Discovering the New Covenant by Greg Taylor - exAdventist Outreach

CHAPTER SIXTEEN
AFTER ADVENTISM
W
hen our family left the Seventh-day Adventist Church,
we did not know where we were going or how we
would survive. We just knew that God would supply all our
needs. What we did not know is how painful, yet rewarding
this process would turn out to be. We had many friends in
the SDA Church who have a true grasp of the Gospel. These
friends understood our process and would often tell us
privately that they were in a decision process themselves.
When we left the Foster Memorial Church, we did so making
every effort to keep the ministry there intact and to leave
with grace and kindness. We did share our scriptural journey
with the church family in a “Letter to Family and Friends.”
We resigned as peacefully as we knew how. We did not have
any hard feelings against anyone. Our experience with the
church had been positive. 1
Once we left, however, we truly felt the barbs of
rejection that are rooted in a theology of exclusivity taught in
Seventh-day Adventism. While some of our close friends
1 See Resignation Letter at the end of Chapter Seventeen.