Gracious Tension by Andrea Calvert

Gracious Tension by Andrea Calvert

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"Final Silencing": After Leaving an Unhealthy Church

"Final Silencing": After Leaving an Unhealthy Church

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Andrea Calvert
Jan 29, 2025
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"Final Silencing": After Leaving an Unhealthy Church
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For the past couple years I’ve been deep in the weeds of researching spiritual abuse, and unhealthy church cultures. There’s a few definitions of spiritual abuse floating around out there, but for my study I’ve been relying on Oakley and Humphreys’ because it encompasses so much. They share,

Spiritual abuse is a form of emotional and psychological abuse.…

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