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Is It Wrong to Follow My Pastor to a New Church?

April 17, 2024

Is It Wrong to Follow My Pastor to a New Church?

25 min

Is It Wrong to Follow My Pastor to a New Church?

25 min

“They were committed to the work of the gospel and they were laboring alongside of [Paul]. They also were hospitable to churches or housed churches in Ephesus and in Rome. And it seems like they stuck by him.”
– Pastor Adriel Sanchez

Questions in this Episode

Questions with an asterisk have related resources linked below.

Do 2 Chronicles 17 and 1 Kings 22 contradict each other?
Were the Apostles always the same 12 people?
Was Mary ever called the “Queen of Heaven” in the Bible?
Can I follow my pastor if he transfers to a new church?
Should churches show movies that promote a political agenda?

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Adriel Sanchez is the pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Diego, CA. He received his theological training from Westminster Seminary California and serves as host of Core Christianity. Adriel is the author of Praying with Jesus and, most recently, Why We Worship: Experiencing Heaven on Earth at Church. He and his wife, Ysabel, have six children.

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