried to express\u2014when no one in the church was listening.<\/p>\n<p>Now we must listen. Because as dire as the condition of the church seems, it\u2019s exponentially worse: there are exactly zero people outside the church who secretly want to get in, but scores of churchgoers sit with growing unspoken concerns\u2026for now, until they join the thousands each week who quietly slip out the back door, never to return, and never to explain why.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 40px;\">\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 2em; color: #2c3e50;\">About the Author<\/h2>\n<p>Jamin Coller is a seminary graduate and pastor\u2019s kid who spent 30 years as a minister, worship pastor, Christian educator, and national speaker. Now, after several years deeply embedded in the ex-vangelical community, he consults with church leaders to bridge the gap and offer a more accurate look into the minds of those he calls \u201cpre-former members.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 40px; text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 2em; color: #2c3e50;\">What Readers Are Saying<\/h2>\n<blockquote style=\"font-style: italic; color: #7f8c8d; margin: 20px 0;\">\n<p>\u201cI wish this was mandatory reading for every pastor!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"font-style: italic; color: #7f8c8d; margin: 20px 0;\">\n<p>\u201cHauntingly accurate and devastatingly relatable\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"font-style: italic; color: #7f8c8d; margin: 20px 0;\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never heard someone more opposed to the Christian institution and still rooting so hard for it as Jamin is\u2026the church will either truly receive this message, or we are doomed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote style=\"font-style: italic; color: #7f8c8d; margin: 20px 0;\">\n<p>\u201cThank you for giving voice to us former members. I feel heard and seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #ecf0f1; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 2em; color: #2c3e50;\">Stay Connected<\/h2>\n<p>Join our email list for updates, exclusive content, and insights into creating meaningful change in your community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why they\u2019re leaving. What it means. What we must do. \ufeff About the Book People are not leaving for the reasons we wish or claim. It\u2019s not really because of politics or improper preaching. It\u2019s not because of sins they want to commit or even a breakdown of traditional values. 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