I watched a mega church go from thousands members to only a few hundred. Why is it that we see so many unhealthy churches crumble? How can one of the fastest growing churches in America go downhill? How are we as believers to find healthy communities be apart of? I want to be clear that I'm not a megachurch hater. Good things grow and get bigger and I believe in that.

Today, I focus on unhealthy and healthy church culture. I simply want to paint a picture of what we were doing and what it lead to. Unfortunately, in our church experiences there are times when Jesus slowly gets removed from the throne. We begin to focus more on our church branding, personalities on the stage, and our social media accounts.

I am fully behind the Church and God's plan to reach the world with the message of the gospel. I'm now apart of a healthy church where I'm learning and growing together with others. My church hurt experience was over a year ago and I've walked through a lot of personal healing and processing since then. This video is shared with humility and under the fear of God.

When a church falls apart, people do too. Trust is broken and often times it takes people a long time to heal and be able to move forward. With large organizations, the people who are attending rarely have a voice or a place to turn to when things go south.

Pastors, Leaders, and Teachers are all called to a higher standard. We need look to Jesus and scriptures to define the true heart of a pastor. This calling is designed to be a humble position submitted before God. Sadly we see the office of pastor distorted by those who claim to be one.

"Not many of you should be teachers. For we who teach will be judged more strictly." James 3:1

Here's what Paul says about the reality of the gospel going forth no matter the unhealthy circumstances.

Philippians 1:15-18 "It's true that some are preaching out of jealousy and rivalry, but others preach about Christ with pure motives. They preach because they love me. For they know I've been appointed to defend the good news. Those others do not have pure motives are they serve Christ they preach out of selfish ambition. Not sincerely but intending to make my chains more painful to me. But that doesn't matter, whether their motives are false or genuine, the message about Jesus Christ is being preached either way so I rejoice and I will continue to rejoice."

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Timecodes:
0:00- 7:04 So Here's What Happened
7:05-15:30 What Went Wrong?
15:31-18:18 Pastors Vs. False Teachers
18:19-25:45 Finding A Healthy Church
25:46-28:12 The Big Question
28:13-33:30 Healing & Trust