The recent church discipline case gone wrong at The Village Church has taken the Christian world by storm. While church leaders issued a public apology, the situation that led to the apology is much more common than many realize. There is an epidemic of mishandled church discipline cases — I was a victim of one 13 years ago.
A few weeks ago, I received an email that caught me off guard, titled “A letter of apology.” Although the name of the sender was familiar, I couldn’t quite place it. What I began reading stopped me in my tracks. I was looking at a letter that I had begged God for 13 years ago. It was a letter of apology from one of the deacons of the small church I grew up in that brought me to church discipline for divorcing my abusive husband.
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