While secular society has recently rushed to correct its mistakes in silencing women, the Church seems to be doubling down. READ: Female evangelical leaders call on the church to speak out on violence against women I’ve met women who weren’t believed or who were returned to their abusers with the admonishment to “submit.” We’ve seen similar stories play out in the news, but for every woman brave enough to bring her story to the press, there are likely hundreds more suffering in silence. My ex-husband received no condemnation.ĭuring my years in women’s ministry, I have seen my story repeated dozens of times. Instead of helping, my church instead called me before church discipline as punishment for divorce. After years of enduring physical, mental and emotional abuse, I filed for divorce and turned to my lifelong church for aid. I experienced this firsthand when I came to my church for help as a victim of domestic violence.
The Church has operated under a cloud of shame and silence for decades. He received a standing ovation from his congregation after asking for forgiveness. 7, prominent Memphis pastor Andy Savage admitted to a sexual encounter with a high school student 20 years ago, after the woman involved made her story public. Screenshot from Ĭontrast that with what is happening in the Christian Church.
Pastor Andy Savage confesses to an inappropriate sexual encounter decades ago, during a service at Highpoint Church in Memphis, Tenn.
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