Recovering Grace: A Bill Gothard generation shines light on the teachings of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) and the Advanced Training Institute (ATI)

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Statement from Recovering Grace regarding the lawsuit against Bill Gothard and IBLP

Dear Recovering Grace Reader, On February 26, 2018, the former plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Bill Gothard and the Institute in Basic Life Principles relea...

March 28, 2018

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Gothard Files

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Negligence Lawsuit Filed Against IBLP

Dear Recovering Grace Reader, Late yesterday afternoon we received an email from a Texas-based law firm notifying us that a lawsuit had been filed against the...

October 21, 2015

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Plaintiffs Amend Lawsuit Against IBLP, Also Sue Bill Gothard

Dear Recovering Grace Reader, There has been a rather large development in the legal proceedings surrounding Bill Gothard and the Institute in Basic Life Prin...

January 10, 2016

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Personal Stories

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An ATI Education, Chapter 4: The Law of Grace

"If a woman doesn’t cry out when she’s raped, God holds her equally guilty with her attacker." Bill Gothard states this outright in Wisdom Booklet 36; hundred...

December 17, 2015

Sara Jones

Perspectives

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An ATI Education, Chapter 4: The Law of Grace

"If a woman doesn’t cry out when she’s raped, God holds her equally guilty with her attacker." Bill Gothard states this outright in Wisdom Booklet 36; hundred...

December 17, 2015

Sara Jones

Tales from Training Centers

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A Long Night's Journey Through the ATI / IBLP System

I grew up in Bill Gothard's Advanced Training Institute of America (ATIA, later renamed ATI) home school program from 1985 through 2005 — twenty years! I worked at f...

April 24, 2014

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The Destructive Effects of ATI & IBLP

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An ATI Education, Final Chapter: Guilty Silence

Was a woman raped? Don't jump to her defense—God might hold her just as guilty as her attacker. In Wisdom Booklet 36, Gothard discusses the legal penalties fo...

January 4, 2016

Sara Jones

Upon Further Review--Twisted Scriptures

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Waiting on Theological Clarification from IBLP

After Bill Gothard was deemed disqualified from ministry by his Board of Directors in 2014, a number of theologians and church leaders called on the Institute in Bas...

December 31, 2014

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What Now? Life After ATI

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What Sexual Abuse Counseling Can Do to Help You

Christians and psychotherapy haven't always had the best relationship. Growing up as I did, adjacent to cultural fundamentalists, I absorbed the following domina...

June 12, 2015

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When the Umbrella Breaks: Sexual Abuse in ATI

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The Characteristics of a Sexual Groomer

When I think back over my life, and what happened to me when I was 20, when I met Bill Gothard, I think of this quote from the character of Rosa Dartle in David Co...

June 23, 2015

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