Sentences with phrase «of spiritual abuse»

This is a slap in the face to me and survivors of spiritual abuse everywhere.

I talk about the issue of spiritual abuse and how people recover from this devastation in their local church.

The abuse can be sexual, emotional, physical, but most of all spiritual abuse.

I will say it again: the extent of spiritual abuse is epidemic.

Although no hard statistics currently exist, stories of people who claim they are victims of spiritual abuse abound.

I know I will bear the wounds of my spiritual abuse forever.

It's weird or its wrong or its the worst version of a spiritual abuse or maybe it scares us because we just don't understand.

I have lots of friends who are survivors of spiritual abuse.

Some blog sites devoted to exposing and helping victims of spiritual abuse have posted stories about it.

For those new to the topic, a really good place to start is The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse by David Johnson and Jeff VanVonderen, a book I wish I could mail to every churchgoer in the world.

As one who has been through the living hell of spiritual abuse in my old church there is no way I can keep quiet about those who abuse church members.

In spite of the protests I get nearly every day that my focus on abuse in the church is unbalanced and unnecessary because it is so rare, I continue to address it because millions of people are recipients of spiritual abuse at the hands of their spiritual leaders and their churches.

plenty of spiritual abuse goes on as well....

Google «signs of spiritual abuse» or «signs of emotional abuse».

But the point is that IN THAT CONTEXT Calvinist theology was a much - needed pastoral and communal approach that helped people to break from the shackles of long - established systems of spiritual abuse by offering a different story to live by and a different kind of community to live in.

This is a perfect example of spiritual abuse.

It is that I work for the Catholic Church and your blog is one of several I visit to try and understand the problems of spiritual abuse and clerical narcissism — problems that run pretty deep across every denomination.

Forgiving a spiritual abuser does not mean you never speak of their spiritual abuse.

We can never be satisfied as long as some believers fall victim of the unspeakable horrors of spiritual abuse.

I hear what you are saying David about churches not being aware of the spiritual abuse they are practicing and inflicting on members.

That is the end result of spiritual abuse, and as I've said nearly a half dozen places on this thread, it is inherent in the religion itself.

In my opinion, it is NOT the «special [personal] relationship with God» that creates situations of spiritual abuse.

Or as the Naked Pastor calls it, «The rampant normalization and acceptance of spiritual abuse.»

One of my psychiatrist told me that the trauma of spiritual abuse is likened to rape of the soul.

To those educated in the dynamics of spiritual abuse, Mars Hill Church has been setting off alarm bells for years, and yet for the many good, godly people involved in the church, the problems went unaddressed until recently.

A hallmark of spiritual abuse is treating the person who dares to point out a problem as the problem.

It's not unusual for us to return over and over to the scene of our spiritual abuse in order to re-experience and again feel the familiar soothing emotional high,..

Yeah, that Whitney Capps article serves to silence survivors of spiritual abuse.

I have been dealing with victims of spiritual abuse for about 10 years now (spouse abuse for many years prior, too, involved in advocacy) and will admit your position is a new one to me.

Once I got on the outside and was able to look at the situation with a critical eye, I realized that I have been the victim of spiritual abuse for a very long time.

Next month we will look in depth at the issue of spiritual abuse in the UK and then we will consider appropriate responses and remedies.

A friend of mine who teaches on the collegiate level recently told me, «I don't meet any young adults who've grown up in the church lacking at least one story of spiritual abuse.»

Next month we will examine in depth the extent of spiritual abuse in the UK.