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5: Promoting A Goodness Culture in the Church. Guest: Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer May 12, 2021

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Dr. Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer join Amy to talk about how Laura encouraged Scot to use his platform to speak up for the women who had been abused by Bill Hybels and how they later wrote a book together to advocate for healthier church communities

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In this episode

Bill Hybels scandal
What lead Scot and Laura to write a Church Called Tov
Advice for ministry leaders
Culture change dynamics
Wounded Resisters
The cost of speaking up
A church that is doing it right

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Dr. Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer

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This podcast is sponsored by Faithful Counseling. For more information and 10% off your first month, visit Faithful Counseling- https://faithfulcounseling.com/untangled
A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing. https://amzn.to/4j79Dtm
New York Times Bill Hybels article: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/us/bill-hybels-willow-creek-pat-baranowski.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nE4.ShTC.5BNAC4fNGhwv&smid=url-share

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2: Pastoral Plagiarism and Part 2 of Colleen's Story Apr 21, 2021

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On Episode 2 of the Untangled Faith Podcast, Dr. Gary David Stratton joins Amy Fritz to discuss pastoral plagiarism. Mary DeMuth joins us again to talk about what healing looks like on the other side of spiritual abuse, and we hear the second part of Colleen's story of what happened after discovering that her pastor had plagiarized hundreds of sermons. Links: Episode 1: Recognizing Spiritual Abuse and Part 1 of Colleen's Story Honesty Matters: The Problem of Pastoral Plagiarism Ask Bob: What should I do about a pastor who is plagiarizing sermons? Gary Stratton Mary DeMuth We Too: How The Church can Respond Redemptively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis. Wade Mullen CH Spurgeon Lectures to my Students Find us here: Twitter: Amy Fritz Untangled Faith Instagram: Amy Fritz Untangled Faith Website: Untangled Faith Support the show (https://buymeacoffee.com/untangledfaith)

1: Recognizing Spiritual Abuse & Part 1 of Colleen's Story Apr 14, 2021

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On the first episode of The Untangled Faith Podcast, Amy has a conversation with author and speaker, Mary DeMuth about the characteristics of a spiritually abusive environment. We also hear from the first in our series of wounded resisters as Colleen shares part 1 of her story of discovering her pastor was hiding a big secret from their congregation.

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Introducing the Untangled Faith Podcast Mar 29, 2021

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If you've ever found yourself hurt or disillusioned by your faith journey and wanted to hold onto your faith while untangling it from all the things that aren't good or true, this is the podcast for you.

We're sharing the hard and hopeful stories. We're talking about what happens when deep hurts collide with our faith experience. We're exploring what it means to be a wounded resisters hanging on to our faith.

And we're talking about what hope looks like on the other side. Join us for season 1 of Untangled Faith, coming April 14 2021.

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