I have served in church ministry as a pastor for many years. During those years, I sought to proclaim the message of the Bible with integrity and serve the needs of my congregation with love and compassion. Even when my faith began to falter, I continued to minister and preach the doctrines of the congregation I served. I felt that I needed to proclaim the theology with integrity which meant that I stayed true to the teachings of the Bible in my sermons. Yet when news of my departure from the faith reached my local congregation they immediately locked me out of the church.
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