[RachelParticipant]

There are some really, really wonderful people in my family’s church. But I decided to leave, and the reasons I left boiled down to three things. One was fear. Fear of mistakes, questions, and diverse experiences. Another was a patriarchal system, where women aren’t allowed to hold a position or teach, where a wife’s place was at home with children, and where they consider feminism to be a worldly thing meant to disrupt the family unit. The last was the assumption that true Christians could only be republican and hold conservative values. Over time I realized that I didn’t believe any of these things or practice them. I’ll occasionally go back to visit but I doubt I’ll ever attend regularly again.

[RachelParticipant]

**The Lasting Supper, not Table! Whoops.

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