Responding to Sexual Abuse in The Church, with Dr. Justin Holcomb

Matt and Alastair sit down with Dr. Justin Holcomb to discuss the difficult topic of sexual abuse in the church, and how to identify and prevent it.

Justin Holcomb

Resources mentioned:

justinholcomb.com

Rid of My Disgrace: Hope and Healing For Victims of Sexual Assault

God Made All of Me: A Book To Help Children Protect Their Bodies

netgrace.org – Godly Response to Abuse in The Christian Environment

Valued: a conference seeking to mobilize and equip churches and believers to: biblically, wisely, and lovingly understand, prevent, identify, and respond to sexual abuse and assault, as Jesus Christ’s Church.

Timestamps

0:00
Intro + The constructive aspects in evangelicalism’s new discussion surrounding sexual abuse
7:00
The importance of this conversation and how it helps us refine our theology of forgiveness
14:15
How our theology can help us wrestle with these matters
19:00
Issues around accusations and maintaining a presumption of innocence
29:18
How our justice is penultimate to God’s justice
33:36
Policies and procedures and creating a transparent culture
39:20
How we can address the Gospel to people’s bodies

Follow Derek, Andrew, and Alastair for more tweet-sized brilliance. Thanks to Caleb Wait for keeping us organized. Special thanks to Tim Motte for sound editing. And thanks to The Joy Eternal for lending us their music, which everybody should download out of gratitude for their kindness.

Sexual Ethics Abuse Church Culture
Mere Fidelity is a listener-supported venture, and we can only grow as our supporters make it possible. Support Us on Patreon