"Jean" (her pseudonym), was seriously abused by her first husband when they were members of Doug Wilson's CREC (Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches) church in Moscow Idaho. Jean's story touches on many of the things my readers have experienced: domestic abuse, spiritual abuse, sexual abuse, rape in marriage, financial abuse, systemic abuse, legal abuse, shared… Continue reading “Jean” tells her story of how she was groomed to submit to abuse from her husband and her church
Category: Unjust church responses
unhelpful responses by pastors and leaders, idolatry of marriage, Pharisaism, legalism, wolves in sheep’s clothing, church discipline misused, cult dynamics, Patriarchy
Bitter Roots and Bitter Herbs — by Ruth Barron
Ruth Barron explains that the 'bitter root' is the evil actions of the abuser. The victims' emotional responses to the abuse are the leaves (the bitter herbs) that grow from the bitter root. Churches typically try to weed out the bitterness by attacking and shaming the leaves — the emotional responses of the victims. But… Continue reading Bitter Roots and Bitter Herbs — by Ruth Barron
