A View from the Pews: The Inside Story of a Broken Church

This is the true story of a church in America's "Bible Belt", the First Christian Church in Florissant, Missouri; a church with a meager beginning and record of steady growth for forty-nine years until the weight of sexual abuse charges against a youth minister left it and its congregation, broken. This is a case history and analysis of those events. While assembling the documents, writings, and comments for this study, I realized that the issue went far deeper when the youth minister, Brandon Milburn, was brought to justice and convicted of sexual misconduct against multiple victims. I ask myself, "What about the victims? Who are the victims of this saga? Who are the perpetrators, the abusers?" Through documented information and personal experience, along with added expert analysis, I leave you to draw your own conclusions. - Joy S.Taylor Between the covers of this book, Joy S. Taylor exposes the true story of a thriving mega-church as it succumbs to leadership failures wrought by the driving force of its "Lead Minister's" actions and spiritual abuse of those surrounding him. Joy's personal experience with, and insight into the ugly face of an abuser, gives her an acute perception to recognize the insidious characteristics of abuse. As a worshipper and servant of her Lord Jesus Christ, Joy tells a captivating story, tracing the roots of discord and treachery that plagued her church, causing it to plunge from its roost as 'the largest evangelical church in North County, Missouri' to a small congregation leasing its formerly owned facility. Joy's revealing of the guideposts which led to this colossal failure can be fruitful in becoming the warning signs for other churches seeking to break the 1000-person attendance threshold. Read on with prayerful spirit, and let God speak to you through these pages. - Rick Knoop, Florissant MO
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Author/Artist:Taylor, Joy S
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