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Medium (20-45 mins)
Doctrine
EvangelicalBaptist

When Should You Leave Your Church?

Theologian

Gavin Ortlund


Duration

32.58


Uploaded to YouTube

20 November 2024

Added to Database

25 November 2025


YouTube description

What kinds of issues are serious enough to leave a church over? Gavin Ortlund works through diagnostic questions and hypothetical scenarios in considering such a question.

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00:00 Coming Up
00:22 Introduction
02:48 Heresy?
04:40 Spiritual Fruit?
05:15 Family?
05:32 Will the Church Suffer?
06:42 Church Leadership?
08:30 Prayer?
08:57 Fear?
10:22 Scenario 1: college student
12:16 Scenario 2: cheesy worship
20:35 Scenario 3: pastors getting fired
23:15 Scenario 4: aching for liturgy
24:55 Scenario 5: not political enough
29:25 Talking to your pastor
30:28 Having a consistent message
31:18 Leaving Well
32:04 Diving in Quickly to a New Church