I received a scolding: Victims of Mark Driscoll P/7

 Read Part One HERE               

In this post I will share the story of Kim Thompson who suffered abuse at the hand of  Mark Driscoll, pastor of Trinity Church, Scottsdale, USA.

Kim: "My family and I began to attend Trinity Church in December 2019. We knew a lot of what happened at Mars Hill Church but he seemed repentant and we had high hopes that he had healed from it all. We even bought it when he said from the pulpit, "Don't believe everything you read online," and "how evil the media can be..."

 
Kim: "I began attending the Flourish women's groups at night. Everything seemed perfect... until December 2020, We had the interns at our home for a sleepover when I got a call from pastor Mark. He was concerned that I had left the interns, including one of his sons, alone for 30 minutes with some other teenage girls at our home. I was arriving home from an event and got back a little later than I had planned. I basically got reprimanded by him. His first question was, "Is your husband home?" Bruce was on a hunting trip so he was not there. Then the interrogation began, I felt like I was talking to the principal after getting in trouble at school. The conversation ended with him saying, "We are coming to get our son." Grace came to get the interns and ended up taking them to their house for a sleepover. When Grace came into the house I told her how the conversation had made me feel. I even began to cry because I was so upset and felt so vulnerable due to pastor Mark's tone with me and the lack of grace shown in the situation. She was very apologetic and said that I would not have known their family rules etc and that they were "under attack" due to baptisms taking place that weekend, so they were kind on edge. (I now see that this is the tactic used when they sin against someone, it is all "spiritual attack." A convenient way to not deal with their bad behaviour). I did expect an email from him at least apologising for how it was handled. I now see why that was a ridiculous expectation."

P.S. I will continue the story on Kim Thompson's abuse at the hand of Mark Driscoll, pastor of Trinity Church, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, in the next blog post.

Read Part Eight HERE