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Status and Control: Gossip as the Secret Police
My conclusion (for now) after our great discussion below about ‘what is gossip’ is the following (very much subject to revision): If it’s none of your business it’s none of your business. Private matters that don’t belon… -
Status and Control: You'll Leave When I Say You Can Leave
I am continuing my series on status in the church. I won’t rehash what I’ve said already (the other ‘Status and Control’ entries can be found in bold type in my list of older posts on my front page), except to say again … -
Status and Control: Let us help you--or else!
I want to pick up again on the theme of status and control. The leaders in an unhealthy church are in a constant quest to acquire and maintain status. They do this because they themselves are very hungry for it, very nee… -
Pastoral Care--The East German Model
Or, "Mr. Abuser, tear down this wall!" Status is so important to abusive church leaders that they will do whatever they can to maintain it. Typically this makes them very controlling over the members of their group--intr… -
Status and Control: Making Friends Choose
In my first discussion of status and control I described how abuse in churches generally centers around one leader’s desire for status. I spoke about how the abusive leadership will exert control over the congregation in… -
Status and Control
In my conversations with victims of spiritual abuse over the past half year or so, I have learned a lot about the patterns of abusive systems. Here’s a quick summary of it: it’s about status. Every group has a sort of st…
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