Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
Another person who attended Jeff Crippen's church has testified1 that he manipulated and controlled people. Here is this person's testimony: I too attended Jeff Crippen’s church for several years. I agree with what Sister has stated. He was a former police officer. I thought this may have been where he learned some techniques to manipulate… Continue reading Another person testifies that Jeff Crippen manipulated and controlled his congregants.
People are gathering in buildings, but the church is dead. For believers, it's like living in Siberia. The false church is disintegrating and the Great Resignation is in progress. Polynesian celestial navigation provides us an analogy for how we can endure to the end.
Romans 8:28 should be rendered, "God works all things together with those who love him". N.T. Wright says Romans 8:28 has often been mistranslated. And it's silly to use it as a platitude to mollify those who are suffering.
Supposedly, Billy Graham imposed this rule on himself: never to meet alone with a woman who wasn't his wife. The Billy Graham rule is used by legalistic men to keep women at a distance from important discussions in churchianity. "He had no concept how to be my friend." — The Billy Graham Rule Gone Wild,… Continue reading The Billy Graham rule, avoid all appearance of evil, and keep women out of the loop
Police ticket shows that William (Liam) Goligher engaged in sexual activity with a female partner in a public park in the daytime. Goligher and his co-adulterer hid this for years.
Victims usually stay with abusers because they face entrapment barriers that prevent them from leaving. "Churches must evaluate the entrapment barriers they create and perpetuate that keep victims entrapped in abuse," says Andrea Aleksandrova in her superb article Becoming A Safe Church: How churches can become safe spaces for victims of domestic abuse. I am… Continue reading Churches must evaluate the entrapment barriers they create and perpetuate that keep victims entrapped in abuse — Andrea Aleksandrova
A Cry For Justice 