A Church Group, a Lawsuit, and a Culture of Abuse

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2. I found several blogs about this church and the various movements:

http://christianagnostic.wordpress.com/tag/josh-harris/

That link deals with a series of very disturbing events. The next was about practices coming out of this movement which will have longer consequences:

http://bgbcsurvivors.blogspot.com/2012/11/courtship-background-and-negative.html

Home schooling, parental and male control of women and the destruction of friendships and isolating people is part of this. That second link asks a question I have asked about the similarity to ancient practice of arranged marriages being pushed. The tribal aspect is discussed, as well in an informal blog setting.

This third link is much more direct and goes to the problem:

http://sarahoverthemoon.com/2013/01/09/some-humans-are-more-equal-than-others-joshua-harris/

Hope these make for a good read about how this developed and how to leave or reform it. I avoided mega churches when I saw these trends developing.

Other DU groups did not allow discussion of how to reach out to members of mega churches politically, condeming them as a whole. Many vote consistently and conservatively.

I don't have anything further to contribute on this. EOM.