Taking Next Steps with Jesus

Spiritual Abuse This is a good summary from another online article that describes Spiritual Abuse: What is Spiritual Abuse? First, let’s look at how some authors define spiritual abuse. Definitions for Spiritual Abuse Ronald Enroth defines spiritual and pastoral abuse this way: “Spiritual abuse takes place when leaders to whom people look for guidance and spiritual nurture use their positions of authority to manipulate, control, and dominate.” In the book Healing Spiritual Abuse, Ken Blue compares other types of abuse with spiritual abuse: “Abuse of any type occurs when someone has power over another and uses that power to hurt. Physical abuse means that someone exercises physical power over another, causing physical wounds. Sexual abuse means that someone exercises sexual power over another, resulting in sexual wound. And spiritual abuse happens when a leader with spiritual authority uses that authority to coerce, control or exploit a follower, thus causing sp