You Didn't Stop Believing.
You Simply Got Tired.

A vital place for people who still love Jesus, are tired, and wonder where they fit now.

Over 30,000,000 Christians in the USA have not attended church in years.
Maybe you are one of that multitude. You gave years to it.
You taught the class, served on the committee,
showed up early and stayed late, even ministered on staff.
Then one day you noticed you were running on empty.

Or maybe you’re still inside, going week after week, mostly out of habit,
and you leave feeling emptier than you came.

You still love Jesus. That hasn’t changed. What changed is that the place that
once felt like home no longer feels that way. And under it all sits a quiet question: Now what?

Here is what nearly forty years of ministry has taught me. That tired, giving-up ache is not a failure of faith. It often signals that you are ready for something deeper and more personal than the weekly routine ever gave you.

The church was never meant to be only a building you attend. It is people following Jesus and extending his love and mission together, and that can happen anywhere, in
a church building or outside one, including right where you are now. Follow along, and let's go far...together.

I have put together three short lessons, called Now What?,
for people standing exactly where you are. They're free to you.

Elvis Has Left the Building — Why leaving hurts so much, and why that hurt deserves to be heard.
What Is the Church Anyway? — What Scripture says the church is, and what it never said it had to be.
A Vision for More — What following Jesus can look like inside a church or outside one.

I'd Like the Three Lessons

I’m Phil Underwood. I have been a pastor, a writer, a teacher, and a coach for nearly forty years, and I know the inside of the church building well. I live in the North Georgia mountains and I would be glad to walk with you as I am purposed to provide pastoral care and spiritual direction to you, the church outside the walls.

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You Didn't Stop Believing.You Simply Got Tired.

You Didn't Stop Believing.
You Simply Got Tired.