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

Here is a Scripture that is Regularly Used to Oppress Abuse Victims in their Churches – But it is to be Applied to the Wicked

Jeff Crippen12 Comments

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. (Romans 16:17-18)… Continue reading Here is a Scripture that is Regularly Used to Oppress Abuse Victims in their Churches – But it is to be Applied to the Wicked

Church Leaders Charge Victims with Sin for Leaving the Abuser

Jeff Crippen19 Comments

So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not… Continue reading Church Leaders Charge Victims with Sin for Leaving the Abuser