[El Sordo]

A question, what exactly is "spiritual abuse" and how did this group manifest it? Perhaps I read too quickly, but I haven't figured out what exactly constituted "abuse"

Seems that living in a place like Guyana would be difficult for anyone used to the American lifestyle. Throw that together with the problems that always manifest themselves in human interaction and there will always be people with bad experiences in trying situations. I would imagine that if they had high expectation of what thing "should be" like then any experience that falls short of the ideal will have an exagerrated impact.

[Saundra Duffy]

Spiritual abuse - my definition - would be when the leadership takes control and makes you feel like an unworthy worm. You aren't supposed to "talk back". You are pretty much a mindless robot. The leaders can take advantage of the meek little ones, the very ones Jesus spoke so highly of (these little ones). In YWAM, the strong rule - the ones who speak loudly and cry first. They're always yacking about how God tells them this and that. Nevermind that God spoke to someone else with a completely opposite message. The spiritual bullies RULE the roost.