Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
unhelpful responses by pastors and leaders, idolatry of marriage, Pharisaism, legalism, wolves in sheep’s clothing, church discipline misused, cult dynamics, Patriarchy
Julie Cleaveland was married to a very wicked man. When she sought help from her church, she got the usual bad treatments. She published this letter to her former church leaders to highlight the bias in their thinking. *** Dear Former Church Leaders, I was surprised to hear that your head pastor and you parted… Continue reading Comforting My Church With the Comfort They Gave – by Julie Cleaveland
[Updated 08/26/20] While the Hadassah's Legacy website upon which this ACFJ blog post was based was active as of 08/26/20, the Hadassah's Legacy website owner informed ACFJ the website will, at some point, be taken offline. The link in this ACFJ blog post has been updated to reflect where the original Hadassah's Legacy link was… Continue reading Jesus wouldn’t treat Abused Christian Spouses as lower class people – from Hadassah’s Legacy
