General Discussion

How Voddie Baucham’s Teachings Cause Long-Term Damage: Collected Interviews – R.L. Stollar https://share.google/DgQwQDdwzGTQy8BN6

Because the ideas were being accepted by leaders I respected, my husband and I decided to visit Baucham’s church one Sunday to see if it might be a good fit for our small family. Our daughter wasn’t even two years old at the time. Upon entering the auditorium, I was flabbergasted to see these short, leather straps sticking out of dads’ pockets and moms’ bags. It appeared to be the trending, matching accessory. These “spank sticks” were being sold at a resource table in the back along with a myriad of other books and materials.

A little while into the service—which was filled primarily with large families—a woman approached me saying my daughter and I would be far more comfortable in the nursing mom’s room and would I please follow her. (No nursery or children’s programs were provided.) My daughter was squirming, but quiet, and playing with the few toys I had in my diaper bag. I followed, and was escorted to a dark room in the back where another mom and I sat for the remainder of the service.

I remember overhearing a conversation where a father was boasting about welding in seats into their van to maximize space for their family.

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Katherine Mitchell: Baucham’s whole premise is that daughters are property and they are tools to use to further the glory of God and demonstrate the headship of the father. He claimed that domestic violence, sexual harassment, abuse, rape, and other bad things wouldn’t be an issue if teens or young women remained under the direction of and obedient to their fathers, and the husbands selected for them.