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Church Hurt: Do You Heal, Stay, or Leave?

Reviewed by Jude 3 Project·2 min read· Members

The voices come from several Jude 3 Project conversations:

  • Pastors Jerome Gay, Reggie Sharpe, Cornelius Lindsey and Rasool Berry
  • Licensed counselor Dr. Monique Gadson
  • Psychologists Dr. Christina Edmondson and Dr. Jessica Brown
  • Former pastor John Onwuchekwa
  • Dr. Carmen Imes of Biola University’s Talbot School of Theology
  • Author Yana Conner
  • Marketplace leader Travis Williams
  • Jude 3 Project founder Lisa Fields

They do not divide neatly into camps. Gay is among the most insistent that wounded believers belong in the body of Christ, yet he tells abuse survivors not to rush back. Imes gives the clearest grounds here for leaving a church, and she also warns that following Jesus was never meant to be done alone.

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