Category Archives: Confronting and Escaping Religious and Spiritual Abuse

Making the Best of a Bad Situation with God: Jannice D’s Story

Visual impairment did not keep this woman from escaping religious domestic abuse.

Abigail, Winner of the 2022 RBB Thriver Award

Here is Abigail’s story, the first grant winner who is not in the U.S. You will read about how abuseContinue reading “Abigail, Winner of the 2022 RBB Thriver Award”

Which Spin Cycle Are You In?

Confusion is a tool of coercive control Learn some of the levels used by religious abusers and a resource to stop the spin cycle.

The Evidentiary Abuse Affadavit

Victims can begin documenting their abuse in a way that is court-worthy evidence while they are still in an abusive relationship.

A Veteran Survivor and Advocate for Victims of Church Sexual Abuse Reflects on the recent Victory over Collusion within the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).

To members’ horror, domestic, sexual and child abuses have all been found among members and leaders of churches. Too often the organized church has not been prepared to deal with abuses within, denying their existence or blaming the victims. A veteran advocate of CSA (church sexual abuse) survivors in the church discusses how collusion can be overcome.

The Courage to Change: The Serenity Prayer and Religious Domestic Abuse

The Serenity Prayer helps clarify mistaken beliefs that may be serving to keep you in religious domestic abuse.