Church Hurt Behind the Pulpit: The Wounds Nobody Talks About is for every believer who has loved God but been wounded by His people.
Church hurt does not always happen in public. Sometimes it happens behind closed doors, in leadership meetings, through favoritism, silence, control, retaliation, spiritual manipulation, or the pressure to stay quiet in the name of "order." Sometimes the people doing the hurting are wounded themselves.
Spiritual Midwife Rena Day goes beyond simply talking about what happened. With raw honesty, biblical truth, real life insight, and the kind of conversations many churches are afraid to have, she confronts the painful realities that can exist on both sides of the pulpit.
What happens when gifted leaders are never held accountable?
When wounded leaders begin leading from their wounds?
When loyalty becomes more important than truth?
When members become collateral damage in battles they never started?
And how do you heal when you still love God, still have a calling, and may even still be serving in the very place that hurt you?
This book is not about attacking the Church. It is about loving God enough to tell the truth about what is hurting His people.
From accountability and healthy boundaries to forgiveness, restoration, courage, and rebuilding better, Church Hurt Behind the Pulpit reminds readers that they do not have to choose between their faith and their healing.
You can love God and admit that church hurt you.
You can forgive and still have boundaries.
You can heal without pretending it never happened.
And you can move forward without losing who God called you to be.
The wound may have happened in church, but it does not get to have the final word over your life.