I agree. The Bill Hybels "situation" was finally told by the Chicago Tribune and other papers after the survivors tried for years to work with the elders - to no avail.
“IHOPKC has heard the demands to bring in a third party to investigate the organization in
general, but this step is premature until IHOPKC can establish the credibility of the allegations
and genuine intent of the Complaint Group.” 1/3
I can verify this being true from a survivor and friend. Glad it’s being brought into the public, otherwise, abuse just keeps on going in the church. Hypocrisy.
A victim of frmr @dentonbible pastor Rob Shiflet is spkg out about Pastor Tommy Nelson's retirement:
"Tommy’s announcement about his retirement is too little, too late. He should have been fired the Sunday he stood at the pulpit & lied that DBC never knew about the abuse" 1/2
Incredible journey behind him & ahead of him for @liammcneeley30. Anyone who knows @ashelsey & her baby know how hard both have worked to get to this moment. Let’s go Hoosiers!!!
Join us for the @thehebronband Marchathon, next Saturday, Sept 9th for our annual parade through @castlehillscommunity 💙 Parade 9am & Concert 11 AM
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As #GLS23 kicks off this morning on the 3rd day of Clergy Sex Abuse Awareness Month, it's a perfect moment to kick off a campaign letting GLN know we have not forgotten the Survivors of Bill Hybels nor its active attempts to discredit them.
#churchtoochng.it/Q5ymnF4Jdy
Coach Brazil, you will forever be in our hearts. Thanks for your unwavering dedication & for being an exemplary role model. Rest in peace, dear coach. May your spirit continue to guide and inspire us all. 🙏❤️ 📸: Photo by Andy Jacobsohn DMN #RememberingCoachBrazil#hpnd
Congrats to @MVABasketball wing @liammcneeley30 on making the @MaxPreps All-American team!
Liam was an all-#NIBC first team selection after leading the No. 1 Eagles in scoring (13.7 ppg.) and adding 4.5 rebounds and 1.3 steals a game.
.@JerryFalwellJr, disgraced former @LibertyU president, is suing the Virginia school, claiming he is owed over $8.5 million in retirement funds
It’s the latest in a series of legal actions that have consumed the nation’s largest evangelical Christian school
julieroys.com/jerry-falwell-…
BREAKING: Mark Rivera , frmr lay pastor in @The_ACNA, sentenced to 15 yrs for child sex abuse & assault
Heartbreaking statements by victim's mom: “She continues to be impacted every single day by this man’s abuse & traumatic experience” of testifying 1/2
julieroys.com/former-anglica…
Pastors abusing and congregations staying quiet/ supporting pastors and attacking victims is my great grief & disbelief. It’s also evil and twisted, but most would rather call it a “blip” in morality rather than the perpetration and vile behavior that it is.
God’s purpose is not to build up spectacular ministries, or display brilliant minds, or articulate tongues or pleasing, arresting personalities. God’s purpose is to make us, you and me, like His Son. It is the only outcome that brings glory to the Father.
1 of 14 girls sexually abused by a youth pastor is calling the response by @dentonbible & well-known Pastor Tommy Nelson an "abomination." Church and Nelson ignored red flags for decades, she says, and then minimized their neglect & harm of victims.
julieroys.com/texas-girl-sex…
Our Christian systems must ask, who is our master? We will always protect what or who we serve. Our thinking is that whatever we do to preserve what reigns in our life is good. We are preserving what we love. How do we know what we love?
We know we love our systems over God, when victims of abuse come forward to speak truth are seen as the enemy – and removing or silencing or crushing them is labelled good because we have protected what we SAY is God’s – blind to the fact that doing so looks nothing like Him.
Thank you @DianeLangberg for speaking gods honest truth about these men, they’re egregious behaviors, deception, silence, and unrepentant choices.#BH@WillowCreekCC@GLNsummit Time to speak about what you’ve covered up and have never repented for globally.
We have protected Bill Hybels, Mark Driscoll, Ravi Zacharias, Bill Gothard, Camp Kanakuk and the Southern Baptist church. Christendom has been in the news around the world for some time now because we have tried to do what Jesus said cannot be done – we have served two masters.