Don't get too excited if a church apologises to abuse victims and runs an 'awareness program' about abuse. This post is a head's up to those who might be getting hopeful about the churches that are running 'abuse awareness programs' these days. It is a re-working of an old post of mine. First I'm going… Continue reading Church apologies are getting old. It’s wise to be cynical about church abuse-awareness programs.
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“Leave the choice to divorce to the victim,” says the SBC’s Church Cares curriculum.
The Church Cares video curriculum produced by the SBC has said something rather stunning about divorce. Near the end of lesson 10, "Pastoral Care and Correction for an Abuser," Brad Hambrick says: "We do not view prolonged separation or divorce as worse than refusing to change abusive behaviours." That is good news. But there's something… Continue reading “Leave the choice to divorce to the victim,” says the SBC’s Church Cares curriculum.
