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Christ Chapel: Pastoral Sex Abuse
December 2, 2011
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Eventually, the truth comes out as people see with their own eyes the lies, victim-blaming and arrogance that surface when a church and its senior leadership desperately try to deny responsibility for repeated instances of pastoral sexual abuse.
Read more Herman Cain
November 9, 2011
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As Christians, we must speak truth to power, but with integrity and without applying double standards!
Read more Silence = Death
October 21, 2011
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To those who have been violated, and to those who know, may God give you the grace to find the voice they took from you.
Read more Narcissists with Power
October 9, 2011
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I’ve finally come to realize that the most dangerous people, and the most charming, are narcissists with power.
Read more Hypocrisy and Courage
September 10, 2011
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If we don’t value the sexuality of our young enough to expose and stop leaders who have become sexual thieves, then why should we expect our young to also value sexual integrity?
Read more Beauty from Ashes
September 9, 2011
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I take on pastoral sex abuse cases not only because I believe in justice, but because I also believe in redemption. Often, I have the privilege of seeing God’s grace shine through as healing comes and the survivors begin to find the strength to reclaim their lives – and their stolen voices.
Read moreAbuse, Church, Grace, Gratetude, Healing, Justice, Mercy, Pain, Redemption, Woundedness
Shameful Silence
August 9, 2011
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When loyalty to the leader trumps integrity, and folks sit silent, then it’s no longer a church – it’s a cult.
Read more The Buffers Between Us
June 6, 2011
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I was hungry and you were glad you voted for politicians who supported food stamps…
I was destitute and you wondered if there was a homeless shelter nearby…
Read moreAbuse, Compassion, Faith, Grace, Love
Confronting Abusive Pastors, Part 4: Civil and Criminal Law
May 30, 2011
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So you’ve tried to follow the procedure of 1 Tim. 5, as discussed in Part 3 of this series, by investigating and exposing church leaders who abused their positions of power and trust. But what if you were rebuffed? Or what if – despite public reprimand, confession and repentance – you reasonably fear that they [...]
Read moreConfronting Abusive Pastors, Part 3: A Mandatory Public Reprimand
May 29, 2011
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What if an unrepentant leader’s sin is public and brings reproach on the church, or is an abuse of his position of trust and power in the church? Then he must be openly rebuked as a public warning to all – no exceptions! 1 Timothy 5 teaches this.
Read more Confronting Abusive Pastors, Part 2: How Should We React?
May 28, 2011
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How should we react to an unrepentant pastor who’s used his position of trust and power to prey on women – often after turning to him for spiritual counsel and support during vulnerable times in their lives?
Read moreConfronting Abusive Pastors, Part 1: My Personal Angst
May 23, 2011
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Much to my dismay, God keeps bringing people to my door who have been abused by a pastor or other trusted church leader. Over the last year, I’ve taken on three cases against abusive pastors. Two involve significant embezzlement and fraud by pastors in different churches. A third involves extensive sexual abuse and misconduct by [...]
Read moreMy Prayer
September 26, 2010
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How long, Lord, will you continue to tolerate those leaders among us who bring shame on your name and prey on your people? How long, Lord, will you tolerate those who enable such predators, thus allowing even more harm to your precious children? For your name’s sake, bring righteousness and judgment. Purify your Church, Lord, [...]
Read moreA Very Public Confession
February 11, 2010
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Here’s a news brief I came across that really stood out. In it, the CEO for Continental Airlines admits that his company in the past was racist and refused to hire black pilots. Past racism, in and of itself, is hardly surprising. What is surprising, however, is the candor of Continental’s public confession and the [...]
Read morePimping the Gospel
October 30, 2009
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For the prosperity gospel televangelists, God’s highest purpose is to bless me by satisfying my carnal desires for wealth, health and power – but only if I bless them first.
Read more The Gift of Mercy
August 4, 2009
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Mercy is the most powerful, but most abused, of all the spiritual gifts.
Read more New Covenant Fellowship? Beware!
June 30, 2009
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This post chronicles the decline and ongoing death thralls of a once great church, and documents what happens when a charming but otherwise abusive leader grabs power, robs the people and leads a church into cult practices and doctrines.
Read moreFellowship and Light
June 1, 2009
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“This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he [...]
Read more Dealing With Church Leadership Abuse
May 20, 2009
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So how do we handle leadership failings, especially when they go beyond merely personal sin and involve an abuse of position or trust which harms the church and hurts others?
Read moreJim Wright
Teacher, pilot, foe of tyrants, world traveler, passionate, attorney, entrepreneur, friend of the dispossessed, Christian, thinker, reluctant counselor, occasional mentor, brother in the Lord, adequate cook, pretty good host and so-so bass fisherman.According to the internet tracking service Networked Blogs, Crossroad Junction is among the top 100 blogs worldwide on "Christianity" and also among the top 100 on "faith".
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- A Hollow Gospel
- The Mythology of Tithing
- Rethinking Missions
- Participatory Church
- Ordained to Fail
- Pimping the Gospel
- Dealing With Church Leadership Abuse
- Sufficient Grace
- Confronting Abusive Pastors, Part 2: How Should We React?
- Confronting Abusive Pastors, Part 4: Civil and Criminal Law
- Jesus at the Fringes
- The Priesthood of All Believers
- We Have Met the Enemy
- A Multilingual Jesus
- Planting Churches
- Room at the Inn
- Redemption
- Ekklesia as Escapism
- I Am Content
- About Justice
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