Marc Dupont

A useful resource describing the nature and effects of churches that perpetuate spiritual abuse.

The author is balanced in his presentation, considering not just times when leadership abuses members but also when members abuse the leadership. Conditions and factors that lead to and provide warning signs for abuse are mentioned as well as setting forth healthy leadership and membership characteristics. The book ends on the importance of forgiveness.

The overall material is good but one must be careful with the author's Pentecostal background-- the role of the Spirit is highly emphasized, faith only and "once saved, always saved" are promoted, and much is made of elements of dispensational premillennialism.

A good resource for consideration.… (mehr)