#ChurchToo – Red Letter Christians

A Review of #ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing

April 22, 2021

Allison’s work should compel Christians to contemplate the destruction wrought by purity culture, in our churches and homes and summer camps and institutions: in other words, every place where people thought they were safe, until the church leaders in their lives failed them, all in the name of purity.

Identifying Spiritual Abuse

Britney Winn Lee

February 25, 2021

General, Theology, Women

Today, it is darkly comedic, the irony of this moment. At the time, it was crushing. Who was I to propose such a thing? Had I witnessed any of what I thought I’d witnessed?

Silence: The Facilitator of Clergy Abuse

Robyn Dyba

February 15, 2021

Church Life, Practical Justice, Women

The epidemic of clergy misconduct is not only the abuse itself, but the Silence that enables the abuse to continue to exponentially harm people. While perpetrators will always exist, the damage they do can be diminished and halted with a way to break through the Silence that protects power.

Ears to Hear

Mike Martin

January 5, 2020

Church Life, Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice

Do we want to sound more like the NRA or more like Jesus?

Paige Patterson’s Career Ended After She Came Forward. Her Struggle Continues.

Yonat Shimron

November 22, 2019

Church Life, Women

“I’m willing to share what happened to me if it helps somebody else."

Remembering A Woman of Valor: 4 Gifts Rachel Held Evans Gave Us

Katelyn Beaty

May 4, 2019

Church Life, LGBTQ+, Theology, Women

Along the way, she helped many readers stay tethered to faith when they wanted to bolt.

Ending the Year #MeToo Went to Church, Wheaton Summit to Discuss Evangelical Response

Emily McFarlan Miller

December 12, 2018

Church Life, General, LGBTQ+, Women

There’s never been a more important time to address the topic of sexual misconduct in the church.

#ChurchToo Supporter Karen Swallow Prior Builds Bridges Between the Extremes

Adelle M. Banks

August 22, 2018

Church Life, LGBTQ+, Politics, Theology

Prior says the truth is somewhere in the middle.

End the Billy Graham Rule

Angela Denker

May 6, 2018

Church Life, Family and Parenting, Theology, Women

Men can do better. The Billy Graham Rule thinks too little of men — especially the men I know.

Highpoint Church: How You Know Jesus Has Left Your Church

Angela Denker

January 11, 2018

Church Life, General, LGBTQ+, Theology, Women

When your entire church service becomes a cover-up to retain the power and prestige of your congregation and its pastors, one of whom is a confessed sexual abuser.