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Willie Jr. Thompson Jr.. Suffer the Children
Dedication
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE. A Child’s Defense
CHAPTER TWO. A Child’s Revival
CHAPTER THREE. Are You Raising a Repeat Offender?
CHAPTER FOUR. How to Secure Our Future: Look at What You Have in Hand
CHAPTER FIVE. I Just Wanna Be Successful
CHAPTER SIX. It’s the God in Me
CHAPTER SEVEN. Let the Children Testify
CHAPTER EIGHT. Speak Up for Your Sons
CHAPTER NINE. Wake Up Little Girl!
CHAPTER TEN. Whose Child is This?
CHAPTER ELEVEN. How to Deal With Godly Growing Children
About the Author
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Marilyn, Rebecca J., Annie Z. & Charlotte
As a young preacher, sharing this message at youth conferences, youth revivals, annual youth days, lock-ins, juvenile detention centers, college campuses and youth festivals across the United States, Africa, Australia, Canada and the Caribbean, and then blessed with the opportunity to serve as a youth minister and youth and young adult pastor, I have developed a collection of messages called, “Suffer the Children.”
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There are even acts of violence against children in religious sects. Yes, even in the church! Fondling fathers destroy the innocence of sacred sons. Pedophilic priests pervert the prayers of passionate parishioners. Deacons corner damsels and dare them to expose themselves. Polygamist patriarchs and self-proclaimed procreation prophets on ranches in Texas marry young girls as soon as they reach puberty. These are acts of violence against the powerless and vulnerable. In his research on Satanism, Sexual Abuse and the Church, Dr. Gregory Ried reports that 70% of the sexual abuse against children and adolescents has taken place, if not in church settings, then with Christians who were in a position to do something and did nothing at all. This violence is happening in situations where love, embrace, trust, healing and wholeness are the mega-themes of the institution. In all of these situations, children are being violated, taken advantage of and abused. When will someone present a defense on behalf of the children?
I agree with Human Rights Watch and their recommendations to authorities to deal with these situations. So, of course, we need to investigate violence against children in correctional and detention centers. And we need to institute training programs in the handling and treating of children and their basic rights. And we need to make sure children understand their rights. We should establish effective and confidential complaint mechanisms. We must not allow children to share correctional facilities with adults. We must abolish corporal punishment in schools. We must investigate police brutality and roundups of children. We must establish independent complaint boards.
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