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Tells women to submit to their abusive child molesting husbands
https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2023/february/grace-community-church-elder-biblical-counseling-abuse.html
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This fall, Cho found himself once again reviewing court filings from a member at Grace Community Church who soughtwoa restraining order against her husband in hopes of protecting herself and her young children from abusethis time at the request. Certain parallels to Eileen Gray were immediately clear to him.
The woman told CT she recognized the parallels too. She said when she read about Eileen Gray last year, she thought, This sounds a lot like what Ive been told. (CTs policy allows victims of abuse to go unnamed for the sake of privacy and safety; her identity and the details of her account have been verified in reporting this story.)
Whenever I made moves in the direction of the restraining order, it was, Be careful of the heart of retaliation, the woman said. They were telling me to back off, essentially.
They were saying it was un-Christian of me to seek that legal protection because believers dont take other believers to court.
She said she had reported to church leaders evidence of her husbands infidelity, searches for incest porn, and inappropriate behavior with their daughter starting when she was just a couple years old.
keithbvadu2
(36,362 posts)Use the Bible to protect the institution (and cash flow) over the children.
intrepidity
(7,241 posts)Last scandal I recall them facing was over a young man's suicide, many decades ago.
As churches go, I think they're not too terrible, although clearly their counseling programs are problematic. Problem stems from following the teachings of a *really* old book. McArthur is well-known for his scholarly expository preaching style, and he believes the Bible is accurate. So.....I mean, it's built into the system.
Demovictory9
(32,321 posts)He fought la county over covid
Simeon Salus
(1,132 posts)unless it's sex in which case it's "...believers dont take other believers to court. Such illogical bullshit.
Unfortunately lots of churches are like this, hell, the Catholic Church has proven to be like this.
It's always about controlling women's behaviors, because keeping women in chains is a workable dominance strategy for some humans.
bedazzled
(1,727 posts)It's about how she allegedly "broke free." She's in that church now. Changed my mind...