<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595582048967193117</id><updated>2011-11-27T15:59:14.121-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Pigs In The Pulpit</title><subtitle type='html'>Dedicated to Christians who have been manipulated in or outside a church or group setting, Pigs In The Pulpit talks about how people can get hooked into a fraudulent and deceptive system, the impact of controlling leadership, and how the abused follower of Jesus Christ can find peace and recovery.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pigsinthepulpit.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4595582048967193117/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pigsinthepulpit.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>J. Michael Wittman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00821787875283030487</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w0vX6_I2xtg/Ssqc4g3Yq-I/AAAAAAAAAAM/FajjU7-yVQI/S220/Wittman.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595582048967193117.post-8127498694856513916</id><published>2009-06-17T19:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T19:31:46.944-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Powerful new book - Pigs In The Pulpit</title><content type='html'>Hello friends:&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;There is a dirty little secret in the Body of Christ&lt;/i&gt;. It’s a worldwide thing; it’s a local thing. It lurks in big churches and small churches. It originates from huge denominations and organizations and tiny grass-roots home church groups. It’s been around since the beginning of the early church, yet is just now making its way into the mainstream media. Its effect has been felt by the youngest of children and the oldest of saints. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;What I’m referring to is &lt;i&gt;spiritual abuse of authority.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;What is astonishing and perplexing at the same time, while literally  millions of well-meaning and trusting persons have been devastated by its aftermath,&lt;i&gt; no one really wants to talk about it.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;Good people, people “of the Name,” God-fearing lovers of Jesus have been abused, injured, manipulated, controlled, deceived, told who to marry, what jobs to have, where to live, what cars to drive, what to wear, how much money to give, who to give it to…the list goes on and on, &lt;/span&gt;ad nauseam.&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt; All has been done in the “name of God.”&lt;/span&gt; Why has this happened? Why have so many intelligent, honest seekers of spiritual truth been sold a phony bill of goods and been more than willing to accept it?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;Dedicated to these precious people, I've written and just released my first book about the topic of spiritual abuse, entitled &lt;/span&gt;Pigs In The Pulpit&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "&gt;. It chronicles my and my family's story of becoming Christians, then our 17 year struggle within and escaping from a controlling, abusive and cultic church system. You can find the book at http://www.pigsinthepulpit.com.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Let's start a dialogue on this much-needed and overdue topic. Have you been abused, manipulated and controlled in a Christian church or ministry? I'd love to hear about it. God bless you...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4595582048967193117-8127498694856513916?l=pigsinthepulpit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://pigsinthepulpit.blogspot.com/feeds/8127498694856513916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://pigsinthepulpit.blogspot.com/2009/06/powerful-new-book-pigs-in-pulpit.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4595582048967193117/posts/default/8127498694856513916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4595582048967193117/posts/default/8127498694856513916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://pigsinthepulpit.blogspot.com/2009/06/powerful-new-book-pigs-in-pulpit.html' title='Powerful new book - Pigs In The Pulpit'/><author><name>J. 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