Sentences with phrase «discouraged by church leaders»
It's only been in the last two or three years that I've been made aware of just how often victims of abuse are discouraged by church leaders from reporting and escaping their abuse.
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As you may know, Sovereign Grace Ministries, an association of Reformed church plants, is facing a significant lawsuit that alleges church leaders covered up the abuse of children by discouraging parents from reporting abuse to authorities and requiring victims to forgive their abusers in person.
«Reparative therapy,» which seeks to change sexual orientation, has been shown to be ineffective and potentially dangerous, discouraged most notably by many of the very Christian leaders who once promoted it within the Church.