Category: Spiritual Authority

ABUSIVE FAITH & PRACTICE, Beaverton Grace Bible Church, Biblical Counseling, Chuck O'Neal, Crazy Things Church Leaders Say & Do, Meetings with the Pastor, Narcissistic Pastors, Parenting, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Authority, Spiritual Bullies

Disobedient Children and Meetings with the Pastor

Julie Anne

  I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 3 John 1:4   On our very first Sunday at the church, I recall being in the nursery with my baby. A sweet teenager was helping with childcare and she told me in a matter-of-fact way that she… Continue reading Disobedient Children and Meetings with the Pastor

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