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The Many Faces of Spiritual Abuse


The Many Faces of Spiritual Abuse | Carolyn Custis James

Perhaps one of the most alarming facts about spiritual abuse is that when the subject comes up “abusers don't recognize themselves.” The abuser ...

Recognizing Patterns of Subtle Spiritual Abuse Before It's Too Late

Ministry leaders who can read a room are often the most prone to committing spiritual abuse and skilled at manipulation (oftentimes without them ...

The Many Faces of Spiritual Abuse

Controlling the behavior of other people, intimidating and dominating them can be done through manipulation, for example, by a spiritual ...

Uncovering and Facing Spiritual Abuse - The Barnabas Ministry

Abusers should be helped once they admit the abuse and recognize the need for help. Most abusers have been abused in the past. For example, I later came to find ...

What Is Spiritual Abuse? And How Do We Heal From It? - Sojourners

Later, via email, Chen told me that warning signs of spiritual abuse include intolerance for questions and doubts, using the Bible to arouse ...

25 Signs Of Spiritual Abuse - Jill Monaco Ministries

That is what spiritual abuse is. Control. Manipulation. Bullying. It may be physical as well, but I'm not going to address that in this particular post. I have ...

Anybody else dealt with spiritual abuse? Did you stay religious ...

Sexually abused in church basements where there were bible verses posted on walls. Being blamed for the abuse. I am a staunch anti establishment ...

Bully Pulpit: On Spiritual Abuse - Think Truth

Spiritual abuse, Kruger notes, is considerably more harmful than, for example, an emotionally abusive employer, because the person abusing you ...

Standing Up to Spiritual Abusers | Carolyn Custis James

Standing Up to Spiritual Abusers · Spiritual Abuse: What it is and Why it Hurts · Why Do Some Spiritual Leaders Abuse Power? · What Factors Support ...

Profile of a Spiritual Abuser - Grace Community Church

Verse 20 describes serious abuse. The imposter apostles are spiritually abusing the Corinthian believers. And they're putting up with it.

10 Ways to Spot Spiritual Abuse - Mary DeMuth

As an author (and mostly as a speaker), I've had a little bit of experience in pulling back the curtain on ministries and churches that abuse.

The Many Faces of Abuse - Rowman & Littlefield

Dr. Joan Lachkar examines the origins and early warning signs of the psychological violation she describes as a dance between abuser and abused.

Behind Closed Doors: Exposing Spiritual Abuse in Churches - Medium

Cold-shouldering. Manipulation. Step into the realm of spiritual abuse. While the church has faced rightful scrutiny for its involvement in the ...

Spiritual Abuse | Joni and Friends

Tune in to learn the markers of spiritual abuse, how spiritual abuse can hurt people with disabilities in particular, and what can be done ...

Spiritual Abuse: How To Recognize It, And 1 Way To Overcome It

Spiritual abuse can hide the face of God. In Matthew 23, Jesus spells out in detail the destructive power of abusive, sick religion in ...

Spiritual Abuse in the Pulpit and the Pew

The fear and shame that motivate the abusers are the same feelings that often motivate victims to accept the abuse. Some church attendees wouldn't have church ...

On the devastating life-long effects of Spiritual Abuse

The 'V' group concept is restrictive. Everybody is 'vulnerable' to abuse, and absolutely no reasonable person wants children to be abused or ...

6 Effects of Spiritual Abuse: When He Weaponizes Your Faith

In the face of spiritual abuse like this, there are many women who are spiritually abused through scripture or through church. They try to get help from ...

The Place Where You Stand is Holy Ground - Where Peter Is

Abusers themselves can use these concepts to control the people they are abusing by asserting that reporting the abuse is uncharitable or unforgiving. Third ...

Identifying Systems of Spiritual Abuse - The Allender Center

Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton Chen examine spiritual abuse and religious trauma and the broken systems that perpetuate this harm.


The Picture of Dorian Gray

Novel by Oscar Wilde https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQd9exHr6EA_4-xh_U9xl3M5kNqzEf-pymZVd_vsHID4K7tACuQ

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical fiction and gothic horror novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.