E387 – Church Member 101: How To Handle Church Hurt

Church Member 101 is an extremely practical and applicable series meant to help ordinary Christians think biblically about their place in the local church. The purpose is not to scold church members or make faithful people feel unappreciated, but to encourage all of us to examine how we can better love, serve, strengthen, and support the work of God in our church. Correction is never easy to receive, but it is one of God’s necessary tools for Christian growth.

In this seventh episode and final episode of the series, we talk about how to handle hurt in church without letting it become bitterness, distance, or spiritual damage. If you stay in church long enough, someone will eventually disappoint you, misunderstand you, overlook you, or wound you in some way. This episode gives biblical and practical help for bringing that hurt to God, handling offenses cleanly, refusing bitterness, and keeping your eyes on Christ instead of letting one wound reshape your view of the church.