John Doe

Review of Moody Church

Many a time, the Moody church seemed like an honor...

Many a time, the Moody church seemed like an honorable place. At one point, it even felt like home.
No- let me rephrase that. The moody church was home.
However, it is not my home anymore. I am writing this review- a review as John Doe- Although suffice it to say I am a very young and scared person who has been attending D.L Moody's church ever since I came into this world. I grew up here, with my family, spending many years and years pouring my heart and soul into who (or what) I thought Moody was all about. But I was wrong. This church told me that they loved me and thought my family was a treasured part of the Moody church. But the amount of abandonment and pain the pastoral staff has put us through recently has been astounding. For a person who has been attending for years, the amount of neglect and betrayal I have felt by moody, a section of its congregation and most of all, the pastoral staff, has slipped me into a state of distraught. I have done nothing wrong and am a victim of verbal, physical, mental, spiritual abuse by someone who the church is now shielding and prioritizing over me- and others who have been his victims. I will not say much on my personal matter, but all YOU- the person reading this review needs to know- is that this person who has done so much damage in my life and is of very close relation to me is also my abuser. My abuser has also been attending moody for some time and has regularly been serving for over a decade. Recently, he has admitted to doing sinful and evil things which have gone un-confessed to the church; but the pastoral staff is doing nothing about these confessions. They haven't asked this evil abuser to step down from ministry. They have disbelieved my word as a victim. Again, I feel betrayed as a person who grew up here and now is being ignored by the people I thought cared about me most. Pastor Bill, Rev Michael Best, and the elders are indifferent people who have largely been acting lazy, care nothing of accountability or church justice. I am not afraid to speak up. I hope you, dear reader, do not think I am being dramatic or looking for attention. Again, I speak as someone who has been at Moody for years and felt loved by them at one time. Now I am ignored and pushed utterly to the curb by the moody pastors who have known me from my birth and choose to favor the word of my abuser- someone who forbids sadness and true healing, and would sew a mouth shut or a smile on just to fool or deceive. There are good people on this church, but none of them are on the pastoral staff. There is nothing outwardly ''wrong'' with this church- there are very good things about it- but please take my word when I say they care nothing of true accountability. If you choose to attend, know that in the end of things, they will truly do nothing for you. I say this as a sad and broken hearted person who has been attending here for years. This is no longer my home and has dissapointed me, greatly