Summary: <a rel="NOFOLLOW" href="http://ultimateradioshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/MBFLP-112-Toxic-Church-V.jpg"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The Church is God's people gathered together, but we know even God's people have remaining sin in their lives - and sometimes, that can make a good church turn bad, or even toxic. This episode we talk with Andy and Kendra Fletcher of <a rel="NOFOLLOW" href="http://www.homeschoolingirl.com/" target="_blank">Homeschooling IRL</a> about how to recognize, respond, and recover from a church which has fallen into bad doctrine, bad practice, and bad relationships!<br> <br> PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS<br> <br> 2:28 - Sometimes toxic churches and healthy churches look the same<br> 4:36 - Churches that lose focus on Christ and fail to minister to inquirers or immature or new believers<br> 6:10 - Staying in a bad situation to try and reform it from the inside<br> 8:50 - "Good" things that distract the church from its true focus<br> 9:30 - Recognizing God's grace in believers and churches which aren't like us and ours<br> 10:30 - "Gospel amnesia" happens<br> 13:15 - When do you decide to leave, and how do you leave without being destructive?<br> 18:34 - "Hope-shifting" and the idols Christians set up<br> 23:00 - Abusive churches<br> 26:45 - Healing takes time - expect it!<br> <br>
