Christian. Survivor. Spotlight holder. Micah 6:8. I cope, therefore I think. Or perhaps it is: I think, therefore I cope. Something like that. #metoo #churchtoo
Nov 11, 2023 • 17 tweets • 7 min read
#IHOPKC leadership is woefully inadequate and incompetent, at best. At worst, they are complicit in the depths of individual and systemic abuse. There is enough red flag material to clothe individuals in a small country. Learning to spot 🚩🚩🚩 is imperative. Here are a few:🧵
#MikeBickle was allowed by #IHOPKC leadership to preach at the end of Oct in the days before allegations were made public. His sermon was wrought with manipulative linguistic strategies and implicit, under-encoded communication. This was delivered knowing what was to come. /2
Nov 5, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Outside of obvious concerns w this statement, one thing I want to point out: “…some of the women that were named in the allegations have publicly refuted that they were victims of abuse and even denounced… using their names without permission.”
Without having any direct knowledge or connection with anyone involved in this situation, it is likely that these particular women are indeed victims, and at one time or another, disclosed privately to at least one other person. /2
Jul 5, 2023 • 28 tweets • 5 min read
Long thread ahead. 🧵
This is an incredibly complex scenario. I am grateful it is being considered so carefully here. Thank you, Sam. While there is relief that the specific case you mentioned did not end in “completely a catastrophic disaster…”
…my overall assessment is that this result is a rare occurrence, not anywhere near the norm, and it came at a destructive price: the violation of a survivor’s trust and confidentiality.
Jan 19, 2020 • 13 tweets • 27 min read
These decisions don't happen overnight. I wonder how long this has been in the works. /1
Was it before the @elizabethjdias NY Times article dropped in June at the #SBC19 annual meeting, exposing the alleged mishandling of an abuse case at The Village Church? /2
I visited an #SBC church this morning. The sermon focused heavily on tithing/giving, with a bunch of biblical references, & how the congregation is disobeying God bc they aren’t giving nearly enough to the work of the Lord at this particular location. /1
SERIOUSLY?
#SBCtoo
Your entire denomination is under fire for the exposure of massive abuse scandals taking place in unfathomable numbers at local #SBC churches just like yours, & you do a sermon on tithing so that the “work of the Lord” can continue? /2
