In spite of the care
and good intention, there is a lack of a theological and educated
perspective of child treatment in many churches.
“God expects me to
fulfill his commands and if I don’t do that, He will send me to hell”
(17 year-old teenager raised in an evangelical Christian family).
“The God of the Bible ordered those who didn’t obey him to be killed” (15-year-old teenager raised in an evangelical Christian home). “At my church’s camps for children, the monitors would stick our heads in the toilet and flush it to punish us or to joke. The pastor would be the first one to do it.” (A young adult raised in an evangelical Christian family)
http://evangelicalfocus.com/family/1372/Spiritual_abuse_and_childhood_a_painful_reality
“The God of the Bible ordered those who didn’t obey him to be killed” (15-year-old teenager raised in an evangelical Christian home). “At my church’s camps for children, the monitors would stick our heads in the toilet and flush it to punish us or to joke. The pastor would be the first one to do it.” (A young adult raised in an evangelical Christian family)
http://evangelicalfocus.com/family/1372/Spiritual_abuse_and_childhood_a_painful_reality