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Sons of Patriarchy

Abuse in ACBC

Sons of Patriarchy

Peter Bell & Sarah Bader

Religion & Spirituality

4.2649 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Season 2 - Episode 7

 

An anonymous survivor (referenced in Monday's episode) comes on to talk about what happened to her and how her ACBC counselors (and ACBC as an organization) responded and "counseled" her.

 

(The original article writer) Kimi Harris' Substack: https://kimiharris.substack.com

 

Resources/Quotes referred to in this episode

(Original Christianity Today Article by Kimi) When Restoration Hurts, https://www.christianitytoday.com/2019/11/when-restoration-hurts-christian-counseling-abuse/

Roys Report:  https://julieroys.com/church-elder-keith-magill-alleged-history-abuse-cover-up/

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Another story coming on, sons of patriarchy.

1:14.5

This one's a little, a little bit of a, of a, not a break, but a difference in some of

1:20.2

this stuff we're talking about where this one has much more to do with counseling,

1:25.0

biblical counseling, and a few large organizations that are well known for

1:29.9

biblical counseling. So I'll ask the first question, because all of this revolves around the

1:36.8

ACBC. So what is the ACBC and what do they do?

1:44.4

ACBC is a certification training and certification agency.

1:50.2

It was, it has its origins in a man named Jay Adams and Jay Adam in the 70s was asked

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