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Rosie Clare Shorter, Research fellow, Deakin University

'Religion would take my life': two women testify to enduring and surviving harm in evangelical Christian communities

Steph Lentz (left) and Rachel Louise Snyder (right). Brett Sayles/Pexels (cross), Nikko Tan/Pexels (background pews)

I grew up in evangelical churches where “telling your story” or “sharing your testimony” was a method of converting others.

I understood a personal testimony to be a powerful thing. I was told no one could question your personal story, your testimony. Which in hindsight is odd, because it turns out when women share stories of harm – including religious harm – they will, in fact, often be questioned.

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