Overcome Spiritual Abuse

Overcoming Spiritual Abuse

If you have been a victim of an abusive pastor or church you may find these links helpful

Spiritual Abuse Questionnaire
Abuse Resource Network
Church Exiters - Ministering Restoration: Recovering Spiritual Harmony
Mind Control - Six tell Tale Signs of Abusive Church Leaders
I Can't Hear God Anymore - Life in a Dallas Cult - by Wendy Duncan
Christian Cults - by James Jacob Prasch
What Is A Cult? Recognizing And Avoiding Unhealthy Groups
Recovering from Spiritual Abuse - spiritualabuse.org
Getting Out and Getting On - by G. Richard Fisher
Churches That Abuse - an online book - by Dr. Ronald Enroth
ChurchAbuse.com - Promoting Recovery From Spiritual Abuse
The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse - by David Johnson & Jeff Van Vonderen
SNAP - Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests - for all victims of clergy abuse
The National Association For Christian Recovery

Note - ApostasyWatch does not endorse everything written in these books but they may be helpful in recognizing the signs of spiritual abuse. Please allow God's word to be your final authority on all matters

Articles by Apostasy Watch (Steve Lumbley)

Christian Idolatry	Overcoming Spirtiual Abuse
This is the system that allows the “clergy class” to rule over the laity, the regular people. It is a system that says God has a special class of people (the clergy) that is more anointed, more holy, and more able to discern the will of God than you, the regular everyday believer.

Who is Your Covering?	Overcoming Spirtiual Abuse
There is a popular teaching coming from the pulpits of many apostate churches today which claims that Christians must have a “spiritual covering”. This teaching as it is presented in today’s church is a far cry from what Paul taught in 1 Corinthians 11.