{"id":351,"date":"2015-08-14T21:59:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T03:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/?p=351"},"modified":"2015-08-14T22:00:30","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T04:00:30","slug":"it-hurts-when-people-leave-a-small-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastormathis.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/14\/it-hurts-when-people-leave-a-small-church\/","title":{"rendered":"It hurts when people leave a small church&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard when people leave a\u00a0church.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to leave. It\u2019s hard being left.<\/p>\n<p>Most who leave don\u2019t make that decision lightly. They deal with some serious pain when they finally make the decision to go.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been a pastor for several years, you\u2019ve had to deal with your share of\u00a0such departures. Each one hurts. It\u2019s especially hard when those leaving are long-term members.<\/p>\n<p>The collective pain of all those departures over a long period of time can wear a pastor down.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[continued <a href=\"http:\/\/newsmallchurch.com\/when-people-leave\/\">here<\/a>]<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" 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