We Need to Talk About the Abuse of Power in the Church

You could fairly call it its own kind of epidemic. The abuse of power in the church. That’s what Diane Langberg’s new book, Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church is all about. She talked to Common Good in March. When we talk about power in the church, what are we discussing? The word comes from Latin, which means to have influence. Every human being has power. To h