I can relate to your story from a culturally context where pastors are known to preach the same if you fail to listen to their prophecies - there's a lot of doom & gloom

My faith is very personal - my first foray into writing was for a faith based magazine - however, I never try to impose it on anyone else - it says that God calls to those with whom he wants to build a personal relationship with - I believe that and it is not my place to judge others....

Sorry for the essay in the comments