Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
The person who operates from The Colonial Code of Relationship1 is carrying out a mild, moderate or severe version of coercive control. I therefore urge all would-be-helpers to understand the Colonial Code of Relationship, in order to avoid doing it to victims. Here is my adapted version of the Colonial Code of Relationship. I've expanded… Continue reading The Colonial Code of Relationship
"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
