Comments on: Why Am I Being Rejected?

By: kimwenzel

kimwenzel — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:05:11 +0000

I will certainly be praying for you. Remember, the only opinion of yourself that matters is what Jesus thinks about you. Even the people the closest to us will eventually be disappointed or disillusioned with us. Hang on to Jesus and remember even in times of sin and foolish decisions, Jesus loves us enough to die for us on the cross. When he says he will never leave us or forsake us even to the end of the age - he is the only one who can live up to those promises.

By: tillyb

tillyb — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:38:54 +0000

thank you. i have just be fired from my job. and i fired myself from the pulpit for a couple of months now because of “fear”. everything and everyone around me seems to be crumbling but i thank you for reminding me that JESUS is with me and he will never leave me no forsake me even in these time. pray for me.

By: Bruce Cunningham

Bruce Cunningham — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:35:32 +0000

I didn”t fall into sin or burn out. I simply left one congregation, (after 17 years of attendance and ministry leadership), for another. I didn’t leave in anger or gossip. I just left because I became increasingly aware of how damaging some practices used by the Pastor and other Church leaders had become. (I confess that I had become someone that used those same practices as well until the Lord revealed to me how wrong they were.)
As soon as I left, (the same day), it was reported that the devil had been talking to me and that I was in sin.
My family has yet to recover.
This article describes my situation quite accurately.

By: Fernando Ramirez

Fernando Ramirez — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:50:23 +0000

Hey bro I was once where you are now exhausted, and done with volunteering at church. I’ve been serving the Lord since I recommitted my life to The Lord at age 22. I realize now that I was following the wrong person the entire time I was attending that church. I was never appreciated or thanked for what I did, it all seemed expected of me which pressured me to stay even when the church was on the brink of closing. Long story short the pastor lost her husband due to neglecting her marriage for “God’s call on her life.” I was without a church for about 4 months when I met my future father-in-law which was am ordained Pastor. We talked and hung out like regular people-no Christianese-and he invited me to hang with him in a couple family trips with him and his family. By this time I was dating his oldest daughter. By talking with him and sharing my ministry experiences I began to realize that ministry is not supposed to be inclusive nor is there the need to pressure people in our social circles or even those in church (over zealous). My faith in the church body was restored and I now help Pastor the youth at my church. I am well aware of my fallacies along with the flaws of others and I trust God to be their savior not me. My goal is to help people find their gifting and support them. I commend you for so many years in ministry, what really helped me was getting training in dealing with people in ministry, the program was called Turf Builders and really opened my eyes to see that I am only a part of a bigger picture. Jesus invites us to follow Him and carry His yoke but its a light yoke not a burdensome one. (Matthew 11:28-30) “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

By: Peter Di Girolamo

Peter Di Girolamo — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:33:42 +0000

Dear Christopher, I am so sorry to hear what has happened to you. The saddest comment is that you have lost 24 years of ministry overnight. I am from the other side of the world and just wanted you to know that I empathise with you and I do hope that you can one day forgive those people who have hurt you badly, and with Jesus, my friend who knows what doors of ministry will open for you on the years to come.

By: Christopher Crane

Christopher Crane — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:38:27 +0000

I’m finding that my disillusionment, and hurt grows exponentially day by day. I almost wish I had some unforgivable sin I could blame it all upon; some affair, or impropriety. There was none. I was faithful. I did nothing wrong. I was a target of a group of malicious “Christian” church members in a mainline Pentecostal denomination. When church members brutally attacked us, and assassinated our character, and when nothing else worked, “starved us out” by withholding their tithes and attendance - rather than standing with us, denominational leadership abandoned us. I lost a 24 year ministry overnight. Today, I could care less if I ever walk back in a church building again. I make myself attend for the sake of my children. But when they are grown, I am sincerely fearful. I love God. His people sicken me at times. Rather than seeing a glorious church without spot or wrinkle, I’m seeing every wart, wrinkle, and scar. I fear for myself. I fear for my future. Will I ever minister again? As of right now, no. But it’s bigger than that. In my current state of mind and heart. I see myself unchurched within a decade. And I sincerely won’t miss it. In a desperately difficult economy, God has graciously supplied me with a job, and has provided a place for my family to live. It’s all Him. My hurt may heal at some moment in the future. But as of right now, I cannot see my way out of it.

By: Franklin Banks

Franklin Banks — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:33:50 +0000

I was not a paster. I was the worship leader. It was also my job to do the Maint. work onthe biulding and yard. My work was the hardest work of all. Yet I was told that I didn’t do(anything).