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✍️ The world's largest Christian youth missionary organization, Youth With a Mission (YWAM), is facing allegations of spiritual abuse and controlling behavior from former missionaries who claim they were left 'traumatised'.
👉 Allegations of spiritual abuse and controlling behavior from former YWAM missionaries
👉 Claims of public shaming, rituals to 'cure' homosexuality, and pressure to confess perceived moral transgressions
👉 Culture of control, with leaders using God's will to justify their actions
👉 Denial of some allegations, but acknowledgement of harmful experiences of spiritual abuse and manipulation
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Exclusive: young volunteers also allege spiritual abuse and controlling behaviour at bases of Youth With a Mission‘It felt like a demon was inside me’: young Christian missionaries allege spiritual abuseThe world’s biggest youth Christian missionary organisation is facing allegations of spiritual abuse and controlling behaviour from young people who say they were left “traumatised”.An Observer investigation has revealed evidence of safeguarding failings within Youth With a Mission (YWAM), a global movement that trains young Christians to spread the gospel. A spokesperson for YWAM said the organisation was “heartbroken” by the claims and was “deeply committed to the safety and wellbeing” of everyone in its care. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/05/christian-missionary-group-accused-of-public-shaming-and-rituals-to-cure-sexual-sin