"Where does abuse come from?" is an interesting question that
has a difficult answer. However, what this book offers may be the
beginning point of finding the answer to that question.
This book starts by helping you understand and identify what
approach your parents used with you when you were a child. As you
make that determination, you will begin to understand how you
became you and why you do the things you do. Whether your parents'
approach was strict and harsh or was chaotic and slack, determining
where your parents were on a continuum will help you understand how
you became you. This book explains how certain parenting styles are
likely to produce certain traits and characteristics you have as an
adult. If Dad or Mom's style of parenting was strict and harsh, you
are likely to be a perfectionist, suffer from anxiety, and have OCD
issues. It's possible you were emotionally and physically abused by
them. If your parents had a chaotic style to parenting, it's likely
you face identity issues and have a difficult time living a
structured life. Sexual abuse may have been a part of your growing
up years.
Along with this, this book shares how to understand leadership
in the church using the same continuum. When church leaders use a
harsh and strict way to lead the church, legalism will dominate.
When church leaders are promiscuous and slack in their approach,
chaos in the church reigns. For both parenting styles and church
leadership styles, being in the middle of the continuum - flexible
- are where families and churches function best.
This book provides a step-by-step process for councils and
elders boards should they be faced with having to respond to abuse
allegations by a church leader. When councils and elder boards are
faced with uncertainty about how to proceed, this book shows how to
respond to the complainant, the accused, their families and the
entire congregation if such a thing did happen. Determining truth,
establishing evidence, investigating allegations, and make
determinations of what to do are explained in this book.
Christ's mandate for His Church is about bringing healing and
restoration to His broken world. The church is never to be an agent
of harm or abuse. As leaders, filling that mandate is critical and
crucial in obedience to Him. This includes addressing and
responding to abuse when it happens in your faith community.
Abuse in the church is real. Abuse in our families is real. No
matter what denomination or affiliation you belong to, abuse is
happening. Your church is no exception.
So church leaders, what are you going to do when allegations of
abuse by one of your church leaders comes to your council table?
Your journey about what God wants you to do in your response may
begin by what's found in this book. Judy R. De Wit
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