Steve Hoppe is the founder and executive director of Crosstown Counseling in Nashville. He has over a decade of counseling experience working both as a pastor and a full-time counselor in private practice. Steve received his bachelor's and master's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, his master of divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, his master of counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary, and his advanced counseling certificate from the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation. He is the author of Sipping Saltwater: How to Find Lasting Satisfaction in a World of Thirst (The Good Book Company) and Marriage Conflict: Talking as Teammates. Besides counseling, his passions include urban ministry, writing, running, Chicago White Sox baseball, Notre Dame football, and anything related to ice cream. You can learn more about his work at stevehoppe.com.

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I'm a Marriage Counselor. Here's What I Want Christians to Know About Domestic Spiritual Abuse

by Steve Hoppe 04-26-2018

The #MeToo hashtag has revealed horrific stories of sexual abuse around the world. The #ChurchToo hashtag has done the same, in the context of the church. As a marriage counselor and pastor, I’ve seen cases of sexual abuse that would make your skin crawl. They’re evil, inhumane, and an abomination to God. But I’ve also encountered another kind of abuse that is equally appalling to God. It isn’t necessarily sexual in nature. It probably won’t gain a famous hashtag. It has become disturbingly prevalent in our culture — and yet it remains largely hidden. It’s called domestic spiritual abuse.