Watch Tina Anderson's Story in the IFB on ABC 20/20 with Elizabeth Vargas
Our courageous friend, Tina Anderson told her story of growing up in the Independent Fundamental Baptist Church (Trinity Baptist Church, Concord NH), being raped at 15 by a member of the church, and being put up for "church discipline" - which included being kicked out of her Christian School, having to publicly apologize to church members for 'her 1% guilt in the situation (according to Pastor Chuck Phelps), then was sent away against her will to another IFB church in Colorado to deliver and give her baby up for adoption. Tina told her story to the Concord Monitor last year, http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/woman-i-was-Friday 10:00pm
ABC - 20/20 on your TV!
Come watch it with us in support of Tina Anderson and other Victims of the IFB Churches.
From 20/20:
Try to imagine the pain and humiliation of a teenage girl, just 15 years old, who says she was forced to stand in front of a New Hampshire church congregation and confess her "sin" of being pregnant. She says not only was she forced to confess her pregnancy, but also to ask for their forgiveness – with no mention of the man she says sexually abused her. After all, she says, the pastor told her it's better than being stoned to death as the bible describes. That is what Tina Anderson alleged happened to her at her ultra conservative Independent Fundamental Baptist, or IFB, Church. The IFB has thousands of congregations across the country, but many people have never heard of it. That was, until another woman, Jocelyn Zichterman, began a public campaign – armed with nothing but a computer and memories of her own alleged abuse that she says church beliefs can foster. And survivors are now coming out of the woodwork, to say she's not alone.
Elizabeth Vargas’ yearlong exclusive investigation into a religious sub-culture that critics claim can foster – even cover up – physical and sexual abuse airs on “20/20” on FRIDAY, APRIL 8 (10:00 – 11:00 p.m. ET) on the ABC Television Network. Critics say the church teaches a strict interpretation of the bible including the practice known as breaking the will of the child, with some advocating that it even be applied to infants as young as two weeks old.
I'm supporting Tina too. I blogged here: http://soullibertyfaith.com/?p=816
ReplyDeleteI support you my friend. These churches are sick and evil for protecting a rapist, spanking two week old babies and thinking that women are 2nd class citizens. I believe in discipline for children but spanking a two week old??? A baby that young cries because they are hungry, tired, have gas, etc. They cry because they CANNOT communicate any other way. It's insane that these fools can actually believe these things. This is not a knock against Christians. This is a knock against those that disguise the work of Satan behind religion.
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