Revitalizing Fellowship In The Local Church: Dealing With The “Judas Complex”
Revitalizing fellowship in our local churches is a key objective of the 2025 theme of the Church of Pentecost, “Unleashed to live a life worthy of your calling.” This article focuses on one critical aspect of how to bring back life into the fellowship of our local churches by dealing with what I refer to as the “Judas Complex”.
The “Judas Complex” refers to the tendency of some individuals in our local churches to walk away from the fellowship, not because they were hurt by others, but because they are burdened by the shame and guilt of their own actions; and believing they are beyond forgiveness, they abandoned the fellowship altogether. Dealing with the Judas Complex, therefore, means taking deliberate steps to restore the straying back into the fold (Ezekiel 34:4 NKJV).
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