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Wow, it was 4 years ago when the abuse of 6 of us (plus others who have not shared) happened by a top VP of #crutoo. I often talk about the other's abuse (as we are friends) & the focus should not just be on me/us. Having said that we tried for 2 yrs on #crutoo to make it...
but the leaders above the abuser, Cru attorney & all the leaders on the abuser's team protected the VP & began a coverup that exists to this day. Plus 4 of us at our lowest moments signed an NDA (which I would never do today). I beat myself up for doing that 😪.
During those 2 yrs of post abuse, I was in professional counseling for well over 150 hrs addressing my PTSD. I was hospitalized 3 times. The staff woman was harassed by the same VP during the same time. My heart breaks for her & their family!
A few morning thoughts about intersectionality.
A Nov 2020 doc, written by a signif number of @crutweets staff members,
objecting to Cru's anti-racism efforts,
contains these misguided statements about intersectionality.
The source? John MacArthur
dailywire.com/news/macarthur…
A Nov 2020 doc, written by a signif number of @crutweets staff members,
objecting to Cru's anti-racism efforts,
contains these misguided statements about intersectionality.
The source? John MacArthur
dailywire.com/news/macarthur…
One of the main problems with these statements is that they meet the concept of intersectionality through the lens of defensiveness, realised through projection.
This defensiveness is a feature of the entire document, centred as it is on certain Cru staff members' hurt feelings at having to think about racism.
languageandreligion.com/2021/05/07/cal…
languageandreligion.com/2021/05/07/cal…
An NDA that @crutweets leadership required a traumatized staff member to sign contains this assertion of control:
"Your relationship with Cru is solely under the authority of Cru ...
"Your relationship with Cru is solely under the authority of Cru ...
... Nothing in this agreement shall be construed as a waiver of any rights held by Cru to assert that the 1st & 14th amendments bar any court ... from having jurisdiction to review and/or regulate the employment relationship between you & Cru."
Some religious employers/orders granted the right of ministerial exception through the courts have (perhaps unsurprisingly) abused them. #NDAFree #CruToo
languageandreligion.com/2021/05/24/not…
languageandreligion.com/2021/05/24/not…
Someone has given me a glimpse into some of the conspiracy theories circulating in Cru's staff alumni group.
According to one former staff member, liberation theology was created by the KGB to overthrow the Catholic Church, so
According to one former staff member, liberation theology was created by the KGB to overthrow the Catholic Church, so
Recommended reading: cruxnow.com/church/2015/05…
Elsewhere, according to another Cru alumnus, white people are like Polish villagers during Nazi occupation
"If one village killed a Nazi invader the entire village would pay. To punish all "whites" and make them pay reparations for the crimes of others is the same kind of logic"
"If one village killed a Nazi invader the entire village would pay. To punish all "whites" and make them pay reparations for the crimes of others is the same kind of logic"
Someone has given me a video of Cru US National Director Mark Gauthier responding to the recent anti-CRT report.
Rather than clearly condemning this highly inflammatory, racist document, Gauthier's key objection seems to be the fact that people found out about it. #CruToo
Rather than clearly condemning this highly inflammatory, racist document, Gauthier's key objection seems to be the fact that people found out about it. #CruToo
The way Gauthier frames his message is striking. After giving a note of personal thanks about prayers for his mother, he laments "the shooting that happened in Atlanta today where 8 people made in the image of God lost their lives. 6 women of Asian descent and 2 Caucasians."
"I also think about some of you that this kind of violence touches you in a very deep way. I want you to know that I'm praying for you, and I want to invite all of us to pray ..."
What matters here is what is *missing*.
No mention of the shooter nor Christian white supremacy.
What matters here is what is *missing*.
No mention of the shooter nor Christian white supremacy.
A few thoughts on Cru's recent, deeply troubling publication on CRT, specifically its portrayal of critical theory.
p.48
"I don’t think you have to know about Critical Theory
or Cultural Marxism to have the biblical discernment
that these teachings contradict Scripture." #CruToo
p.48
"I don’t think you have to know about Critical Theory
or Cultural Marxism to have the biblical discernment
that these teachings contradict Scripture." #CruToo
This quote 👆 encapsulates so much that is wrong with evangelicalism.
I have been teaching on critical language pedagogy & critical language theories since 2008.
I can't say strongly enough how grossly inaccurate, wildly misinformed & dangerously unbalanced this Cru document is.
I have been teaching on critical language pedagogy & critical language theories since 2008.
I can't say strongly enough how grossly inaccurate, wildly misinformed & dangerously unbalanced this Cru document is.
The Cru document is heavily dependent on one online 2019 TGC article on critical theory.
Yet even this article notes that "Christians, in general, are woefully ill-equipped to accurately represent & critique critical theory because of relying too heavily on secondary sources."
Yet even this article notes that "Christians, in general, are woefully ill-equipped to accurately represent & critique critical theory because of relying too heavily on secondary sources."
"Historian Richard Quebedeaux observed that Bright is an authoritarian leader w/ a chain of command placing himself clearly at the top as leader of Campus Crusade. Further ... there is a lack of any effective self-criticism within the organization"
#CruToo
m.dailykos.com/stories/2007/1…
#CruToo
m.dailykos.com/stories/2007/1…
"Ross said he once exit-counseled a person who had left the Campus Crusade and said it was a "very tough case." He said the person's pupils were dilated and that he had trouble focusing attention. These are symptoms of mind control similar to those used in cults, Ross said."
"Another potential sign of religious abuse is the practice of "love-bombing"--showering a new "mark" with affection even as the world outside is condemned.  A support forum operated by an exit counseling group has in fact noted that love-bombing occurs by Campus Crusade."
