Spiritual Abuse

Eileen Taylor never planned to come forward about her experience with Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. Then, in 2017, a woman from her former church reached out, asking Eileen to share her story in order to help other women who had experienced similar treatment from the church.

Nathan Zacharias, son of the late disgraced apologist Ravi Zacharias, has posted his first blog in seven months to explain that his recent silence is not due to him having changed his mind about his father's character. 

Concerns about spiritual abuse have become common in recent years following the fall of megachurch pastors like Mark Driscoll and Bill Hybels, both accused of creating toxic cultures ruled by fear and intimidation. 

On April 28, HBO Max released the final two episodes in its docuseries “The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin.” One of the takeaways from the new episodes should be sobering for any believer: don’t assume that being ensnared by a cult couldn’t happen to you.

On Tuesday, a group of self-identified survivors and advocates who attended an Anglican church in Washington, D.C., published an open letter saying diocesan leaders mishandled their allegations of spiritual abuse.

At least four self-identified survivors of abuse by Mark Rivera, a former Anglican Church of North America lay minister, spoke out against ACNAtoo, the anti-abuse advocacy group that has advanced charges against Rivera since last year.

Lori Anne Thompson, one of the survivors of Ravi Zacharias’s abuse, has published her response to the apologies she has received from RZIM senior leaders Abdu Murray and Michael Ramsden.

The British branch of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, RZIM UK, has decided to cut any ties to the global RZIM ministry which is based in the United States.