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Christianity Today 2025 Book Award (Church/Pastoral Leadership)
"A heartbreaking but necessary book."--Christianity Today
Internationally recognized psychologist Diane Langberg has come face to face with the crushing trauma of sexual abuse, trafficking, domestic abuse, and rape--and its cover-up.
Even more tragic, she has encountered it all within Christian communities and the church.
As a highly respected trauma scholar and psychologist working in the United States and around the world for more than 50 years, she envisions a better way.
In When the Church Harms God's People,Langberg unveils what she has learned about how churches cause harm and why Christian communities often foster unhealthy leaders who end up hurting rather than protecting God's people. She also offers hope for the future, describing how churches can reflect Christ not just in what they teach but also in how they care for themselves and others.
This book is an invaluable tool for leaders and laypeople alike who want to help the church resist abuses of power and become a safe place for survivors.
Christianity Today 2025 Book Award (Church/Pastoral Leadership)
"A heartbreaking but necessary book."--Christianity Today
Internationally recognized psychologist Diane Langberg has come face to face...
Christianity Today 2025 Book Award (Church/Pastoral Leadership)
"A heartbreaking but necessary book."--Christianity Today
Internationally recognized psychologist Diane Langberg has come face to face with the crushing trauma of sexual abuse, trafficking, domestic abuse, and rape--and its cover-up.
Even more tragic, she has encountered it all within Christian communities and the church.
As a highly respected trauma scholar and psychologist working in the United States and around the world for more than 50 years, she envisions a better way.
In When the Church Harms God's People,Langberg unveils what she has learned about how churches cause harm and why Christian communities often foster unhealthy leaders who end up hurting rather than protecting God's people. She also offers hope for the future, describing how churches can reflect Christ not just in what they teach but also in how they care for themselves and others.
This book is an invaluable tool for leaders and laypeople alike who want to help the church resist abuses of power and become a safe place for survivors.
Advance Praise
“In the struggle against sexual abuse in the church, I can think of no one more trusted or more equipped to address the topic than Diane Langberg. This book expertly diagnoses the problems and points to a new direction of hope and healing. If you are tired of seeing persons and systems use the name of Jesus Christ to prey on the vulnerable, this book will help you fight for a different future.”—Russell Moore, editor in chief, Christianity Today
“At least once a week, I field calls from distressed church leaders who are responding to abuse allegations against one of their colleagues. They all want to know: What do we say? What do we do? How do we protect the church? Read this book if the crisis hasn’t yet reached your church—or even if it has! You will learn why abuse happens, how common church responses can create more wounds, and how to begin examining whether your church culture and values are indeed caring for ‘the least of these’ in your community.”—Philip G. Monroe, PsyD, clinical psychologist, Langberg, Monroe & Associates
“In the struggle against sexual abuse in the church, I can think of no one more trusted or more equipped to address the topic than Diane Langberg. This book expertly diagnoses the problems and points...
“In the struggle against sexual abuse in the church, I can think of no one more trusted or more equipped to address the topic than Diane Langberg. This book expertly diagnoses the problems and points to a new direction of hope and healing. If you are tired of seeing persons and systems use the name of Jesus Christ to prey on the vulnerable, this book will help you fight for a different future.”—Russell Moore, editor in chief, Christianity Today
“At least once a week, I field calls from distressed church leaders who are responding to abuse allegations against one of their colleagues. They all want to know: What do we say? What do we do? How do we protect the church? Read this book if the crisis hasn’t yet reached your church—or even if it has! You will learn why abuse happens, how common church responses can create more wounds, and how to begin examining whether your church culture and values are indeed caring for ‘the least of these’ in your community.”—Philip G. Monroe, PsyD, clinical psychologist, Langberg, Monroe & Associates