Back in the day, I was a pastor at the largest church in North America. Eventually I walked away from it all because I could no longer teach beliefs and doctrines that I myself no longer accepted.

No person taught evangelical theology with the devotion and passion that I did, but one day I realized this did not produce true and lasting change in others lives or my own. Looking back, I can see I made at least these mistakes as a megachurch pastor.

Putting church over community Putting orthodoxy over love. Putting certainty over wonder. Putting teaching over conversation. Putting polished over real. Putting explanations over empathy. Putting answers over questions. Putting membership over friendship.

Putting prayer over action. Putting services over self-care. Putting style over substance. Putting appearance over authenticity. Putting functionality over beauty.
Putting religion over spirituality. Putting numbers over faces. Putting holiness over humanity.

Putting accountability over acceptance. Putting heaven over earth. Putting meetings over relationships. Putting reputation over risk. Putting superiority over humility. Putting charisma over compassion.

Putting the afterlife over the herelife. Putting doctrine over reason. Putting hierarchy over equality.
Jim Palmer #Exvangelical #ExChristian