There are good reasons to change churches, but there are a lot more bad reasons.

有好的原因來改換教會， 但也有很多不好的原因。

BY AARON LOY

JANUARY 27, 2014

Aaron is a husband, dad, church planter, coffee addict, insatiable learner and chronic dreamer. He's the founding pastor of Mosaic Lincoln. You can find more of his writing on his blog or on Twitter.

亞倫是一個丈夫，父親，植堂者，咖啡癮君子，終身學習和長期夢想家。他是馬賽克林肯的創始牧師。你可以找到更多他的寫作在自己的部落格或Twitter上。

Let’s be honest, while there are some good reasons for leaving a church, there are a lot more bad ones. As a pastor, I hear some of them every now and then as people walk out the door. As a church planter, I hear them constantly as people walk in the door.

說實話，雖然有一些很好的理由離開教會，還有很多更壞的。作為牧師，我聽到一些他們每個偶而隨著人們走出門。作為一個植堂者，我聽到他們不斷地為人們走進門。

If you’re thinking about looking for a new church home, please don’t use one of these five reasons to make the jump:

如果你正在考慮尋找一個新的教會家庭， 請不要使用這五個原因之一跳槽：

1. “I’m not being fed”

1. “我沒有被餵養”

Do pastors have a responsibility to steward the scriptures and care for their church spiritually? You bet they do. And it can be all too easy to overlook this while trying to manage staff, build systems, meet needs, put out fires and develop leaders, all while overseeing the overall vision and direction of the church. But let’s be honest, if you own a smartphone, a personal computer or a library card, you have access to some of the best preaching and teaching in the world. You can even find teaching archives of some of the greatest preachers of all time. Christian, you have access to more “meat” than any other generation before you!

難道牧師有責任為管理聖經和照顧他們的教會靈性？你敢肯定他們做的。它可以是太容易被人忽視，而這種嘗試管理人員，建立系統，滿足需求，撲滅火災和培養領袖，同時還能監督教會整體構想和方向。但說實話，如果你擁有智慧型手機，個人電腦或借書證，你可以訪問一些世界上最好的講道和教導。你甚至可以找到教學的一些有史以來最偉大的傳道人檔案。基督徒，你有機會比你之前其他任何一代獲得更多的“肉”！

To leave a church because you’re not getting "enough" is a cop out. Your primary call in the church is to contribute, not just to consume. As a Christian, you shouldn’t require spoon-feeding for the rest of your life. Eventually you need to learn how to feed yourself so that, in time, you can actually feed others. Remember, your call is not just to be a disciple but to make disciples.

因為你沒有得到“足夠” 而離開教會是一個逃避。在教會的首要呼召是幫助，而不僅僅是消費。作為一個基督徒，你不該要求填鴨你的餘生。最終，你需要學習如何養活自己，這樣，假以時日，你其實可以養活別人。請記住，你的呼召不是僅僅是一個門徒，而是要使人作門徒。

2. “It’s getting too big”

2. “它變得太大      ”

I can appreciate the sense of loss that accompanies growth. When we first began, our church was little more than a small band of brothers and sisters meeting together in a living room. It feels very different now that we are a church of a few hundred people spread across multiple services. There are moments when I miss the intimacy and simplicity of those early days. But remaining small is a sad and unbiblical goal.

我可以理解，伴隨著成長的失落感。當我們第一次開始，我們的教會是小的，兄弟姐妹比一個樂團多一點在客廳一起聚會。這感覺很不同，我們是幾百人分散在多個事奉的一間教會。有些時候當我懷念那些早期的親密關係和純樸。但剩餘少數是一個可悲和不符合聖經的目標。

When churches are faithful to the Great Commission, lives will be changed and people will be added to their number. It may not happen rapidly, but growth is sometimes inevitable for faithful churches, given a long enough timeline. If you have a problem with big churches, you really wouldn’t have liked the first church, and you definitely won’t like heaven.

當教會忠於主的大使命，生命將會改變，人們將被加添到他們的人數。它可能不會很快發生，但對於信實的教會增長有時是必然的， 給一個足夠長的時間表。如果你有大的教會的問題，你真的不會喜歡的第一的教會，你肯定不會喜歡天堂。

3. “I don’t agree with everything that is being preached”

3.” 我不同意的一切正被講道”

You know what? Neither do I and I’m the pastor. As such I fully reserve the right to disagree with myself. And every now and then I do exactly that. Why? Because I’m learning. I’m growing. I’m asking questions. And my hope is that those I pastor are doing likewise.

你知道嗎？我也不知道，我是牧師。因此我完全保留權利不同意自己。和每一個現在，然後，我這樣做。為什麼？因為我學習。我成長。我要問的問題。我的希望是，我的那些牧師在做同樣的研究。

If you insist that your pastor agree with you on every little thing under the sun, you are going to either hop from church to church for the rest of your life in perpetual disappointment or you will eventually give up and drop out altogether. Chances are you are not going to agree with everything that is preached anywhere. As long as your pastor isn’t preaching outright heresy, you can afford to disagree on secondary issues. The truth is when you choose to stay despite disagreeing on some things, you, your pastor and your church are better for it.

如果你堅持，你的每一件小事，在陽光下你的牧師同意，你會要麼從這教會跳到那教會中在餘生中永遠的失望，否則你會最終放棄並完全退出。但實際情況是你不會同意任何地方宣講的一切。只要你的牧師不是傳講徹底的異端，你能在次要問題承受的不同觀點。事實是當你選擇留，儘管對一些事情不同意，你，你的牧師和你的教會是為它好。

4. “My Needs Aren’t Being Met”

4.”我的需要沒有被滿足”

When someone lists this as a reason for leaving it is a dead giveaway that somewhere along the way they came to believe that the Church actually exists to serve their needs. They’ve bought into the lie that, when it comes to church, it’s really about “me.” Here’s the problem: the Church actually isn’t about you. It’s about Jesus. It’s his Church. He came for it. He died for it. He redeemed it. He continues to build it. And one day, he’ll come back for it. It’s his.

當人列出此理由離開教會是一個大破綻，順著他們來相信的方式，在某教會確實存在滿足他們的需求。他們已經買到謊言，當涉及到教會，它是真正關於“我”。這裡有一個問題： 教會其實是不是你的。這是關於耶穌。這是他的教會。他來了。他死了。他救贖了。他繼續建造它。有一天，他會回來的。這是他的。

This is the same Jesus who came to seek and to save the lost and then commissioned his Church to go and do the same. The Church doesn’t exist to meet your needs. You are a part of the Church that exists to meet the needs of the world. Put away the shopping cart and pick up a shovel.

耶穌來尋找，拯救失喪，然後委託他的教會去相同的這樣做。教會不存在去滿足你的需求。你 的存在是為了滿足世界的需要教會的一部分。收起了購物車，拿起一把鐵鍬。

5. Unresolved Conflict

5. 未解決的衝突

Wherever you find the community of sinning saints you will find conflict. Lots of it. The Church is one big family full of characters and misfits. Sometimes sisters argue. Sometimes brothers fight. Sometimes you want to bury your weird uncle in the backyard. But despite it all, family is supposed to be the place where you stick together. Even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard.

無論你發現犯罪的社會成為聖徒，你會發現衝突。很多很多的。教會是一個大家庭充滿有個性和不稱職的。有時候，姐妹們爭辯。有時候，兄弟們打架。有時你想在後院埋葬你的怪叔叔。但是，儘管這一切，家庭應該是，你黏在一起的地方。即使它很難。特別是當它很難。

Paul addressed a lot of church conflict in his letters. No where do I hear him encouraging believers to bail on one another or move on down the road to a different church where it’ll be easier. Instead, much of his letters are his encouraging and coaching these ragamuffin communities in how to do this very hard and messy thing together.

保羅在他的信件討論了很多教會的衝突。我沒有在哪裡聽到他鼓勵信徒彼此幫助，或在路上更容易繼續前進到不同的教會。相反，他大部分信件是他的鼓勵和指導這些布履蘭珊在社區做到這一點非常困難和凌亂的東西在一起。

When we leave at first sign of real conflict, it shortchanges God’s best work in our midst. It sidesteps the process of repentance, forgiveness and grace. It negates the power of the Gospel to bring reconciliation where reconciliation might seem impossible. We and those around us miss out on all of it when we just leave.

當我們在真正的衝突最初跡象離開，它在我們中間短期變化是神最好的工作。它迴避悔改、寬恕和恩典的過程中。它否定福音的力量帶來似乎是不可能的和解。當我們剛剛離開，我們和身邊的人錯過了這一切。

I do know that not all conflict is resolvable. I know that reconciliation is impossible where there is no repentance. I get that. But remember, repentance starts with us. And so does the extending of grace. And when we resolve to stick around and keep on repenting and extending grace, I think God can do far more than we often give Him credit for. Some of God’s best work happens in the mess.

我知道，不是可以解決所有的衝突。我知道，在沒有悔改是不可能和解。我明白了。但要記住，悔改由我們開始。所以讓恩典延伸。而當我們決心要堅持，不斷悔改並延伸恩典，我想上帝可以做的遠遠超過我們經常對他信賴。一些上帝的最好的工作發生的一場混亂。

An earlier version of this article appeared on aaronloy.com

這篇文章的早期版本出現在aaronloy.com

譯自http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/church/5-really-bad-reasons-leave-your-church