Thread by @UrbanMinistryUK

1/ I appreciate I have many friends on here wondering why us survivors are not happy with some of the things well known UK leaders have said in response to the Fletcher & Smyth abuse. What has sounded as appropriate to you, has been hurtful to us... #FletcherCulture

2/ I'd ask you to pls do the work of researching and understanding abuse better. Remember the time when you needed to understand exegesis & Biblical theology better - similarly you may now need to understand abuse & its dynamics better...

3/ Listen to survivors' voices. It's disingenuous to say you care about the survivors - but then ignore what they are saying. It's unkind to pontificate on what needs to happen, if you're not listening to what the survivors who have had an inside view for years, have to say.

4/ Observe how survivors' voices and support are totally absent from the statements high up leaders are making. Have you asked why that is? ...

5/ Notice how there is still not transparency. And when people ask for transparency, they are accused of a 'witch hunt.' Remember that the Bible says, "Woe to those who call 'good' 'evil'" (Is 5:20) ...

6/ Notice that when survivors say that blogs are hurtful, this is met with DARVO. And the narrative quickly changes to high up leaders being the victims - instead of the true victims...

7/ Again, if this thread doesn't make sense to you, please do the work, pls read @wademullen @DianeLangberg @R_Denhollander. Listen to @leefurney, and watch @glenscrivener's recent videos. Because otherwise you might be being complicit with a terrible evil that is anti-Christ.

8/ P.S I am not a survivor of either Fletcher or Smyth, but have experienced sexual, physical, emotional & psychological abuse, some of which was linked to the Anglican Peter Ball. I've also experienced troubling behaviour in FIEC circles. And I stand with all survivors of abuse.

9/ I forgot to also recommend reading @scotmcknight & @laurambarringer 's book 'A Church Called Tov'