A male believer D (pseudonym) had served in a church in Henan Province for many years before he left it more than a year ago because of some unresolved disagreements. It is not uncommon for pastors and believers to be forced to leave their original churches for various reasons.
The cause of the disagreements was that the pastors of the church believed that D was taking the "Pentecostal path", which they considered completely wrong. Meanwhile, D was regarded as a heretic and having gone astray, for which he was thrown out of the church.
D said that in the first three months after he left the church, despite being a grown man, he was in great pain with tears at home every day. After all, he had stayed in that church for more than 20 years with deep feelings for it. "But what hurt me the most was that they labeled me a heretic with a connection to Pentecostalism."
"Over the past year, I have tried to reason with them three times. A while ago, I still contacted someone in the church. Finally, they said that I could go back if I fulfilled two conditions. First, I wouldn’t contact with the outside world, especially the Pentecostals. Second, I must terminate the college student fellowship in my home. I really couldn’t agree to such conditions. Otherwise, the people in the university fellowship would lose faith,” D said emotionally.
It has been more than a year since Brother D was expelled from the church. He described that afterward he felt closer with the Lord Jesus Christ. When serving in the church, he was always very occupied with church affairs. Now that he has left, he has much personal time for spiritual practice and seeking intimacy with God.
When believers are united, the church can be well developed. However, when the church is separated, the relationship between individuals and God can be well developed. People may be divided, but D believes that God never makes mistakes, but makes all things work together.
After being thrown out of the previous church, D realized that his situation was not an exception. There was another group of believers in the same city who were also kicked out of their original churches because of their connections with other churches. So, they felt for each other and gathered together, which could be considered a church. But they were not very professional in the claims of Jesus for there wasn’t any teacher to lead them or anyone to preach to them. After learning that D had left his church, they invited him to preach and nurture them twice a week.
Almost all these believers are locals who own the meeting venue, so they don’t need to pay any rent. Other expenses are also very limited. Since they were all banished, there would be nowhere to give offering even if they wanted to. After getting to know D, they invited him to preach to them. "They pay me 2,000 yuan a month, for which I'm very grateful. God is helping me faithfully. (During this period, D gave his son over 200,000 yuan for his wedding.) This is a great grace that God has given me. Precisely because of God’s amazing grace, I have the confidence and courage to continue serving like this，” said D.
After D was expelled, he was very disheartened and even planned to completely give up on serving and find a secular job to make a living. However, he experienced God’s faithful comfort and help when suffering through pain and hardships. As his wife also urged him to continue serving, he did not quit the ministry or earn money with a secular job.
- Translated by Shuya Wang
D弟兄在中原某地教会服事多年，于一年多前因为和所属教会有一些分歧无法解决而最终离开了这所教会。牧者和信徒因为各种缘故被迫离开原来的教会，这样的情形在教会其实并不罕见。（==当summary）
而分歧的原因，是因为教会牧者认为D弟兄走的是“灵恩的道路”，他们认为这是完全错误的，把D弟兄定为异端，认为他走偏了，以此为由把D弟兄赶出来教会。
D弟兄说，刚出来的前面三个月，每天他都非常痛苦，一个大男人，每天都在家里流泪。毕竟在那里待了20多年了，有很深的感情。“但是最让我痛苦的地方是他们居然把我定为异端，认为我跟灵恩派有连接。”
“这一年多来，我曾经先后三次找过他们沟通。前段时间，还和一个人联系了，他们说我可以回去，但是想要回去的话有两个条件：不和外界联络尤其是不能和灵恩派有任何联络，然后必须停掉家里的大学生团契。我实在不能答应，答应的话团契的这些人就散掉了。”D弟兄很激动地说。
D弟兄从出来到现在已经一年多了，他说他的个人感受是自己跟主耶稣基督的关系更加靠近了。以前在教会服事的时候，非常忙碌，一直忙于教会的事情。现在从教会出来以后，就有了很多个人的时间，可以很好的灵修，建立与神的关系。
弟兄姊妹合一，这样的时候可以很好的发展教会，但是教会有分裂现象的时候，可以很好的发展个人与神的关系。人可能会有分裂，但是D弟兄相信神是从来都不会误事的神，而且神也会让万事都互相效力。
之前的教会把D弟兄赶出来以后，D弟兄才了解到，原来他的情况并不是个例。同个城市另外有一群信徒，也因为跟其他教会有联络的缘故被原来的教会赶出来了，他们就聚集在一起，也算是一个教会吧，但是在真理方面不是很专业，没有老师带领他们，没有人给他们讲课。他们了解到D弟兄离开了原来的教会，于是他们就邀请D弟兄过去，每周过去两次，给他们讲道，牧养他们。
这些信徒基本都是本地人，聚会的地方也是他们自己的，因此不需要承担什么房租之类的，其他的开支也都很少，因为都是被赶出来的，所以就算想奉献也没有地方。他们了解到D弟兄的情况以后，就邀请D弟兄过去给他们讲道。“他们每个月给我2000块钱，我非常感恩，神在很信实的帮助我。（就在这个期间，D弟兄的儿子结婚，一共花了20多万块钱）这是神向着我的很大的恩典，也正是因为这样的惊人的神的恩典，我才有信心和勇气继续走下来。”，D弟兄如此说。
D弟兄被赶出来以后，曾经非常心灰意冷，甚至打算完全放弃服事，自己出去打工赚钱养家去。但是在痛苦和艰难中D弟兄经历了神的信实的安慰和帮助，D弟兄的妻子也劝勉他继续服事下去，所以他没有放弃服事，没有出去赚钱。
见证|一位牧者经历教会分裂离开后 体验到神的医治和安慰
A male believer D (pseudonym) had served in a church in Henan Province for many years before he left it more than a year ago because of some unresolved disagreements. It is not uncommon for pastors and believers to be forced to leave their original churches for various reasons.
The cause of the disagreements was that the pastors of the church believed that D was taking the "Pentecostal path", which they considered completely wrong. Meanwhile, D was regarded as a heretic and having gone astray, for which he was thrown out of the church.
D said that in the first three months after he left the church, despite being a grown man, he was in great pain with tears at home every day. After all, he had stayed in that church for more than 20 years with deep feelings for it. "But what hurt me the most was that they labeled me a heretic with a connection to Pentecostalism."
"Over the past year, I have tried to reason with them three times. A while ago, I still contacted someone in the church. Finally, they said that I could go back if I fulfilled two conditions. First, I wouldn’t contact with the outside world, especially the Pentecostals. Second, I must terminate the college student fellowship in my home. I really couldn’t agree to such conditions. Otherwise, the people in the university fellowship would lose faith,” D said emotionally.
It has been more than a year since Brother D was expelled from the church. He described that afterward he felt closer with the Lord Jesus Christ. When serving in the church, he was always very occupied with church affairs. Now that he has left, he has much personal time for spiritual practice and seeking intimacy with God.
When believers are united, the church can be well developed. However, when the church is separated, the relationship between individuals and God can be well developed. People may be divided, but D believes that God never makes mistakes, but makes all things work together.
After being thrown out of the previous church, D realized that his situation was not an exception. There was another group of believers in the same city who were also kicked out of their original churches because of their connections with other churches. So, they felt for each other and gathered together, which could be considered a church. But they were not very professional in the claims of Jesus for there wasn’t any teacher to lead them or anyone to preach to them. After learning that D had left his church, they invited him to preach and nurture them twice a week.
Almost all these believers are locals who own the meeting venue, so they don’t need to pay any rent. Other expenses are also very limited. Since they were all banished, there would be nowhere to give offering even if they wanted to. After getting to know D, they invited him to preach to them. "They pay me 2,000 yuan a month, for which I'm very grateful. God is helping me faithfully. (During this period, D gave his son over 200,000 yuan for his wedding.) This is a great grace that God has given me. Precisely because of God’s amazing grace, I have the confidence and courage to continue serving like this，” said D.
After D was expelled, he was very disheartened and even planned to completely give up on serving and find a secular job to make a living. However, he experienced God’s faithful comfort and help when suffering through pain and hardships. As his wife also urged him to continue serving, he did not quit the ministry or earn money with a secular job.
- Translated by Shuya Wang
Testimony: Pastor Experiences God's Healing, Comfort After Being Expelled from Former Church
