It is practically an unwritten rule that churches avoid discussing certain topics. When parishioners walk through the doors of the church, they are expected to leave any and all thoughts and questions about those topics out in the parking lot. People are neither to talk about those topics when they are waiting for the service to start nor chat with other members of the congregation after the service has concluded. Pastors and church leaders are most certainly not supposed to address those issues at the pulpit or reference them in sermons. The reality, of course, is that no matter how great the unspoken pressure is to avoid mentioning taboo topics, people still think about them. They have questions. They have concerns. They do not, however, have a way to express them in church. This needs to change. Human beings naturally seek out answers to their questions, and if they cannot get them from a Christian friend or pastor, they will go find answers elsewhere. Some of those answers are too important for churches to ignore. Even though it is all but guaranteed to leave the congregation shifting uncomfortably, here are five taboo topics churches need to be willing to talk about and discuss.