By Anonymous

This blog is for the silenced, the marginalized, and the victims of the many types of abuse that the leadership and members of Liberty Church in O'Fallon Missouri have inflicted on their members and any who opposed their love for control. These are the stories of the witnesses:

By Anonymous

"I'm not a member of Liberty, but we did attend services for awhile about a year ago. Reading all these stories, I had to come forward and share in the collection that I can see is rapidly growing as more brave people share.

One of the biggest things that deterred us from joining was the gossip cleverly cloaked as "concerned prayer requests." I distinctly remember one such conversation with "D" regarding a specific family. He asked that we pray for the family regarding sexually inappropriate behavior happening between siblings. He said that they were dealing harsher with the son because he was supposed to be a leader(??) and wasn't as involved as the daughter. He also told us that a man was under church discipline and being counseled by some of the men at the church for being immature and a poor leader of his family. Needless to say, he over shared to the max. Now let me explain the various things wrong with this entire scenario:

1. He barely knew us, and was telling us things that were absolutely none of our business. I was concerned that in the future, our inevitable private indiscretions would be rapidly gossiped about under the guise of "concern" and "storming heaven for them." Absolutely no, thank you.

2. The sexual repression of that church seemed incredibly high. Perhaps if there was healthy education and not so much control, there wouldn't be sexual issues between siblings looking for relief. People have needs, and it's unfortunate that this church seems to think that the healthy thing to do is ignore basic biology. That's not to say I'm encouraging sex outside of marriage, but for the love of God, at least don't demonize talking to the opposite sex.

3. The amount of pride that emulated from his face as he assured us that *he* was among those handling the situation, and since he and other men in leadership there were involved, outside counseling was not necessary. Given the Josh Duggar situation last year and Doug Phillips before that, we know that handling such deeply rooted issues takes more than just internal church dealings. It takes a delicate, gentle, trained professional to make sense of things and actually get to the root of the problem. Not everything can be fixed if you slap a Jesus bumper sticker on your minivan and resolve to "do better."
For that specific family, I do not know you, but I share these details to prove to you that this conversation occurred. I did not share half as many details as I was told. Beware of any dealings with this "D" guy, because nothing stays private. I do hope you are reading this from the safe location of a new church and things are better with you."

Do you have a story to tell? Has Liberty Church hurt you? Email your story to petertkintz@gmail.com and I will have it posted!