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There are domestic abusers in our churches
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Ann-Louise Graham2024-07-24T10:48:00
Ann-Louise Graham unpacks the uncomfortable, disturbing and often hidden subject of domestic abuse among Christians and explains the misapplication of scripture by perpetrators
The subject of domestic abuse within the Christian faith is heartbreaking, complex and multi-layered. Domestic abuse happens across church denominations, and is not confined to any one particular teaching. Darby Strickland, a biblical counsellor with the Christian Counselling and Educational Foundation [CCEF] has decades of experience working in this area. She comments: “No matter our theological system, complementarian or egalitarian, there are always people who desire [control]…people exploit whatever system they are in.”
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