{"id":2334,"date":"2011-02-25T09:54:03","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T14:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=2334"},"modified":"2011-03-27T23:18:08","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T03:18:08","slug":"conversion-from-senior-pastor-to-church-dropout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/conversion-from-senior-pastor-to-church-dropout\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversion from Senior Pastor to Church Dropout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2011\/02\/conversions-from-senior-pastor.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2335\" title=\"jason-boyett\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jason-boyett-200x47.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jason-boyett-200x47.jpg 200w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jason-boyett-300x71.jpg 300w, https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/jason-boyett.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Jason Boyett at &#8220;Oh Me of Little Faith&#8221; has posted <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2011\/02\/conversions-from-senior-pastor.html\">my &#8220;conversion&#8221; story<\/a> on his blog today, which is not not about how I became a Christian, but about how I left the pastorate and ended up where I am now at. It&#8217;s kind of more of a <a href=\"http:\/\/de-conversion.com\/2008\/01\/05\/how-to-discover-counterfeit-christianity\/\">deConversion story<\/a>. I haven&#8217;t ever shared too much of this story on this blog, since much of it is still painful and&#8230; even a little embarrassing (I&#8217;m not sure why).<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2011\/02\/conversions-from-senior-pastor.html\">go on over there and read the post<\/a>. Here is an excerpt:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Through a series of events described below, I left my Christian job, abandoned my goals of pastoring a church, and rejected several aspects of my Christian beliefs and practices. I didn&#8217;t convert to another religion; I just left what many think of as Christianity. But for me, leaving Christianity is what allowed me to better follow Jesus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Boyett at &#8220;Oh Me of Little Faith&#8221; has posted my &#8220;conversion&#8221; story on his blog today, which is not not about how I became a Christian, but about how I left the pastorate and ended up where I am now at. It&#8217;s kind of more of a deConversion story. 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