Month: March 2012

ABUSE & VIOLENCE IN THE CHURCH, Abuse Systems and Transformation Tools, ABUSIVE FAITH & PRACTICE, Disturbing Trends, Legalism, Narcissistic Pastors, No-Talk Rule, Shunning, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Authority, Spiritual Bullies

List of Cultic Tendencies

Julie Anne

Charles Lester wrote a list of cultic tendencies (originally posted Oct. 1991 in Spiritual Counterfeits Project newsletter) which can be viewed in full online at the Battered Sheep website.  The entire list can be found here.  Below are the items that hit a nerve with me.  Is your pastor fully accountable to a board of… Continue reading List of Cultic Tendencies

11 Hours of Meetings, It's All About the Image, Spiritual Abuse

Authoritarianism in the Church

Julie Anne

Candidacy for Spiritual Abuse: Don’t Develop Your Independent Thinking Skills   In my family's personal story at BGBC, after the abrupt firing of a staff employee, the pastor had a church meeting and mentioned that if anyone had questions, he and the elders would be available to answer questions.  My husband and I set an… Continue reading Authoritarianism in the Church