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Evangelical Struggle Sessions

How churches — and evangelical leaders — turn truth tellers into targets.

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Michael Clary
Nov 23, 2025
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Chinese Communist humiliation ritual during Mao’s Cultural Revolution.

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NOTE: I have above-average experience with Michael Clary’s topic. As a former officer of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention while many of us fought the infiltration of “Woke” Cultural Marxism into the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, there is virtually no limit to the demonization we experienced. The aim was simple: to cow those who stood against “Big Eva” into submission. I, however, am not one to tamely submit. You should not be either. In the words of the Apostle Peter (to the highest religious body of his day), “we must obey God rather than men.” — RDM

by Michael Clary
November 23, 2025

“Struggle sessions” aren’t just relics of communist China. They’re creeping into evangelical churches, and Christians need to learn how to spot and resist them.

Originally, struggle sessions were a form of psychological tortu…

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