The PCA's Position Paper on Divorce and Remarriage suggests that only physical violence is grounds for divorce. And it assumes that marriage problems are mutually caused so both parties are partly at fault if the marriage is in difficulties. What's more, although the Position Paper — which came out in 1992 — says that an abused spouse… Continue reading The PCA’s Position Paper on Divorce is dangerous for abuse victims
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You Weren’t There — a letter to pastors from a survivor of domestic abuse
Dear Pastor James (and any other pastor who will listen), You said to me in your letter: it is about you and John learning to understand one another. LISTEN. Please, for once, stop talking. Stop spouting parts of Scripture passages and trite “Christian” expressions. Stop trying to fix this. Stop trying to fight for “marriage”… Continue reading You Weren’t There — a letter to pastors from a survivor of domestic abuse
