James Rochford
Many people stridently speak about spiritual abuse, but very few can define it. If you’re in this position, you’re in good company: Even experts have difficulty explaining the concept. For instance, two experts in the field of spiritual abuse write, “To say that defining spiritual abuse is difficult would be an understatement.” In fact, “there have been conversations about whether we should use the term at all.”[1] They continue, “It would be true to say that there is no agreement about how to define this term… Indeed, at the start of 2018 there were a variety of articles in the Christian media debating whether the term should really be used.”[2]