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`The mark of a healthy and authentically Christian community is not
large numbers, inspiring worship, or dogmatic theology, but the way
in which power is exercised within it.' In recent years churches
have found themselves all but overwhelmed by safeguarding concerns
and allegations of abuse. Rosie Harper and Alan Wilson - who share
almost seventy years of pastoral ministry - have listened with
increasing dismay to many of the people who have had seriously
damaging experiences within the Church. To Heal and Not to Hurt
presents 15 narrative examples of these experiences, and examines
the deep institutional roots of the abusive attitudes that caused
them and the Church's often equally damaging responses. It
concludes with the suggestion of a calm, reasoned, and practical
basis on which the Church could shape a more adequate and
sustainable policy of prevention and response.
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