Wounded in the Church: Hope Beyond the Pain

Church should be a safe place, right? Then why do so many get hurt there?

Ray Beeson and Chris Hayward combine their years of ministry experience to address head—on the elephant in the room: church members and church leaders hurt Christians. All the time. And the long—lasting effects—rejection, shame, despair, loneliness, fear—can be devastating. The authors have witnessed the rise of the “dones,” those who are just done with God thanks to scars from church.

With first—person stories of hur...