Deconstructing and Deconversion

Process of Deconstructing:
Process 1: Questioning of the faith (Church Topics)

Process 2: Crisis of Faith (Does faith work in life?)

Process 3: Abandoning Orthodoxy (Core beliefs that define the Christian faith)

Process 4: Abandoning Christian Faith (Turning away from Christianity)

Themes:
Context
Crisis
Seeking Truth
Agnostic

John 3:1 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” 4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”
5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
9 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

How should we respond?

Don’t abandon them
Listen to the person, not the topic
Have conversations
Stay humble
Be willing to partner
Pray