"When Is It Right To Leave The Church?" The Word is clear that the church is to be the "pillar and ground (foundation) of the truth". 1 Timothy 3:15; But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. Job 27:5; God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. v6; My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. "When Is It Right To Leave The Church?" Galatians 2:17; But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. v18; For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. "When Is It Right To Leave The Church?" "NEVER!" 1 Timothy 4:8; For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. v9; This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. "When Is It Right To Leave The Church?" v15; Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. v16; Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. "When Is It Right To Leave The Church?" A case can be made, however, for staying and working to bring about changes for the better in you. Jude 1:3; Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. "When Is It Right To Leave The Church?" Exodus 20:3; Thou shalt have no other gods before me. "When Is It Right To Leave The Church?" 1 Kings 19:20; And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? "When Is It Right To Leave The Church?" Matthew 8:22; But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. Hebrews 6:1; Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God. "NEVER!" John 6:67; Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? v68; Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. "When Is It Right To Leave The Church?" Overseer/Apostle