My Bad Church Experience: In & Out

We all want to belong. We all want a circle of people that knows us and accepts us for who we are. We all want to be good enough. We all want to be picked. When we're rejected it hurts, because it touches our deepest insecurities.
A lot people have been rejected by church. They wanted to join, but they were left on the outside. They were told they weren't good enough. Is that what the church is supposed to be—an exclusive club you have to earn your way into? The early followers of Jesus said it isn't. They painted a picture of the church as an inclusive movement.