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STOP ACTING LIKE THE CHURCH IS A GANG. IT’S NOT

Somewhere along the way, we created a dangerous, unbiblical narrative:

β€œIf someone leaves your church, you stop talking to them.”

That is not kingdom.
That is control.

Pastors do not own people.
Leaders do not possess sheep.
Churches are not cliques, crews, or gangs.

The Bible says, β€œWe are God’s fellow workers” (1 Corinthians 3:9). Not God’s property managers.
Jesus said, β€œMy sheep hear My voice” (John 10:27). Not your voice. Not your brand. Not your platform.

People move for many reasons.
Growth. Healing. Obedience. Assignment. Season change.
Leaving a building does not mean leaving God.

If someone leaves your church and you immediately cut them off, label them rebellious, or treat them like traitors, that exposes insecurity, not discernment.

Paul planted. Apollos watered. God gave the increase (1 Corinthians 3:6).
Notice Paul didn’t get offended when God used someone else to water what he planted.

The early church moved house to house, city to city, region to region.
There was relationship without ownership.
Unity without control.
Connection without manipulation.

Here’s the truth many don’t want to face:
Some people are not leaving you.
They are obeying God.

And if you truly love people, you will bless them into their next season, not punish them for it.

We tell people we are the Body of Christ, then treat them like they got kicked out of a club.
That’s not biblical.
That’s not Christlike.
That’s not love.

Jesus never told His disciples, β€œIf they leave, cut them off.”
He said, β€œBy this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35).

Love doesn’t expire when someone changes churches.

Relationship doesn’t end because location changes.

Calling doesn’t stop because the building changed.

We are not in gangs.
We are not in cliques.
We are in a kingdom.

And kingdoms are built on assignment, not attachment.

If someone leaving threatens your peace, your identity might be wrapped in the wrong thing.

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