Moving from Broken to Beloved with Brian Lee
The Allender Center Podcast
The Allender Center
4.7 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Spiritual abuse can shatter trust—not only in people and institutions, but sometimes even in God. It can leave survivors wondering if healing or belonging is possible on the other side of betrayal.
In this conversation, Rachael Clinton Chen is joined by Brian Lee, founder of Broken to Beloved. Brian shares his story of growing up as a pastor's kid, becoming a pastor himself, and eventually facing the reality of spiritual abuse in his own life. Out of that painful journey, he has learned the daily work of reminding himself—and others—that no matter what has been taken, we are still beloved.
This work doesn't happen in isolation. Brian and Rachael name the importance of the wider movement—survivors, advocates, pastors, and therapists—who are rising up to expose abuse and create spaces of honesty, care, and repair. Together they remind us that while spiritual abuse is devastating, it does not have the final word.
You can learn more about Broken to Beloved at brokentobeloved.org.Â
Plus, this fall, we hope you'll join Brian, Rachael, and a host of other speakers at the Broken to Beloved Gathering in Richmond, VA, this October 10-11, 2025. Tickets are available at: https://www.brokentobeloved.org/gatheringinterest
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| 0:00.0 | Friends, we live in a world where the traumatic impact of racism is far too often ignored or minimized, |
| 0:13.7 | but the wounds are real in our bodies, our families, and our stories. |
| 0:20.1 | At the Alliter Center, we believe that the healing of our wounds begins when we tell the truth, |
| 0:26.8 | when we name our experiences, when we share our stories in community. |
| 0:31.9 | Hi, I'm Linda Royster from the Allander Center, and I'm honored to invite you to our upcoming story workshop for racial trauma and healing. |
| 0:41.7 | This is a profound event that invites you deeply into the themes of your life, particularly core things that are common to people within racially marginalized communities of color, who have experienced personal |
| 0:56.4 | and collective trauma. |
| 0:58.0 | This story workshop is created for and led by Black, Indigenous Latino and Latina, and |
| 1:05.4 | Asian Pacific Islander people as the global majority of the world's population. |
| 1:12.7 | By centering the lived experiences of people of color, this story workshop can create a safer space for you as you |
| 1:19.2 | seek to understand, write, tell, and live your story in deeper and more transformative ways. |
| 1:27.1 | We're committed to making this offering financially accessible. |
| 1:31.2 | Thanks to the generosity of the stewardship foundation and our donor community. |
| 1:36.1 | Need-based scholarships are available. |
| 1:38.9 | If you or someone you know is interested in being a part of this powerful experience, |
| 1:45.9 | we invite you to check out the upcoming dates and register at the Alondocenter.org forward slash workshops. |
| 1:52.5 | Again, that's the Alondonjicenter.org forward slash workshops. |
| 1:57.4 | We would be honored to hold space for your story this year. |
| 1:59.0 | Thank you for Thank you for listening to the Allender Center podcast. |
| 2:24.1 | I'm Dr. Dan Allender. |
| 2:25.6 | And I'm Rachel Clinton-Cent. |
| 2:27.0 | We're fiercely committed to providing hope and healing to a fragmented world. |
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