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The Abused Bride of Christ
Like many an abused woman, the church is battered and bleeding from a wound that she fails to recognize. Many evangelicals cannot bear to acknowledge that spousal abuse is an enduring problem within our very walls. Both individually and as a faith community, we are ashamed and humiliated to admit the presence of such a problem. It is far easier to deny, to minimize, and to conceal.
Statement by Task Force on Violence against Women:
World Evangelical Alliance
Statement by Task Force on Violence against Women: World Evangelical Alliance
Preamble: Throughout God's Word, violence is condemned and peaceful living is encouraged. There are more than one hundred Biblical passages condemning various forms of violence and abuse. As Christians, we need therefore to listen to the heart of God and align our own hearts with His. From God's Word we learn the following principles:
Some Biblical Thoughts on Physical, Sexual, and Verbal Abuse
The Law of Israel on Household Violence
If a man hits a manservant or maidservant in the eye and destroys it, he must let the servant go free to compensate for the eye. And if he knocks out the tooth of a manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free to compensate for the tooth. (Ex. 21:26-27.)
Paul on Power
Jesus insisted that his true followers must not “lord it over” others (Mt. 20; 25-26; Mark 10:42-43; Luke 22:25-26). It was the heathen, He said, who displayed this attitude as they grasped for power and authority. St. Peter too decried the practice (1 Peter 5:3) while St Paul wrote:
“I do not mean to imply that we lord it over your faith; rather, we are workers with you for your joy, because you stand firm in the faith. (2 Cor. 1:24)
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