Author: Jeff Crippen

I am the pastor of Christ Reformation Church in Tillamook, Oregon, arriving here in 1993. I have been a pastor since 1983 and was a police officer for 12 years before that. My wife and I have been married since 1971. Verla is a medical assistant at a local clinic and in our spare time we like to hunt, fish, and ride our motorcycle.

A possible sign of an unsafe church is when it says abuse victims may not separate or divorce without permission from the church leaders

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SECOND UPDATE, Aug  19, 2022: I, Barbara Roberts, now regret re-blogging this post by Jeff Crippen. I believe Jeff's post was unfair and quite likely slandered the leaders of Faith Bible Church, Spokane Washington. I apologise to the leaders of Faith Bible Church for having re-blogged Jeff's post. Let me explain why I have come… Continue reading A possible sign of an unsafe church is when it says abuse victims may not separate or divorce without permission from the church leaders

Shunning is Not Always Wrong – by Jeff Crippen

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Rather than putting Paige Patterson out of the SBC for all the cruel ways he has treated victims of abuse, the Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary have just given Paige Patterson a golden parachute. They ought to have put him out of the church altogether and be shunning him for his facinorous (extremely wicked) pattern of… Continue reading Shunning is Not Always Wrong – by Jeff Crippen