When
missionary Karen Hinkey found out her husband was attracted to children, she
tried to separate from him. Her church elders told her to knock it off and
“submit” to their will.
After attending seminary, Karen
Hinkley, along with her onetime husband, Jordan Root, dreamed of becoming
missionaries. The couple married in the spring of 2012 and eagerly began
seeking opportunities to serve God overseas.
At the time, she had no way of knowing that alleged abuse of
the most awful kind would sink their marriage. Or that the church would
discipline her for wanting to end her marriage to a confessed child porn
addict. Or that her pastor would try to block her from leaving the
congregation.
Shortly after marrying, Karen and Jordan began attending The Village Church (TVC),
a mega-sized Dallas-area Southern Baptist congregation with five campuses and
11,000 weekly attendees.
In time, TVC not only became the newlywed’s home church but
also the community that would support—financially and spiritually—their desire
to become missionaries. That’s not surprising; according to its website, TVC
supports a number of missionaries in a dozen or more countries.
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