Thread by @loriadbr

When I wanted to go public with my story of #spiritualabuse & #psychologicalabuse at the hands of Andy Wood & Filipe Santos at Echo church in San Jose, CA, I knew immediately I wanted to speak to @reachjulieroys first. I had 4 major newspaper reporters reaching out. Julie 🧵

https://twitter.com/reachjulieroys/status/1596548772930412544

is well-versed in the patterns of the evangelical industrial complex’s darkness well-hidden behind the curtain with good people who are silent while Good Old Boys scratch each others’ backs at the expense of abuse survivors being discredited and silenced. Julie says, “you have 🧵

publishing, you have broadcasting, you have the megachurches, you have the conferences, you have these huge celebrities who are making a lot of money…And so whenever you have money involved, whenever you have power involved, unfortunately there’s protection, there’s sin, 🧵

there’s not calling each other to account. Instead it’s: “I’ve got your back.” It’s time 2 say something when we see something. Silence leads 2 more violence on souls being crushed in closed door meetings. When u know abuse is happening, speaking out means refusing complicity. 🧵

#wearethechurch It’s time we act like it. The goodness, the speaking out to protect the oppressed, & the holding predators to account to stop them shouldn’t be rare. Where are the Julies? The church should be full of Julies. Let’s eliminate the need for #churchtoo @reachjulieroys