church culture

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Dear Beth Moore and LifeWay: My plea

Post published:March 26, 2021
Post category:Healing from Toxic Church My Story
Post last modified:January 9, 2025

Behind the scenes at Living Proof Live, I'd found a celebrity culture - not the "one anothering" of the church of the living God. So with all my heart, I cried out for change.

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Behind the scenes at Living Proof Live

Post published:March 16, 2021
Post category:Healing from Toxic Church My Story
Post last modified:June 7, 2025

This is what happened when I served as onsite leader for a Beth Moore Living Proof Live event. It’s a peek into celebrity culture, the exploitation and manipulation of women and abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention.

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Checklists, idols and loving God

Post published:July 7, 2020
Post category:Healing from Toxic Church
Post last modified:June 8, 2025

The preacher urged people to love the Lord with all their hearts. Yet, tragically, he himself did not know how to do it. He could only offer a checklist.