Here is HARD reality, people will leave your church.
Gone are the days when someone leaves your church and its because of their moral failure or a sinful thing happened in church.
Reasons could vary:
1. boring sermons
2. too fun
3. too traditional
4. too contemporary
5. too big
6. too small
7. too offensive
8. too soft
9. too manly
10. too womanly
If the person does not like your leadership style, your preaching, your systems, your structure, they can freely leave and
MOVE TO A CHURCH THAT FITS THEM.
Sad but true.
Sometimes it has nothing to do with the church or its leadership. The person may be too busy; prayers answered; prayers not answered; got rich…