“SEVERING TIES WITH ABUSIVE CHURCH LEADERSHIP”..

"SEVERING TIES WITH ABUSIVE CHURCH LEADERSHIP"..

As a Church, Ministry & Synagogue Consultant to the faith community for more than twenty-six years and the Founder/President of the Apostolic and Prophetic Ministry umbrella of Pure In Heart Int'l Ministries, Inc (PIHIM) and The Center For Kingdom Advancement (TCFKA), I have literally consulted with several hundred church and para-church organizations and SEEN and HEARD everything you can imagine..I have also experienced some unusual spiritual warfare and disappointing interactions with some of most used and gifted persons on the planet!

I'm doing this video blog to turn a page in the Spirit, around the long-standing — ABUSE, BLACK-BALLING, CONTROL, LIES, JEALOUSY, IMMATURITY, MISMANAGEMENT, MISTREATMENT, and MANIPULATION that needs to be confronted, repented of, and intentionally committed to a time of hearing the people's hearts, so that the data gathered, information uncovered, and the understanding gained can become a required part of all Christendom's Bible School and Seminary Curriculum; no matter what denomination.

I'd like to share an Excerpt From: Charismatic Control, by Steven Lambert. (https://books.apple.com/us/book/charismatic-control/id1044460571)

And then, simply spend some time praying for God's People to GET FREE , once and for all!

Excerpt from: CHARISMATIC CONTROL

"Multitudes of sincere and trusting believers are caught in the virtually invisible web of religious captivation in Charismatic and other Neo-Pentecostal churches, and don't know it. They are unaware victims of spiritual abuse and exploitation perpetrated under the heavy-hand of hyper-authoritarianism. That is to say, the leadership of the church-group of which they are a part is dominating, controlling, and manipulating their followers, thereby exploiting them for personal gain and private kingdom-building.

Horror stories of authoritarian abuse and exploitation and psychological enslavement in certified Christian churches abound. From time to time, particular isolated incidents have erupted in highly publicized news stories.

However, those high-profile cases are really only the tip of the iceberg. The truth of the matter is, as several decades of my counseling ministry to hundreds of victims bears out, ecclesiastical enslavement and exploitation is widespread in certain sectors of Christendom in this nation.

And, it is vital to understand, I'm not talking about radical, fringe religious sects and cults, but well-respected church-groups espousing otherwise orthodox Christian beliefs, whose membership is comprised of a cross section of average Americans, individuals and families, of every race, education level, station, and[…]"

Many church leaders themselves do not realize their leadership methodology is actually a hybrid form of hyperauthoritarianism, and amounts to domination and control. The proper role of human under-shepherds is to lead people to the Great Shepherd, Jesus Christ, and teach them how to be His followers, in submission to Him and His authority. Hyper-authoritarian leaders, instead, lead people to themselves, and indoctrinate them to be their followers, in total submission to them and their authority.

In essence, these dominating shepherds teach they are the church members' Lord, Master, and Savior. They indoctrinate congregants to believe the spiritual leaders of the church themselves are the members' "spiritual covering," and any member who ever leaves the church will be "out from under" their "covering," be without any covering, and experience terrible curses and consequences as a result. This false hypothesis of "absolute submission," with which subjects are incessantly indoctrinated, is the bedrock of such authoritarian doctrines. That, coupled with the enslaving organizational authority structure in place in the groups where these unbiblical doctrines are espoused, is primarily what makes these techniques and mechanisms effectual and effective. And, it is chiefly the spiritual and psychological needs and problems of[…]"

**PRAYER FOCUS:

Dear Lord,

We pray for those who have been traumatized by ungodly church officials or by satanic rituals or by other terrible wickedness.

We pray that you would heal their mind and their emotions.

We pray that you would release them from all the traumatic harm and hurt that they have experienced in their past.

Break any programming they have received.

Guide them toward being able to handle "facing and/or acknowledging" and "dealing with" what has been done to them.

Uproot the harmful things that have been placed inside of them and heal the things that need to be healed.

Give them guidance as to who to trust as they seek help. 

Give them comfort.

Give them assurance of your love.

Give them revelations of your love.

Guide their thoughts in order to bring them hope and help.

In Jesus' name we pray,

Amen

IF YOU NEED HELP:

"Dr. Lambert speaks on the topic of authoritarian abuse and many other vital prophetic topics in churches, conferences, and other venues. His bio and scheduling information are available on the SLM website at: http://www.slm.org. Email booking inquiries to: booking@slm.org."

"Other books by Dr. Steven Lambert include:

1. Charismatic Captivation
2. The Prophetic Gifts & Office—A Biblical Perspective
3. The Mystery of the Kingdom—Bearing Kingdom Fruit
4. Deliverance From Demonic Powers
5. Dunamis! Power From On High!"

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

https://www.gotquestions.org/spiritual-abuse.html

https://www.cornerstone.edu/blog-post/three-ways-to-identify-and-address-spiritual-abuse-in-ministry-leadership/

https://renew.org/spiritual-abuse/

Walter L. Smith III

Founder/President

Pure In Heart Int'l Ministries, Inc./

The Center For Kingdom Advancement 

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