Thread by @pastorkmcgill

1. I pastor in the small community of Troy Idaho. 15 minutes away from me there is a pastor named Doug Wilson who calls empathy a "sin" and thinks courage means putting women in their place. His Christian nationalism and toxic patriarchy has left numerous victims in his wake.

2. What is the fruit of his kind of preaching and theology? I have heard the stories from multiple people in the community. It's rotten fruit, that defends the perpetrators and hurts the vulnerable. Wilson is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

3. Unfortunately Wilson has a massive following and his brand of toxic patriarchy and Christian nationalism reaches "itching ears." It's the gospel of power and it is destructive.

4. I am fed up with abusive men leading in churches. These are not pastors they are predators. So I had a conversation with my friend Sarah who went to his church and school and who works with victims abused in his system. Enough is enough.

5. "Patriarchy walks hand in hand with racism, and it always has. The same biblical passages used to declare Black people unequal are used to declare women unfit for leadership. Patriarchy and racism are “interlocking structures of oppression.” Isn’t it time we get rid of both?"

6. @bethallisonbarr continues
"The conservative church model of authoritarian leadership combined with rigid gender roles fosters a culture of abuse (decade after decade, church after church, leader after leader)."

Does this model hurt everyone? Of course not but....

7. "It just hurt the thirty or more women who made allegations against Bill Gothard.

It just hurt the victims who filed a class-action suit against Sovereign Grace Ministries for creating an environment in which, they alleged, the sexual abuse of children flourished."

8. just hurt the seven hundred victims of sexual abuse linked to Southern Baptist churches over a period of twenty years."

It has just hurt the countless number of people harmed by Christ Church...

9. Douglas Wilson has championed the toxic patriarchy for decades. He says, "A man penetrates, conquers, colonizes, plants. A woman receives, surrenders, accepts...."

For Wilson, Patriarchy and male dominance is the natural order of things..

10. So when allegations of abuse come it's no surprise that he places the blame on women.

It's no surprise we are in a time of cultural reckoning. This is not the time to sweep it all under the rug. Patriarchy is dead. We have seen it's fruit and it is rotten to the core

11. In the church context of my denomination I am thankful for the work of people like @sarahmcdugal @willowbirds @JenniferJillS and @EndItNowNAD

What resources and people have been helpful to you in combating the impact of abusive patriarchy?