Outchurched
You were told the ladder was for climbing.
The text says climb nothing of the kind.
A publication for readers who have a Christian background but have lost confidence in what they were handed. Traces the descent pattern across Scripture.
The first time I encountered that sentence, I did not know whether to laugh or to sit very still. I chose to sit still.
— Preface
Where would you like to begin?
Starting from the beginning For the reader who wants the full arc, from the first word to the last. Hurt by the church For the reader whose wound came from inside the institution — and who has not yet found words for it. Not sure the God I was shown is real For the reader who suspects what they were handed was incomplete — and is not sure they want it back. Something felt off about salvation For the reader who was taught a transaction and always sensed that was not the whole story. Questioning church authority For the reader asking whether the institution's claim on their conscience is scriptural. Believing past failure disqualifies them For the reader who concluded, at some point, that the door had closed on them. God feels absent or punishing For the reader who once felt something real and then did not — and cannot explain what changed.