My first memory of a pastor being removed from his position was Jimmy Swaggart, a popular televangelist in the 80s...

Mi padre era un hombre volátil. Nadie sabía qué lo haría explotar o cuándo perdería el control, así que siempre estábamos en guardia y...

«Nos estaremos alejando de la bendición de Dios si no nos comprometemos».

Creo que pensé que una vez que dejara mis situaciones de abuso espiritual, hablara de ellas, me tomara un descanso y volviera a una...

El proceso de volver a participar en una iglesia después de dejar una que ha sido espiritualmente abusiva, ha sido MUCHO más largo, lento...

I honestly thought I had moved past it all, but about a month ago, I was a couple of hours away from the place where it all went down...

I think I believed that once I left my spiritually abusive situations, talked through them, took a break, and re-entered a solid church...

The process of re-engaging at a church after leaving a spiritually abusive one has been MUCH longer, slower, and more difficult...

To be frank, undue influence is unbiblical. It is immoral and unethical. It strips a person of their value and autonomy...

Tis the season when we are surrounded by messages of merriment and all things glittery... And yet, many of us lament.

Many of us have internalized the message that we should simply not allow difficult things to affect us.

Me costaba manejar bien mi ira. Mi esposo me podría decir algo que, aunque no era lo mismo, se parecía demasiado a lo que me decían...

Anna Kitko es especialista en sectas y nuevas religiones en Ratio Christi.

It’s probably not a surprise to you that the words of God have been misused and abused since the beginning.

¿Qué es la verdad? La «verdad» fue una vez algo que yo sostenía tan concretamente, algo en lo que confiaba en otro tan diligentemente...

What is Truth? “Truth” was once something I held so concretely, something I trusted another with so diligently…

Si alguien debiera haber sido capaz de reconocer y denunciar el abuso espiritual, éramos nosotros. Pero, por obvio que fuera, se produjo...

Perhaps the title of this blog was a bit jarring for you, especially if you consider yourself a Christian. I first considered this...

If anyone should have been able to recognize and call out spiritual abuse, it was us. But, as obvious as it was, it came on so slowly and...

Seamos conscientes de ello o no, lo más probable es que todos conozcamos a alguien que ha sufrido o está sufriendo daño religioso a un nivel