Sons of Patriarchy

Find Mountain City Christian Counseling here.Sign up for an upcoming Mountain City Christian Counseling retreat here.Are you in the PCA, and need help navigating your situation? Contact: Advocacy from the Presbyterian Pew.Free live workshops of the PCA Book of Church Order (BCO): https://presbyterianpew.org/live-workshops/Read and discuss the PCA report on Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault.Donate to Advocacy from the Presbyterian Pew here.Need help? Contact ⁠⁠⁠Outreach Incorporated⁠⁠⁠. In this episode I spoke with Colleen McConnell, former member of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Orlando, Florida, and Megan Owen, founder of Mountain City Christian Counseling, who was formerly counseled by Jim Wilson, Doug Wilson's late father.Colleen's story shares similarities with every story we have profiled save one difference, she won her case in the PCA. So we look into when women "win," what that means for their relationship with the church and its leadership, as well as their marriages (or former marriages). Megan (and her family) were horrifically abused by her ex-husband, and you'll hear what kind of counsel came from the mouth of Jim, which then starts making more sense of Doug. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.Because for these men and leaders, a woman who's too opinionated needs to be put her in place.Below them.Donate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated.I had the opportunity to sit down with Tia Levings to talk about her 2024 memoir, A Well-Trained Wife, her journey through the Patirarchy.Our second-to-last episode of Season 1, Tia's story weaves through every theme we have covered in this series. She made stops in the IBLP, Gothard, SBC, PCA, and CREC circles. She was controlled, manipulated, silenced, abused, and more.She was nearly sacrificed to the Patriarchy, on the altar of the cult.But she got out. May her story help you too.Buy Tia Levings' book here: A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian PatriarchyFollow Tia Levings on here: Decontrusting FundamentalismDonate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Are you in the OPC, and need help? Contact: Presbyterian Advocacy CoalitionNeed help? Contact Outreach Incorporated.Find all the documents here: Sons of Patriarchy Facebook(Slight correction on the audio - the OPC report was published 2024, not 2014)Caroline Garcia Osborne and an anonymous woman share their stories of grooming, spiritual abuse, and sexual battery at the hands of Boyd Miller of Covenant OPC in La Grange, Georgia. If you listened to Theresa Garcia Robertson's story, these are the women she referred to at the end of her episode.When this episode goes live head over to the Sons of Patriarchy Facebook page. There you find hundreds of pages of documents: Facebook messages, timelines, presbytery reports, everything. Theresa, Caroline, and the anonymous woman have given us access to everything.Let's do something about this.Donate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Need help? Contact ⁠⁠⁠Outreach Incorporated⁠⁠⁠.In this episode we spoke with Sheila Wray Gregoire, founder of Bare Marriage and the author of many books, and Marissa Burt, author of the upcoming Brazos Press book The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: How False Promises Betrayed a Generation of Evangelical Families.Dominion theology begets dominating over families. Sex becomes a conquering act, not the beautiful union of a man and a woman who love one another. Women are receptacles for the pleasure of men, marriage a plan for taking over the world, and spanking kids the key to obedience and warriors in the quiver of the father. Mothers required only because they’re needed for the birth, not because they contribute anything, but because men can’t do it on their own.Sex is beautiful, families are beautiful, and children are beautiful. But none of these are ultimate. All of these are wonderful blessings of God. But none are tools for our gain.The Savior who laid his claim to rule to be put under the rule asks us to do the same.Buy Sheila Gregoire's Books here: The Marriage You Want, She Deserves Better, The Great Sex RescueMarissa Burt's book will be available for preorder soon!Donate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Are you in the PCA, and need help navigating your situation? Contact: Advocacy from the Presbyterian Pew.Free live workshops of the PCA Book of Church Order (BCO): https://presbyterianpew.org/live-workshops/Read and discuss the PCA report on Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault.Donate to Advocacy from the Presbyterian Pew here.Follow Donna Westcott on X (@psychotheologin) and her website (donnawestcott.com).Here's Joyce's interview on Bare Marriage:  Why Did a Church Put a Marital Rape Victim under Church Discipline?Need help? Contact ⁠⁠⁠Outreach Incorporated⁠⁠⁠.Meet Joyce Rohe, former member of Rio Vista Community Church (PCA) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Lynna Sutherland, the founder of Advocacy from the Presbyterian Pew (and a PCA member herself), and Donna Westcott, a licensed professional counselor (and critic of "Biblical" counseling).What happens when you go against your church elders' wishes by divorcing your abusive and absent husband? They skirt the "process" and discipline you without trial. What happens when you try to navigate that very system? They use it against you. What happens when you try to seek "biblical" counseling for all the pain this causes you? They convince you it's your fault, that there's sin residing in you.In short, you're excommunicated.Donate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated.The counterpart to Episode 13, It's Only a Matter of Rank. This time we have Beth Allison Barr (James Vardaman Professor of History at Baylor University, and author of numerous books), Sheila Wray Gregoire (founder of Bare Marriage, and author of numerous books), Cait West (yes, again!), and Hannah Oliver.The men are trained as leaders, and the women, as followers. The virtuous woman *only* stays at home, homeschools her children, satisfies her husband, and makes sure there's no ugliness in her. They are to stay silent, unless, of course, they've been approved to teacher other women to... stay silent. You can speak, as long as you tell other women not to.At the same time women are more liable to deceit than their male counterparts they also hold the power to cause their brothers to stumble. It's a whiplash, a system wherein you're told to be feminine, but not too feminine, smart, but not too smart, put together, but not independent.In summary, it's impossible. A standard you can never live up to. But there's another way, the way of Jesus. He who gladly took a rank below his, to give you a rank above yours.Buy Beth Barr's books here:  Becoming the Pastor's Wife, The Making of Biblical WomanhoodBuy Sheila Gregoire's Books here: The Marriage You Want, She Deserves Better, The Great Sex RescueBuy Cait West's book here: RiftDonate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Are you in the OPC, and need help? Contact: Presbyterian Advocacy CoalitionNeed help? Contact Outreach Incorporated.Meet Theresa Garcia Robertson, Zach LeReaux, and Caroline McKuen.Theresa is a former member of Covenant OPC in La Grange, Georgia, pastored by Boyd Miller. Zach is Ali's husband (from Let's Get Spiritual), and will shed light on how men should engage with and respond to those who've been abused. Caroline McKuen is the director and founder of the Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition.For too long these cases and stories have been covered up, whether that be for "lack of evidence," or "sinful, but not criminal," or "undue gossip." Women have been silenced (as have some men), men have been coerced (as have some women), presbyteries have turned a blind eye, and the "good" men in authority, and the churches they pastor do nothing while people suffer.We've got something to say about that.Donate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Read about the woman's story at FBC Beggs here: https://tinyurl.com/5x7w6ddjNeed help? Contact Outreach Incorporated.In this episode I spoke with repeat guest Cait West, a woman whose marriage and church (FBC Beggs in Beggs, Oklahoma, led by pastor Chris Gore) was taken over by the patriarchy, and Zach Wagner (author of "Non-Toxic Masculinity") about the Patriarchy.Patriarchy is not only toxic for the women subjugated under it, it's an impossible system for the men to exercise. It's a reaction to the perceived feminization of the church, of culture, and of society. It's an ideology wherein it's not enough to *be* a man, you must *do* manly things to prove it.And therein lies the problem, an identity wrapped up in performance rather than the gospel.Buy Cait's book here: https://tinyurl.com/27nvt34hBuy Zach's book here: https://tinyurl.com/6pt73vsbDonate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Are you in the OPC, and need help? Contact: Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition.Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated.Meet Rachel Curtiss, former member of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Cait West, former member of the PCA, RPCNA, and OPC in Pennsylvania and Colorado.Rachel was publicly excommunicated by Joe Rigney (now at Christ Church Moscow) because she left an abusive marriage and church. Cait West, author of the book Rift, was entrenched in the "stay-at-home-daughter" movement, and managed to escape. They have both found their voice.Resource mentioned in this episode:  Rift by Cait WestDonate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated.Join us as we talk with repeat guest Jeff Moss, a former CREC Minister, who has over a decade of experience "in the system."The Trinity is the bedrock of the Christian faith: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. But what happens when you've entered into a culture war? The perceived "feminization" of the Evangelical church presents to you a problem: how do we fight this?Enter the old heresy of the Father as "authority" and the Son as "submission." The man in the marriage mirrors God the Father's role, while the wife is subjugated to that of the Son. What better to keep women under control than to tell them to "suffer like Jesus." The Trinity then becomes the foundation for gender roles.Let's fix this.Donate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Are you in the OPC, and need help? Contact: Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition.Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated.Both stories are coming on anonymously. The first is a couple who attended a CREC in the Southeast, and the second is a woman who grew up at Harvest OPC, near Grand Rapids, Michigan.The first story is about spiritual abuse and gaslighting, the second story is the outworking of Nancy Wilson's disgusting quip, "of course a husband is never trespassing his own garden" in this woman's life.Donate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated.Join Dr. R. Scott Clark and I as we discuss Federal Vision, it's various off-shoots and internecine debates, amber ale and oatmeal stout "versions," engage with clips from Douglas Wilson, Richard Lusk (among other CREC ministers who have blocked us), and look at the original statements and lectures from Auburn Avenue in 2002.This is our most theologically dense episode of the series. It's a beatdown of "Federal Vision," a works-based Christianity. We end by describing how this system of doctrine necessarily leads to abuse and obedience that is "cloaked" in submission.Let's make the gospel scandalous, not scandalized. That which leads to human flourishing, not fear.Find R. Scott Clark here: Westminster Seminary California Heidelblog HeidelcastDonate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Are you in the OPC, and need help? Contact: Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition.Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated.Meet Aimee Byrd (a former member of the OPC in the Northeast and prolific author), Ali LeReaux (a former member of the OPC in the Southeast), and Heather Nadreau (a former member of Christ Church Spokane, CREC).Spiritual abuse so often gets short shrift, but it upends everything you think about the gospel, the church, Jesus, and the pastors who are commanded to shepherd your soul. The gospel ceases being a salve in favor for a rod. It ceases building you up, by beating you down.⁠Aimee Byrd⁠'s books mentioned in the episode: ⁠The Hope in Our Scars⁠ ⁠The Sexual Reformation⁠ ⁠Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood⁠  ⁠Why Can't We Be Friends?⁠Donate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated.Join us as we talk with Aimee Byrd, and repeat guests Kristin Kobes du Mez and Nathan & Christiana Wells about the marketing that "bites back." From subversive marketing tactics, to slick production. From rhetorical flair, to retro design. Canon Press, Canon Plus, New Saint Andrews, and Christ Church are the bad boys on the block.The bad boys who know how to market, because the "good" boys are scared of it. But these bad boys created a beast they no longer control. Let's get under the hood.Donate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated.Enjoy this BONUS episode with ⁠Rachael Denhollander. Our first of two conversations on reporting abuse, how churches should handle abuse allegations, the "2 or 3 witnesses" argument, using "non Christian" judges, and more.Rachael's books: What Is a Girl Worth? How Much Is a Little Girl Worth?  How Much Is a Little Boy Worth?Donate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Are you in the OPC, and need help? Contact: Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition.Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated.Meet Chelsea Gondrez (former member of the OPC and PCA), an anonymous woman who's known/known of Doug Wilson for decades, and Alaine and Fred Hofland (the parents of Chelsea Gondrez). The standard for women in these churches is impossible, everything is their fault, and they're confronted with this daily.Here's the video with Alaine and Fred (plus others on her page): Bringing Beauty out of the Ashes, Part 3Donate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated.Join us as we talk with Jeff Moss, a former CREC Minister, who has over a decade of experience "in the system." We do a deep dive into all things CREC: structure, polity, ordination, founding, everything. What may seem boring is actually a necessary look "under the hood."If you know the structure of the system, you understand how the system works the way it does. We compare it to other systems of church government, helping you make sense of your own church and the way they work.Donate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Are you in the OPC, and need help? Contact: Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition.Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated.Meet Stephanie Chernyavskiy, former member of Neon Reformed Presbyterian Church (Neon is part of the OPC: Orthodox Presbyterian Church) in Neon, Kentucky. This is her story.Here's the poem Stephanie wrote and read from at the end: The Lion of Judah Louder Roars.Donate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated.Join us as we talk with Susan Wise Bauer of The Well-Trained Mind and Jill Wright, who has experience with The Oaks Academy and the ACCS (Association of Classical Christian Schools).The Matriarch of Classical Education takes on the Patriarch of "Christian" Classical Education. Susan explains why she doesn't like the phrase "Christian" Classical education, dives into the history of the methodology, misconceptions, and more. Jill lived it. She's a trained educator herself, sent her sons to The Oaks Academy, and became a Teacher's aide as well.Give your kids an education, not an indoctrination.Donate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.

Need help? Contact Outreach Incorporated.Meet Jade Miller (a former Logos School student), and an anonymous man who attended CRECs in the Pacific Northwest. Jade will be releasing her memoir soon, sign up here to get notified when it's available: https://jademari.com/memoir-theoutsidegirl.Donate to help the survivor network ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Join: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Private Survivor Support Group⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sign up for our Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠sonsofpatriarchy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find resources, recommended reading, and more.Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠Examining Doug Wilson and Moscow: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠"Sons of Patriarchy" is brought to you byProducer, Writer, Editor, and Host: Peter BellOriginal Music, Sound Design, and Mixing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aaronfeeneymusic.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Bader⁠⁠⁠⁠Graphic Design: Anonymous SurvivorsSURVIVORS - THANK YOU, AND MAY YOU BE HEARD.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy--6517628/support.