It's very difficult for most people to recognize the difference between difficult church leaders and abusive ones. Jimmy and Christine developed a list of traits of abusive leaders and they discuss it in this episode. It's important to know when leaders are abusive and how to confront the abuse. Too many abuse survivors are abused by leaders after their experience of abuse from someone else.

To learn more about the work Christine does at PorchSwing Ministries, visit https://www.porchswingministries.org/

To see the traits of an abusive leader:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10uemxJY5uwro_ufWK3fibeM8iNK9JUBh/view?usp=sharing

Intro--
Film Glitch by Snowflake (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/snowflake/56350 Ft: reusenoise

Outro--
I Have Often Told You Stories (guitar instrumental) by Ivan Chew (c) copyright 2013 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/ramblinglibrarian/41284