{"id":7006,"date":"2022-08-31T13:06:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T17:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whitefire-publishing.com\/read\/?post_type=product&#038;p=7006"},"modified":"2023-07-25T11:55:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:55:41","slug":"back-to-church","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/whitefire-publishing.com\/read\/product\/back-to-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/whitefire-publishing.com\/read\/product-tag\/cara-luecht\/\">Cara Luecht<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ a Sample<\/p>\n<p>People are leaving the Church in record numbers, and they are not being silent about their reasons. With terms like \u201cdeconstructing\u201d and \u201cexvangelical\u201d they are letting the Church know that they are unhappy with the direction the Church is taking on any number of issues.<\/p>\n<p>What if the problem is less about the issues and more about how we have chosen to handle them?<\/p>\n<p>For those of us left, this creates an opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Will we rise to the occasion, or will we be satisfied with the loss?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0Cara Luecht READ a Sample People are leaving the Church in record numbers, and they are not being silent about their reasons. With terms like \u201cdeconstructing\u201d and \u201cexvangelical\u201d they are letting the Church know that they are unhappy with the direction the Church is taking on any number of issues. 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