it is strange to think that a ‘Christian’ service has a duty to the state first before having a duty to a family in a Christian setting. This puzzles me.
It is the law in some states that obligates Christian counselors and pastors to report (MN is one). They will usually warn you up front about it.
It seems wrong that a family may think they are establishing trust in a Christian environment but in reality it’s the state watching and recording. The Christian counselor acts as a state agent.
I know the legal argument regarding liability but the bigger picture is that legalism encroaches on the church.
The business model of Christian Counseling is fraudulent. It is an office of the state. And the personnel of the state are in these matters unimpressive and unaccountable.
To separate a child from a good parent while things get’sorted out’ is an act that protects the state from accountability. It does nothing to increase health. The state employees who think they are’saving’ a child do not know that they are in fact damaging the child because they do not have knowledge of the situation on the ground.
That’s the problem, the state Does not know