A bunch of links I came across:

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You guys might appreciate this stuff:



 The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse  http://kerussocharis.blogspot.com/2006/03/subtle-power-of-spiritual-abuse.html
 What To Do If You Find Yourself In a Spiritually Abusive Religious System  http://kerussocharis.blogspot.com/2006/03/what-to-do-if-you-find-yourself-in_11.html
Spiritual Abuse  http://www.watchman.org/profile/abusepro.htm
Cults and Spiritually Abusive Churches:  Recognition, Response, and Recovery  http://members.aol.com/djrtx/c-abuse.htm
How Can I Discern Whether I'm in a Healthy or Abusive Fellowship?  http://www.batteredsheep.com/faq_healthy_fellowship.html
Is Your Church Free from Cultic Tendencies? A checklist for Responsible Christians  http://www.batteredsheep.com/checklist.html
What Language Does Your Church Speak? The Language of Abusive Churches and Groups  http://www.batteredsheep.com/church-speak.html

Oh I like this one:

"Lord's Day Bible Institute Classes" (also known as "Sunday School", in some groups and churches called "Sabbath School"): "Mandatory meetings where attendance is strictly recorded and the peculiar doctrines held by the church are repeated numerous times over many years until your brain is numb with boredom and you are thoroughly convinced that there can be no other truth and you have begun to lose the ability to think for yourself. To miss one of these meetings is a grave sin and indicates that you may be 'apostate'."

  --reminds me of the leader meetings/Institute/etc. which the leaders are not allowed to miss and are made to vow that they won't miss them...or that it will be very rare.


Abuse of Authority in the Church  A Biblical Perspective of Leadership  http://www.batteredsheep.com/abuse.html
Authoritarianism In The Church  http://www.batteredsheep.com/authoritarianism.html
Abusive Churches  http://www.batteredsheep.com/abusive.html
Abusive Churches: Leaving Them Behind  http://www.batteredsheep.com/abusive_02.html
Uncovering Churches That Abuse People  http://www.batteredsheep.com/uncovering.html
The Cult Church  by Marlene Jones-Skurtu  http://web.archive.org/web/20070607150548/http://www.excult.org/cultc.html
Eight Distinctives Of An  Aberrational Christian or Bible-based Group http://www.neirr.org/s7-aber2.html
The Power Abusers  When follow-the-leader becomes a dangerous game  http://www.apologeticsindex.org/a08.html
Recovery from Spiritual Abuse  How You Can Help  By Sharon Hilderbrant, M.A.  http://www.dtl.org/cults/article/abuse.htm