I apologize if this is in the wrong forum, but I have nowhere else to put this.
The Baptist church I more or less grew up in got a new pastor and within a matter of weeks went the way of the prosperity gospel megachurch. My family left last summer. My parents and sister started attending a different Baptist church, and I started attending a nearby Methodist church. The Methodist congregation has been like another family to me, and I've felt truly at home in church since the first time since high school. I have since been confirmed as a Methodist and am very happy.
But I keep being contacted by my old congregation--letters, emails, texts, everything--asking me to come back, preferably bearing cash.
I've repeatedly unsubscribed from email lists, but somehow they keep sending me emails. I've emailed in response that I am attending church elsewhere, and that I would like to be taken off of the Sunday School roll, etc., but I just get more emails begging me to come back. My family has gotten letters from the pastor asking for our tithe, followed by letters asking for our attendance. I'm not sure what else to do other than write an actual letter to the staff explaining that I've left the denomination.
I'm also worried about how to do this politely rather than pettily. I'm not sure how to go about this in a Christlike manner.
It's a minor annoyance, but I'm a little tired of all the junk mail. How do I get my old church to stop contacting my family and I? Is there even a way to do this?
The Baptist church I more or less grew up in got a new pastor and within a matter of weeks went the way of the prosperity gospel megachurch. My family left last summer. My parents and sister started attending a different Baptist church, and I started attending a nearby Methodist church. The Methodist congregation has been like another family to me, and I've felt truly at home in church since the first time since high school. I have since been confirmed as a Methodist and am very happy.
But I keep being contacted by my old congregation--letters, emails, texts, everything--asking me to come back, preferably bearing cash.
I've repeatedly unsubscribed from email lists, but somehow they keep sending me emails. I've emailed in response that I am attending church elsewhere, and that I would like to be taken off of the Sunday School roll, etc., but I just get more emails begging me to come back. My family has gotten letters from the pastor asking for our tithe, followed by letters asking for our attendance. I'm not sure what else to do other than write an actual letter to the staff explaining that I've left the denomination.
I'm also worried about how to do this politely rather than pettily. I'm not sure how to go about this in a Christlike manner.
It's a minor annoyance, but I'm a little tired of all the junk mail. How do I get my old church to stop contacting my family and I? Is there even a way to do this?