Saving Faith with Eric Sentell of the Backyard Church Blog

A Gay Ex-Pastor Asked People Why They Left Christianity - Here's What They Said


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Why are people leaving Christianity? Why not ask some of those people. Brandon Flanery, author of the spiritual memoir "Stumbling," surveyed his social media following and analyzed the responses to find out why people are leaving Christianity. The results are both unsurprising and surprising.

Learn more about Brandon and his writing at BrandonFlanery.com.

Saving Faith creates space for Christians:

  • to deconstruct harmful beliefs and attitudes;

  • to reconstruct a faith that works; and

  • to explore how they can follow Jesus in today’s world. 

  • Host Eric Sentell interviews guests, offers Christian commentary on events, talks theology, and riffs on following Jesus day-to-day. He is a regular contributor to the popular Medium blog, "⁠The Backyard Church⁠," and a moderator for the ⁠blog's online community⁠.

    Contact Eric at [email protected]. Learn more about Eric’s church, Trinity UMC in Piedmont, MO, at⁠ www.umctrinity.org⁠

    Podcast Author: Eric Sentell and Trinity United Methodist Church, Piedmont, MO

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