Category: Abuse
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When an Abuser Comes to Church
What do we do when a convicted child abuser comes to church? If we know someone has harmed children in the past, how can we safely minister to them? Should we allow a repentant sexual predator to attend corporate worship? Are there dangers here we are missing because we don’t think like predators?
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Not Forsaken: A Shepherd’s Guide
Not Forsaken: A Shepherd’s Guide is a practical how-to study and theological resource for seminaries, pastors, counselors, and ministry leaders who seek to minister to abuse victims and survivors with compassion and biblical wisdom.
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Book Review: What is a Girl Worth? by Rachael Denhollander
She was slender and poised; lean and petite like a gymnast even after four babies and a book deal. She wore a trim navy-blue dress, a delicate silvery necklace, soft makeup, and her long brown hair hung in a practical ponytail over one shoulder. We were at the ERLC Caring Well Conference in October, 2019.…
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Memories From Childhood: A Church Unsafe
When I was a child, my parents were friends with an inordinate number of abusers. Some were later convicted of crimes. Some were never reported. Most were professing Christians we’d met in OPC and PCA churches. I’ve decided to write a series of short blogs recounting my memories and incidents I witnessed. While these stories…
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Why I Filed a Police Report for Cyber Harassment 🕵️
A few people have asked why I “called the police” on a certain person who later wrote a blog about me. Well firstly, I didn’t. I filed a report about a slew of harassment and bizarre communications I’ve received over the past 8 months, some of which were possibly sent by sexual predators from my…
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Update 1: An Open Letter to the OPC Regarding Abuse Prevention
Thank you so much for your kind emails, loving concern, and faithful prayers since the publication of my Open Letter to the OPC: Regarding Church Abuse. I’m happy to report that I’ve been working with three OPC ministers to address issues described in my letter. Several investigations are underway. In addition, we’re collaborating to address…
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Cyber Stalker: The Bizarre Affair of Mary, Gary, and Fredrik
I frequently correspond with abuse victims and survivors over social media and via email, but every once in a while, I receive a communication from an abuser. Sometimes, it’s a situation where the abuser is repentant, and wants advice on how to get help. Other times, it’s just utterly bizarre and disturbing, and I report…
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Jesus Calling: Though We May Feel Alone, We Are Not Forsaken by God
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Today I have the honor of being featured on the Jesus Calling podcast alongside author Angela Braniff, who wrote the book, Love Without Borders. Please listen to our interviews, or read the transcript, here. Jesus Calling Podcast: My name is Jennifer Greenberg, and I am the survivor of twenty-one years of child abuse, domestic violence,…
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OPC Open Letter Regarding Abuse, Part II: The Last Writhe of the Devil
If we will only listen to people in pain when they articulate clearly and calmly, then we will never listen at all. What happened to me repeatedly and agonizingly must never happen to another child of the OPC.
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Dear OPC: Amendments
I do not wish to harm the OPC, but I have been grievously harmed within it. I fear that to apologize for my grief could imply to other survivors that they should not express their own grief, so I cannot do that. Rather, I beg you to be patient with me. Try to see the…
Jenn Greenberg 