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The Open Table: Reclaiming Community after Spiritual Abuse
The Open Table is a group designed to help others, wherever they are on their healing journey from high-control religious groups.
Pam Krahwinkel
Apr 83 min read
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But You Know That They Have Left the Faith...
It is common for them to attempt to discredit those who left, by lies and gossip, even while the organization teaches against such things.
Pam Krahwinkel
Jan 126 min read
341 views
Broken Trust: Overstepping Family Boundaries
My son's trust in his parents was broken, and we couldn't figure out why. It took us years to repair the damage done at GCC.
Mary Williams
Dec 1, 20248 min read
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The Next Gathering
Come to be encouraged by others who understand what you've experienced. We get it!
Pam Krahwinkel
Nov 1, 20241 min read
224 views
Lying Disqualifies an Elder, Does it Not?
There was no reason to lie. "Unity above all else...including the truth."
Scott Williams
Nov 1, 20243 min read
341 views
But Did You Follow Matthew 18?
Should we allow sin to go unchallenged for the sake of unity?
Pam Krahwinkel
Oct 19, 20246 min read
268 views
Patterns of Manipulation and Control
Taken individually, these events could all be explained away. Collectively, they speak to a pattern of manipulation, lying, and coercion.
Scott Williams
Oct 10, 20248 min read
370 views
A Perspective From a Leader Who Left
I was a Deacon at Grace Community Church from 2006 to 2013 and below is the resignation letter I intended to read as to why I was...
Scott Williams
Sep 21, 202410 min read
575 views
The Truth: What They Don’t Want Anyone to Hear
Speaking the truth about specific events in my life as a youth and youth leader at GCC, taking a careful look at some destructive teaching.
SimplyMe
Sep 11, 202426 min read
883 views
The Good They Ought to Do
People have said we should have taken our concerns to the elders. Here is one of many examples where concerns were dismissed and ignored.
Kevin Krahwinkel
Aug 11, 202437 min read
585 views
Who is holding GCC Leadership Accountable?
I write again because the burden on my heart is too great to keep silent- nor would I wish to not speak out when now is the time to do...
SimplyMe
Aug 7, 20244 min read
480 views
With Much Care
Dear Wounded Sheep, I have kept my head down throughout this entire situation. I don’t like confrontation, but I will confront when...
Pam Krahwinkel
Aug 6, 202422 min read
666 views
You are Not Alone
If you’ve thought, “Who am I now?” Or “What am I supposed to do?”, you are not alone. The idea of your identity being connected to a...
SimplyMe
Aug 5, 20243 min read
363 views
Protect the Sheep or Protect the System?
Does it seem strange that there is no apparent concern from the leaders for the many, many people who are wounded? Why would so many...
gccrefugee
Jul 29, 20244 min read
553 views
I Just Don't Think It's a Cult!
[The following is a letter between two former congregants, from early May, 2023, primarily in response to a concern about calling the...
gccrefugee
Jul 26, 20245 min read
871 views
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