by gbaskerville | Dec 10, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family
Note: Focus on the Family has had an article about pedophilia on their site since 2015. We know that Focus on the Family frequently praises the Duggar family online, mainly the parents who brought up 19 children, including Josh Duggar who was convicted of federal...
by gbaskerville | Dec 6, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family
Divorce Saves Lives, But Focus on the Family Wants to Make it Harder for Abuse Victims to Divorce I know it's shocking. But Focus on the Family does not condone divorce for domestic violence EVER. And they want to make divorce harder to get — with no exceptions for...
by gbaskerville | Dec 5, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family
Divorce Saves Lives, But Focus on the Family Wants to Make it Harder for Abuse Victims to Divorce When “no fault” divorce laws started passing one state at a time, starting with Governor Ronald Reagan in California in 1969, researchers wanted to see the effect. In...
by gbaskerville | Dec 3, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family
Critique: Hope Restored Marriage Intensives Are Not the "Miracle" Abused Wives Seek If you are new, read this first: This is Part 1 of a series on Hope Restored Marriage Intensives. Click here for Part 2 About me: I'm a devout Evangelical Christian who attends church,...
by gbaskerville | Dec 2, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family
Review: "Feeling Trapped in Your Marriage": A Focus on the Family Article by Karen Scalf Bouchard If you are new, here's a quick overview: As Christians, we believe in God's plan for marriage, that it be loving, undefiled, and lifelong. But as decent human beings, we...
by gbaskerville | Nov 23, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, For Pastors, Safe Churches & Friends
SWITCH CHURCHES, OR STAY, WHEN YOU DIVORCE? Nearly 6 in 10 Christians switch churches and leave their former church when they divorce. Lifeway Research (affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention) did a survey of church-going Christian divorcees and found that...
by gbaskerville | Nov 5, 2021 | Abuse examples, Christians and Divorce, For Pastors, Safe Churches & Friends
1-in-4 Highly Religious U.S. Marriages Have Abuse How many Christian marriages have abuse (intimate partner violence)? It’s difficult to believe, but the conservative pro-marriage researchers at the Institute for Family Studies, have reported that 1-in-4...
by gbaskerville | Nov 3, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, For Pastors, Safe Churches & Friends
Review of DivorceCare® Divorce Recovery Groups: Pros and Cons DivorceCare® (DC) is a conservative Christian divorce recovery program used in about 10% of Protestant churches. It runs 13 weeks typically. To find a group near you, click here:...
by gbaskerville | Oct 30, 2021 | Divorce and Children, Why Do We Divorce?
Bad Fathers are Bad for Children: A Summary of the Jaffee Study This is a summary of the highlights of the Jaffee Study—for marital abuse victims who are weighing options: To stay or to divorce. Bad fathers are bad for kids. Good fathers are good for kids....
by gbaskerville | Oct 29, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family
12 THINGS FOCUS ON THE FAMILY DOESN’T TELL YOU ABOUT DIVORCE AND CHRISTIANS As Christians, we believe in God's plan for marriage, that it be loving, undefiled, and lifelong. But we also believe divorce may be necessary in some cases. You know the kind of situations...