About the Contributor(s): Ronnie McBrayer is a pastor, author, and columnist. His weekly column ""Keeping the Faith"" is nationally syndicated in more than seventy print and online outlets with a circulation of more than six million readers. He leads A Simple Faith, a congregation in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, and is the author of multiple books and publications including Leaving Religion, Following Jesus (2009) and The Jesus Tribe: Following Christ in the Land of the Empire (2011).