churches at times can be dark places.

Churches indeed can be difficult places, not talking or hinting at the building.
Its not my experience, but Church folk gang can be difficult, because lets start with this ..got people like myself.
I can be awkward
when younger really a mischief.
Expelled from school
booted out with no Qualifications,
rebellious which can be an instrument of reward, but can be a nuisance.

Worked in and among Churches all of my life, that's around 50 years. Mostly met  people who are on a journey with Faith, more especially following the Faith of Jesus calling them selves Christian or lately Followers of Jesus.

Well meaning folk, kind folk, generous folk, sometimes misguided. (Occasionally very occasionally bit mean).

When community of followers of Jesus began to recognise that they were losing power, A good thing, we witnessed a new movement springing from the established Government favoured COE ,Church of England.

Emergence, from that sprang a counter more rejection, movement which sided with many aspects of Cancel and WOKE cultures.

Movement calling itself Deconstruction.

But they wanted to reframe old understanding of following Jesus, `no longer using term Christian` by highlighting what new deconstructionist's saw as radical nature ,but already evident in example,plus teaching of`house church`  movement of Jesus.

 What from PODCASTS and discussion. l began to see was a desire to blame the Church , often for damaged relationships formed in younger life,

In their Churches , been a place where all sorts of analytical psychotic problems, the `emerging Jesus 2000` babies had experienced in life, was direct result of Church folk relationships.

So they formed own vile toxic group. Throwing out all Biblical and ,scriptural teaching.

boasting about not reading the Bible. Not attending Church.

Directing own funding to choices only they made, regrouping. Part of the reimaging also got hooked into new spiritual type teachings.

Strong alignment to Vegan ,new earth, contradiction, allowed whole choosing own sexuality.

...l see, saw, no hope of any bright new tomorrow, nor different ,better way of being. Yet oddly still preaching words of Jesus.

Blindness to all sorts of Biblical narrative they suggest the Scripture not written for now, nor recent periods.

“Thus, deconstruction wants no master beyond itself, creating a colossal arrangement of near-impenetrable hyperindividualism."

We aren't perfect in the Church but we are still called to be the best example of a group of people following Jesus, the risen Lord.