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Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network<\/a><\/strong> member, Bruce Gerencser <\/strong>blogs at The Way Forward<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bruce Gerencser spent 25 years pastoring Independent Fundamental Baptist, Southern Baptist, and Christian Union churches in Ohio, Michigan, and Texas. Bruce attended Midwestern Baptist College in Pontiac, Michigan. He is a writer and operates\u00a0 The Way Forward blog<\/a>. Bruce lives in NW Ohio with his wife of 35 years. They have 6 children, and nine grandchildren.<\/span><\/p>\n

Family Driven Faith by Bruce Gerencser<\/h3>\n
The Fundy World Tales<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
A Former Independent Fundamental Baptist Pastor\u2019s Perspective on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood<\/h3>\n
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(1) God\u2019s Highest Calling<\/a><\/li>\n
(2) It\u2019s Good to be Free<\/a><\/li>\n
(3) Rebuilding<\/a><\/li>\n
(4) The Emotional and Psychological Consequences of Authoritarian Religion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Other Topics<\/strong><\/p>\n
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The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven Update<\/a><\/li>\n
1971-1972 Good Baptist Boys Don\u2019t Dance<\/a><\/li>\n
The Six Inch Rule: Thou Shalt Not Touch<\/a><\/li>\n
Why Eric Jackson Confessed to Raping His Sister<\/a><\/li>\n
Jack Schaap Asks For Vacated Sentence<\/a><\/li>\n
Why Highland Park Baptist Church Leaders Should Go To Jail<\/a><\/li>\n
Your Word is a Lamp For My Feet: The Crash and Burn Life of Justin Bieber and Others<\/a><\/li>\n
Fear<\/a><\/li>\n
Is God to Blame For the Weather?<\/a><\/li>\n
Why Ex-Christians Don\u2019t Trust Evangelical Christians<\/a><\/li>\n
Does God Love Us Unconditionally?<\/a><\/li>\n
Why it is Hard to Be Around Christians and Christianity<\/a><\/li>\n
Ken Ham, Answers in Genesis, Dinosaurs and the SIN of Smoking<\/a><\/li>\n
The Week the Cracker Quacked: The Duck Dynasty Saga<\/a><\/li>\n
Evangelicals Determined to Hang on to Their Wrathful God<\/a><\/li>\n
John Piper\u2019s Defense of the Genocidal Christian God<\/a><\/li>\n
The Delusional Followers of Convicted Felon Jack Schaap<\/a><\/li>\n
Is Clergy Sexual Infidelity Rare?<\/a><\/li>\n
How Should Churches Handle Allegations of Abuse?<\/a><\/li>\n
Mark Driscoll Tweet on Thou Shalt Not Kill<\/a><\/li>\n
God Don\u2019t Make No Mistakes Says Ray Lewis<\/a><\/li>\n
Why Would Any Woman Want to be an Evangelical Christian?<\/a><\/li>\n
Escaping the Emotional Damage of Our Fundamentalist Past<\/a><\/li>\n
The Evangelical Closet<\/a><\/li>\n
Domestic Violence in the IFB Church Movement<\/a><\/li>\n
Elvis Came to Church<\/a><\/li>\n
Help For Those With Doubts<\/a><\/li>\n
The Jonathan Nicols Story: Growing Up Gay in the IFB Church<\/a><\/li>\n
Linda Murphrey Writes an Open Letter to First Baptist Church Hammond<\/a><\/li>\n
Does Jack Schaap Deserve to Go to Jail?<\/a><\/li>\n
Ken Ham Warns Atheists Out to Steal Children and Eat Them Too<\/a><\/li>\n
Does Evangelical Christianity Cause Emotional Damage?<\/a> Part One<\/a><\/li>\n
Does Evangelical Christianity Cause Emotional Damage? Part Two<\/a><\/li>\n
Happy is the Man That Has His Quiver Full<\/a><\/li>\n
Should Christians Use Birth Control?<\/a><\/li>\n
Why I Find Perverse Pleasure in the Sexual Peccadilloes of Evangelical Leaders<\/a><\/li>\n
Charlie Fuqua says Death Penalty an Option for Rebellious Children<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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