Ignoring Marital Abuse: What Church's Get Wrong Series
01/17/24 • 42 min
Too often, we hear tearful stories about how a church or pastor ignored the signs of abuse or even participated in the manipulation of Scripture to justify the abuse in marriage. In today's episode, we tackle this ugly side of how the church can miss abuse while they are trying to support marriages. We look at sexual abuse and manipulation, physical abuse, spiritual abuse, and even discuss what emotional abuse looks like.
Navigating the murky waters of marital abuse and the misuse of spiritual texts to justify control in relationships, we uncover the challenges and seek to offer a better way to actually support marriages!
Too often, we hear tearful stories about how a church or pastor ignored the signs of abuse or even participated in the manipulation of Scripture to justify the abuse in marriage. In today's episode, we tackle this ugly side of how the church can miss abuse while they are trying to support marriages. We look at sexual abuse and manipulation, physical abuse, spiritual abuse, and even discuss what emotional abuse looks like.
Navigating the murky waters of marital abuse and the misuse of spiritual texts to justify control in relationships, we uncover the challenges and seek to offer a better way to actually support marriages!
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Still Becoming One - Ignoring Marital Abuse: What Church's Get Wrong Series
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Speaker 2We are Brad and Kate and our more than 20 years of marriage . We've survived both dark times and experienced restoration .
Speaker 1Now as a licensed marriage counselor and relationship coaches . We help couples to regain hope and joy .
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