Justice Department investigates SBC
Following a report outlining Southern Baptist Convention leaders' failures in addressing widespread clergy sexual abuse, the SBC is now...
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- Jul 29
- 3 min
How Then Should We Respond? Love Is The Only Answer.
In the last few weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court has made a number of rulings that will have detrimental effects on at least half of its...
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- Jun 3
- 5 min
Bad Doctrine Equals Bad Behavior
How bad doctrine in the Independent Baptist movement (IFB) creates an atmosphere that allows wolves to thrive and prey on our vulnerable.
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- May 24
- 3 min
The Token IFB Response to Religious Abuse
It was only a matter of time, after IFB cult survivors and victims started speaking out, before the cult had to minimize the stories of...
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- Apr 17
- 3 min
5 Ways Churches Can Proactively Curb Abuse
Unfortunately, scandals involving the abuse of authority by leaders in churches seem to be occurring on a more frequent basis. Pastoral...
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- Feb 19
- 14 min
How NLBC Earned Its Reputation
The Story of How North Love Baptist Church Earned its Reputation.
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- Feb 5
- 6 min
Can a Pedophile Be Redeemed?
There are numerous Biblical principles that apply to this sin. One such principle is the Bible’s view of the sin of fornication. The word...
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- Feb 1
- 4 min
UPDATE: Jack Schaap Early Release 05/04/22
A year before the ex-pastor of Hammond’s First Baptist Church committed the Mann Act violation, he recently pled guilty to in 2013, he...
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- Dec 9, 2021
- 4 min
Standards and Legalism
It is not hard to find the Bible repeatedly warning us about “self-deception”; And our flesh is so deceitful and desperately wicked, that...
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- Nov 24, 2021
- 4 min
Bethesda Girls Home - An IFB Flashback of Horror
The Bethesda Home for Girls presented itself as just the thing to help a troubled girl. Redemption Ranch Inc., the parent organization,...
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- Nov 13, 2021
- 3 min
Bolivian Missionary DeVall to Return to the US
On Christmas Eve in 1993 while attending Bob Jones University, Richard DeVall raped a young woman. His victim, having grown up in...
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- Oct 19, 2021
- 3 min
FBI Involvement in Agape Boarding School Investigation
Agape Boarding school has had its share of abuse allegations over the years. The Clemenson family, who currently runs Agape, has been...
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- Oct 12, 2021
- 1 min
The Cause of Christ Doesn't Need Your Protection
Is the cause of Christ so fragile that a man’s shortcomings can destroy this cause? When Jesus saw the moneychangers financially abusing...
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- Aug 31, 2021
- 2 min
Daniel Merck of Chicopee Baptist Church Imprisoned for Sexual Abuse
According to the indictment, Merck was accused of engaging in “sexual contact by having sexual intercourse” with the student “who the...
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- Aug 30, 2021
- 7 min
I Survived Religious Abuse: This is My Story
I was never born to experience trauma. I did not have to suffer to bring glory to an all-powerful being. I deserved a childhood free from...
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- Aug 30, 2021
- 4 min
Easy Believism: What Is It? Why Should We Avoid It?
Easy believism is a term meaning that one needs only to believe in Jesus to be saved. From this it is concluded that those who hold to...
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- Aug 26, 2021
- 5 min
11 Things That Helped Me Heal
Part of recovering from a cult is healing the parts of you that the cult hurt. In my case, a cult controlled, and its fear ruled my...
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- Aug 23, 2021
- 2 min
Domestic Missionary Rick Grisham Exposed
Rick Grisham started a for-profit business marketing himself as a missionary to the IFB churches of the United States. He was previously...
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- Aug 19, 2021
- 1 min
Pastor Paul Kingsbury resigns amid frenzy of abuse allegations
Pastor Kingsbury announces his intent to resign from both NLBC and the RU Ministry.
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- Aug 18, 2021
- 2 min
Church Pianist and Private Teacher Found Guilty of Child Sex Abuse
Mischa Knight Claiborne, 24, was sentenced in Scott County Criminal Court by Judge Shayne Sexton. He was found guilty in April 2021 of...
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