Learning About Abuse

Understanding more about the complexities of spiritual abuse, manipulation, and control can help you gain perspective—and get the help you need. Know this: our good Shepherd always tends His sheep with loving kindness and goodness.

The territory of spiritual abuse is hard to navigate. Request your Companion Guide today and let the compassion, gentleness, truth, and practical helps presented in it help you as you walk the road ahead.

People come to their pastors much like counselors, with the implicit understanding that they are trustworthy and safe. Sexual contact or grooming of any kind between a pastor and anyone under their span of care is an abuse of power and is known as clergy sexual abuse.

Shame-based leadership uses shame as a harmful, performance-based motivator, communicating the message that one is unloved, unlovable, or unacceptable except when performing well.