8. The American Evangelical Machine: The systems and abuse that drive people out.

In this episode Emily brings you her highly anticipated conversation with activist and church abuse survivor advocate, Jo Luehmann. Jo has been speaking out against church abuse on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, as well as helping people decolonize their faith. Born in Columbia, she came to the US in her early 20’s to get her master’s degree in theology and ministry. After a decade of working and teaching in churches, she finally left the evangelical machine to help other survivors of church abuse and religious trauma reclaim their autonomy and spirituality. Together with other survivors she formed @doBetterChurch, an online community devoted to exposing church abuse which exploded into 5,000 members in a matter of weeks. Join Emily and Jo as they discuss everything from ministry life to motherhood, from Christian Supremacy to the church’s questionable labor practices. If you want to learn more about Jo and her work, all applicable links mentioned in today’s episode are listed below. Links from this episode: @doBetterChurch https://linktr.ee/dobetterchurch/ @JoLuehmann (on all platforms) https://linktr.ee/joluehmann Support Jo’s work by subscribing to her Patreon https://www.patreon.com/joluehmann The Life She Wrote: Social Links and Newsletter Sign-Up Credits: Original music (intro/outro) by R.Scott Okamoto rscottokamoto.com