The church is supposed to be a place of hope and healing for the broken. Jesus invites sinners to come and find rest and restoration. And yet, many people experience devastating injury—whether emotional, mental, or physical—in church. In this booklet, author Mary DeMuth tackles the question of how we can navigate the hurt we—or our loved ones—experience in church. She not only lays out the realities of church hurt, but also a vision for what it looks like to keep on loving Jesus and Jesus’s people when those same people cause us pain.

—Our Daily Bread Ministries