tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10948559.post1785702838630841993..comments2024-02-08T21:51:21.368-06:00Comments on Emotional Abuse and Your Faith: Sweep it under the rug church informs victim!Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15165967476661656865noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10948559.post-89735754056992157422009-01-07T14:58:00.000-06:002009-01-07T14:58:00.000-06:00My heart goes out to women like her, especially be...My heart goes out to women like her, especially because I was once one of those women. Many Christian women feel bound by their beliefs, their church, and their faith to remain in abusive marriages. I was such a woman. I divorced my husband, who was an associate pastor in our church, due to domestic violence. We separated several times, prior to the divorce, due to domestic violence. Each time, I sought counsel from the church to resolve the issues. Finally, when it became too much for me to bear and to continue to allow my two-year old daughter to witness, I decided to file for divorce. This, of course, left me feeling displaced, awkward, and ostracized in the church because there are no ministries that address this issue in particular (i.e. singles and marriage ministries). Out of this experience, God led me to write a book, "I Will Survive in Jesus' Name! How three Women, who are fighting for their lives, use the Word of God to Triumph over Domestic Violence" While women from all walks of life purchased the book, the church shunned it. The church doesn't want to deal with this "taboo" subject, in part, because they help to perpetuate the abuse by remaining silent and failing to hold the abuser(often a member and, at worst, a church leader) accountable. God has raised me up as a part of His remnant to continue to call attention to and shed light on the church’s flagrant disregard of domestic violence.<BR/><BR/>Jennifer Mitchell Earley<BR/>www.aphesispublishing.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10948559.post-30505260046917709002009-01-07T08:33:00.000-06:002009-01-07T08:33:00.000-06:00Stuff like this really makes me angry. In the Jew...Stuff like this really makes me angry. In the Jewish Community you are told its "Lashon Hara" and that you are breaking "Beit Shalom" to tell. BALONEY!!<BR/><BR/>This is from my personal blog, H - <BR/>http://barbarany_9.blogspot.com/2007/10/why-victims-survivors-must-keep-talking.html<BR/><BR/>EnjoyBarbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10793044176961385860noreply@blogger.com