There are a lot of issues the Church doesn’t talk about. We allow these unspoken problems to sit alongside us like regular members of the congregation, and refuse to acknowledge them. Spiritual abuse is one of these issues that has been sitting uncomfortably ignored in the back pews of our churches. Usually, we either act like it isn’t happening or run from it, sometimes abandoning the Church altogether because of an unhealthy situation.
But the time is long overdue for the Church to start talking about and confronting spiritual abuse.
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