As I have noted lots and lots of times before, I came out of a really bad church. Now I praise God because He taught me that it is not the role of the pastor to go mucking around in people’s lives for sport and that God can use a man with humility and hermeneutics.
That being said, there is a woman named Barb. I have no idea who she is but I found a survey she is doing about these wacked out churches.
Perhaps you wouldn’t mind helping Barb out with the research survey that she is doing. Barb writes…
“I could use your help with my personal research. I would like you to fill out my questionnaire.
This is the subject criteria that I am looking for: Believers who have had a negative church experience–primarily with authoritarian and controlling church leadership and who no longer are interested in those groups because they have had a disillusioning church experience with them. Believers, eventually, recognize and process their grief and move on from their initial harmful experience of disappointment and disillusionment. Where have you come from in the “process” and where are you at now? I am interested in “how” believers have processed and recovered from a devastating experience in a local church setting to a reasonable state or condition of spiritual harmony in their lives. How have you processed what has happened to you since your muddy tunnel experience? What has helped you go forward in Christ since that time?
The information given by those participating will be kept confidential. It will be used for my purposes of gathering and assessing information in order to compare it with the literature which I have been reading on related topics. If ever needed, I may ask for permission to quote someone.
Thank you for your interest and participation in my personal research. I appreciate the time and effort that it takes to further consider these issues in your own life. I realize that the issues and the questionnaire bring up old memories and maybe some painful experiences. I pray that your reflection on this topic will give you further insights into your own personal journey with Christ as well as confirm that this issue is, in fact, a problem in the church today and that it needs to be addressed.
Thank you for your courage and prayerful input.”
For any questions and completed questionairs please email Barb
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