Leaving it and running (bad choice of words I know), is not an option. We must stay and FIGHT for what is right in our Churches. Remember that you dust your sandals when an individual does not believe, but you do not foresook your community.
It's easy to walk away, but it's harder to stick and fight for what is right.
It's easier said than done, I agree and in many denominations the number of the good people who WILL stand up may be vastly outnumbered by the pinkos, but that can change if tomorrow, say for these folks aiming to destroy the UMC, there is a picket line of not just Methodists, but also Presbtyerians, Catholics, Pentecostals, Baptists, etc. etc. -- yes, we all have theological differences, but we should put up a united front on these matters.
I disagree that it’s harder to stick around and fight for what’s right. When the ECUSA ordained their gay bishop, I know folks who walked away from a church that they’d spent DECADES building.
There’s a point where the rot is so pervasive, there’s no fixing it. Christ didn’t spend a lot of time trying to convince the pharisees they were wrong. It’s virtually possible to convert heretics who are so lost in their delusions that they think THEY are the true servants of God.
The Bible says we aren’t even supposed to sit down to eat with heretics. You wanna try to follow guidance on pulling mistaken ones aside for gentle correction? LOL. The LEADERS of these denominations are voting to ordain practicing, unrepentant homosexuals!!! Wake up, my FRiend!
Take it from one who departed a mainline many years ago for their use of hard-earned tithes on blasphemy....God cannot bless the apostate churches.
I understand your argument, but just don’t buy it. I feel the same way about people who leave their children in failed experiments called government schools because their kids “need to learn to stand up for their faith in this world.” As if a 7 year old (typically not yet saved) can or should be asked to do that.
No, I have one word for these situations - flee. Find where God is working and join Him there instead.