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The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse: Recognizing and Escaping Spiritual Manipulation and False Spiritual Authority Within the Church

In a breakthrough book first published in 1991, the authors address the dynamics in churches that can ensnare people in legalism, guilt, and begrudging service, keeping them from the grace and joy of God's kingdom. Written for both those who feel abused and those who may be causing it, The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse shows how people get hooked into abusive systems, the impact of controlling leadership on a congregation, and how the abused believer can find rest and recovery. 

About the Author

David Johnson has been the senior pastor at Church of the Open Door in Maple Grove, Minnesota, since 1980. During this time, the church has grown from a congregation of 160 to 3,000 people. A much sough...read more

The Battered Wife: How Christians Confront Family Violence

No Place for Abuse: Biblical & Practical Resources to Counteract Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is a leading cause of injury and death to women worldwide. One in five women around the globe is physically or sexually abused in her lifetime, and gender violence causes more death and disability among women aged 15 to 44 than cancer, malaria, traffic accidents or war.

Regrettably, the church is not immune to this problem; some studies suggest that incident rates of domestic violence among active churchgoers are not much lower than those among the general populace.

Representing the International Task Force on Abuse, formed under the auspices of the Women's Commission of the World Evangelical Fellowship, Catherine Clark Kroeger and Nancy Nason-Clark have listened to the voices of women from around ...read more

Healing the Hurting: Giving Hope and Help to Abused Women

Healing the Hurting exposes abuse within the Christian community and offers real-life examples of how to stop domestic violence - giving victims, counselors, and ministers a guide to finding hope beyond tragedy.

Domestic Violence: What Every Pastor Needs to Know

Domestic violence is as ancient as the family unit itself. And according to the American Medical Association, one quarter of American women will be abused by an intimate partner at some point in their lives. Ministers can help care for these victims. Loving and sensitive support can make a tremendous difference to survivors as they struggle with the long and difficult process of healing and regaining trust in themselves and others. Often, however, pastoral caregivers possess the same misconceptions about domestic violence as does the uninformed public. Miles addresses the issues related to inadequate pastoral response to this pervasive problem. He explores the dynamics of abusive relationships and the role which clergy members can tak...read more

Christian Men Who Hate Women

A clinical psychologist in private practice defines the relationships between men who hate women, examines in detail how these relationships begin and what happens in them, how both parties contribute to the dysfunction, and lastly, describes therapeutic treatment.

Christian Men Who Hate Women is a long-needed book about hurting relationships in Christian marriage -- the kind of marriage in which Christian women love men who hate them. Dr. Margaret Josephson Rinck stresses that since the subject of abuse "seems to be such a taboo in the Christian community," it's necessary for us all to become aware of our own views concerning abuse. Rinck examines in detail - how women-hating relationships begin - what happens in ...read more

Battered Into Submission: The Tragedy of Wife Abuse in the Christian Home

Each year three to four million women are severely assaulted by their husbands, ex-husbands or boyfriends. Battery is the single major cause of injury to women. And Christians are not exempt. Women are being choked, spat upon, hit, pushed, bitten, dragged by the hair and kicked — by Christian husbands. Unfortunately, the church has all too often ignored this uncomfortable subject.

Citing their finding from extensive research and summarizing eight years of interviews with victims, abusers, and pastors, James and Phyllis Alsdurf provide a comprehensive treatment of this troubling topic. They show the psychological, spiritual and personal impact of wife abuse and call the church to reexamine its role in addressing the ...read more

In the Name of Submission: A Painful Look at Wife Battering

Violence Among Us: Ministry to Families in Crisis

This book offers practical help in identifying abusive situations. It has strategic counseling tips, case studies and models of effective ministry to both the victim and the perpetrator. There are resource lists which include domestic violence hotlines and shelters, faith-based organizations, abuser treatment programs, and information on legal and safety issues.

Brenda Branson and Paula J. Silva together founded FOCUS Ministries, Inc., a not-for-profit organization that offers help and hope to women who are struggling in dysfunctional relationships, especially those involving domestic violence. Branson is director of FOCUS Women's Center in Madisonville, KY and Silva is dir...read more

Stopping Violence Against Women

Stopping Violence Against Women is from Christian Counseling Today, a publication of the American Association of Christian Counselors (2005. vol. 13, No. 3).
Articles Include:

• ‘The Devastation of Sexual Abuse for Girls’ by Arlys Norcross McDonald
• ‘Child Sexual Abuse and the Response of the Christian Community’ by Basyle ‘Boz’ Tchividjian
• ‘Emotional Abuse: the Abuse Beneath Abuse’ by Barbara Shaffer
• ‘Domestic Violence among Believers: Confronting the Destructive Secret’ by Brenda Branson and Paula Silva
• ‘Healing the Trauma of Rape’ by Dari Sweeton
• ‘How to Tell a Safe from an Unsafe Man’ by John Townsend
• ‘Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding of Wifely Submission’ by Catherine Clark Kroeger
• ‘HIV/AIDS: Now a Global Women's Disease’ by Sandy Thurman
• ‘Sexual Trafficking: The 21st Century Slaver...read more