Dear Friends, 

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G2F has been developed and launched in response to the ever-increasing number of people, including myself and my family, who have experienced or witnessed negative behaviour in a variety of Christian Church environments.
 

First and foremost it is our desire that you, your family and friends find both answers and remedy for the many reasons people no longer engage with or attend a Christian denomination or local church.
 

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COMFORT & ANSWERS

Our desire is to reconnect people to God by building your relationship with Him. G2F seeks to give both comfort, answers and direction to those who, as a result of experiencing unfortunate circumstances and experiences within church, no longer attend.

You may simply no longer wish to be involved in a local church for reasons that involve church/life relevance, tedious religious traditions or more commonly nowadays, you have too many other distractions in life.

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G2F plans to conduct Christian 'free' worship style events in the near future. You may be looking to ease back into a worship/church style event after a short or long break. Your reason for drifting away from the church environment may be uncomplicated and simple.

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On the other hand your reason for taking a 'sabbatical' may involve a need for healing and repair of things that didn't go quite to plan when you did attend.

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REPAIR & HEAL

As you read on you will discover what G2F is specifically focussing on regarding repairing and healing your relationship with church and God. If your needs and circumstances are simple and you just want to ease back into Christian worship and fellowship, please let us know your contact details and we will invite you to our first event.

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Gateway to Freedom's focus is on repairing the damage caused by people within Christian churches, denominations and organisations that sadly, by act or omission, forgo their God ordained responsibility to fairly, equitably and lovingly shepherd those people God has brought into their care.  'G2F' will seek to identify this behaviour and most importantly aim to rebuild the relationship between the abused, the church and God.

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FORMS OF ABUSE

People leave church for many different reasons.  We will focus on the ever-increasing incidence of narcissistic behaviour, bullying and intimidation that sadly occurs way too often within the Christian Church environment. In most instances this sort of behaviour is exhibited by an increasing number of church pastors and those in leadership positions.

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Often this type of behaviour results in psychological, emotional, and spiritual abuse of the victim(s). It is the goal of this initiative to give a voice to the ever-increasing number of people who have been or are currently trying to deal with this type of behaviour.

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COMPASSIONATE ADVOCACY

By sharing your story with G2F we pray that your experience will be helpful not only for you but also to others who have or are experiencing similar behaviour. It is the goal of G2F to be an advocate for you in a meaningful and compassionate way minus the corporate speak some churches are only too quick to respond with. We want to avoid the ‘yada, yada’ and ‘circling of the wagons’ response so often heard when some churches are approached to respond to allegations of this type.

G2F acknowledges that people leave church or 'church hop' for many reasons, some major, some minor. Whilst the reasons can be of deep discomfort to the aggrieved it is the response of church hierarchy and leadership teams that either allay or increase the chance of animosity occurring between parties.

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Yes, we may have 'unrealistic or high expectations', and yes, we can be offended if a pastor fails to greet us properly. Yes, we can be upset due to a disagreement on theological interpretation. Let's not even go down the Covid pandemic, vax, no vax, mask, no mask path as reasons for discontent in the pews. Often issues such as these can be resolved with a touch of humility and sound reasoning.

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There are many reasons some pastors and church leaders exhibit unsavoury and unethical behaviour. Have they been challenged on transparency and governance issues. Perhaps the issues relate to financial management, power or greed.

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It is how these and many other issues and concerns are poorly responded to by many pastors and leaders that is a cause for much concern, but you probably already know that which is why you are still reading this page.

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“May God richly bless you as you enter the Gateway to Freedom".

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Yours sincerely

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Ken Jaensch

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'GFN & G2F' Founder and Director