Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
Abraham said to him, "See to it that you do not take my son back there. (Gen 24:6) A "Hoover" is a metaphor taken from the popular brand of vacuum cleaners, to describe how an abuse victim (trying to assert her own rights by leaving or limiting contact in a dysfunctional relationship), gets “sucked back… Continue reading Don’t Get Sucked in by the “Hoovering” Vacuum of the Abuser
This story came to my mind today as I was thinking about how local churches so often essentially hand over an abuse victim to her abuser — Now they told David, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors." Therefore David inquired of the LORD, "Shall I go and attack… Continue reading The First Church of Keilah – A ‘Church’ that Hands Victims Over to the Abuser
