David Pittman
@davidpittman.bsky.social
There are some who call me...Dave 😊
Helping fellow survivors of child sexual abuse find a path toward healing
Teaching churches how to better protect kids & properly respond to victims of abuse
Manchester United🔰⚽️
Bama 🏈🥎
Then I chase insects🪲🦋🐝
Helping fellow survivors of child sexual abuse find a path toward healing
Teaching churches how to better protect kids & properly respond to victims of abuse
Manchester United🔰⚽️
Bama 🏈🥎
Then I chase insects🪲🦋🐝
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David Pittman
@davidpittman.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Together We Heal
Together We Heal is for any who suffer
from the trauma of childhood sexual abuse.
together-we-heal.org
To those getting introduced or reintroduced, here's the work we're doing:
Together We Heal
together-we-heal.org
TWH Blog
togetherweheal.net
GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment)
www.netgrace.org
Some of my story:
To Suffer in Silence
www.netgrace.org/resources/to...
Together We Heal
together-we-heal.org
TWH Blog
togetherweheal.net
GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment)
www.netgrace.org
Some of my story:
To Suffer in Silence
www.netgrace.org/resources/to...
@rickpidcock.bsky.social writes an insightful exposé. One that supporters of JMac will hate. Not because it's not true but because their loyalty to JMac outweighs reason & truth. Fealty to a man in a Christian environment is one of the most dangerous fealties of all.
baptistnews.com/article/john...
baptistnews.com/article/john...
John MacArthur met his own definition of a false prophet – Baptist News Global
MacArthur’s fundamental understanding of reality was about his own ascension to power, and it absolutely pervaded everything.
baptistnews.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
@rickpidcock.bsky.social writes an insightful exposé. One that supporters of JMac will hate. Not because it's not true but because their loyalty to JMac outweighs reason & truth. Fealty to a man in a Christian environment is one of the most dangerous fealties of all.
baptistnews.com/article/john...
baptistnews.com/article/john...
I'm just sayin' 🤷♂️
July 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I'm just sayin' 🤷♂️
Jeff Iorg, SBC Exec Committee President, evidently doesn't believe survivors of sexual abuse are telling the truth. And he's not alone in SBC leadership circles.
This comes as no surprise to us...
#ThisIStheSBC
#SBCtoo
baptistnews.com/article/does...
This comes as no surprise to us...
#ThisIStheSBC
#SBCtoo
baptistnews.com/article/does...
Does Iorg really believe Brown and Thigpen are liars?
A denier of a sexual abuse in the SBC says Jeff Iorg agrees with him that the stories of two key abuse survivors are false.
baptistnews.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Jeff Iorg, SBC Exec Committee President, evidently doesn't believe survivors of sexual abuse are telling the truth. And he's not alone in SBC leadership circles.
This comes as no surprise to us...
#ThisIStheSBC
#SBCtoo
baptistnews.com/article/does...
This comes as no surprise to us...
#ThisIStheSBC
#SBCtoo
baptistnews.com/article/does...
Putzing around Stuart with Linda Mary... those who know us know how true this is 🤭😁
June 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Putzing around Stuart with Linda Mary... those who know us know how true this is 🤭😁
Putzing around Stuart with Linda Mary... those who know us know how true this is 🤭😁
June 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Putzing around Stuart with Linda Mary... those who know us know how true this is 🤭😁
Reposted by David Pittman
"How are those white-washed tombs? Still filled with dead men’s bones? I used to wonder whose bones they were. Now I know. The bones are ours. It’s the remains of every victim they’ve left in their wake."
Whew, this piece by @davidpittman.bsky.social hits hard.
Whew, this piece by @davidpittman.bsky.social hits hard.
The SBC’s Abuse Cost Us Everything
The first friend I lost who died because of being sexually abused by an SBC pastor was named Andy. He died at age 41, 13 years ago. We grew up together. Like most Southern Baptist church kids, we d…
togetherweheal.net
June 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"How are those white-washed tombs? Still filled with dead men’s bones? I used to wonder whose bones they were. Now I know. The bones are ours. It’s the remains of every victim they’ve left in their wake."
Whew, this piece by @davidpittman.bsky.social hits hard.
Whew, this piece by @davidpittman.bsky.social hits hard.
Ever since I got the news about Jen Lyell, I've cried. I've cried & I've cussed. First Duane, then Jen. But it goes back much further. I think Jen was just a tipping point for my exhaustion. My exhaustion with the Southern Baptist Convention
#ThisIStheSBC
#SBCtoo
togetherweheal.net/2025/06/11/t...
#ThisIStheSBC
#SBCtoo
togetherweheal.net/2025/06/11/t...
The SBC’s Abuse Costs Us Everything
The first friend I lost who died because of being sexually abused by an SBC pastor was named Andy. He died at age 41, 13 years ago. We grew up together. Like most Southern Baptist church kids, we d…
togetherweheal.net
June 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Ever since I got the news about Jen Lyell, I've cried. I've cried & I've cussed. First Duane, then Jen. But it goes back much further. I think Jen was just a tipping point for my exhaustion. My exhaustion with the Southern Baptist Convention
#ThisIStheSBC
#SBCtoo
togetherweheal.net/2025/06/11/t...
#ThisIStheSBC
#SBCtoo
togetherweheal.net/2025/06/11/t...
I'm grateful to Aaron Weaver and all the folks with The Baptist History & Heritage Society for inviting me to speak. It's my hope that one day, history says the right things were finally done. That one day, children were cherished and protected more than institutions
www.thebhhs.org/abuse-surviv...
www.thebhhs.org/abuse-surviv...
June 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I'm grateful to Aaron Weaver and all the folks with The Baptist History & Heritage Society for inviting me to speak. It's my hope that one day, history says the right things were finally done. That one day, children were cherished and protected more than institutions
www.thebhhs.org/abuse-surviv...
www.thebhhs.org/abuse-surviv...
🚨Good news!!🚨
Got my replacement phone from insurance. Took it to Verizon for them to set it up. Was there for 2 hours. Still have at least 3 hours of setting up all my apps w UN/PW's, but at least I have it for my trip in 4 days.
You can reach me again now!
Got my replacement phone from insurance. Took it to Verizon for them to set it up. Was there for 2 hours. Still have at least 3 hours of setting up all my apps w UN/PW's, but at least I have it for my trip in 4 days.
You can reach me again now!
May 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🚨Good news!!🚨
Got my replacement phone from insurance. Took it to Verizon for them to set it up. Was there for 2 hours. Still have at least 3 hours of setting up all my apps w UN/PW's, but at least I have it for my trip in 4 days.
You can reach me again now!
Got my replacement phone from insurance. Took it to Verizon for them to set it up. Was there for 2 hours. Still have at least 3 hours of setting up all my apps w UN/PW's, but at least I have it for my trip in 4 days.
You can reach me again now!
🚨 ALERT 🚨 My phone was stolen the first day I got to Waco, so if u tried to call, PLEASE know thats why you haven’t gotten through
I get home Wednesday
Phone will b setup Thursday
Thank u 4 your patience.
Criminals are the worst 😡 I hope whoever stole it gets infested w the fleas of 1000 camels 😁
I get home Wednesday
Phone will b setup Thursday
Thank u 4 your patience.
Criminals are the worst 😡 I hope whoever stole it gets infested w the fleas of 1000 camels 😁
May 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
🚨 ALERT 🚨 My phone was stolen the first day I got to Waco, so if u tried to call, PLEASE know thats why you haven’t gotten through
I get home Wednesday
Phone will b setup Thursday
Thank u 4 your patience.
Criminals are the worst 😡 I hope whoever stole it gets infested w the fleas of 1000 camels 😁
I get home Wednesday
Phone will b setup Thursday
Thank u 4 your patience.
Criminals are the worst 😡 I hope whoever stole it gets infested w the fleas of 1000 camels 😁
I'm just gonna leave this right here and say one thing...I agree with @christabrown.bsky.social 💯
"Jeff Dalrymple either doesn’t understand these unique dynamics of clergy sex abuse, or he just doesn’t really care."
#SBCtoo
#ThisIStheSBC
baptistnews.com/article/sbc-...
"Jeff Dalrymple either doesn’t understand these unique dynamics of clergy sex abuse, or he just doesn’t really care."
#SBCtoo
#ThisIStheSBC
baptistnews.com/article/sbc-...
Clergy sex abuse crisis doesn’t stem from ‘the Sexual Revolution’
Sexual abuse is “the rotten fruit of the Sexual Revolution,” says Jeff Dalrymple, director of the SBC Sexual Abuse Prevention department.
baptistnews.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I'm just gonna leave this right here and say one thing...I agree with @christabrown.bsky.social 💯
"Jeff Dalrymple either doesn’t understand these unique dynamics of clergy sex abuse, or he just doesn’t really care."
#SBCtoo
#ThisIStheSBC
baptistnews.com/article/sbc-...
"Jeff Dalrymple either doesn’t understand these unique dynamics of clergy sex abuse, or he just doesn’t really care."
#SBCtoo
#ThisIStheSBC
baptistnews.com/article/sbc-...
On my way thru Georgia last month, I was FINALLY able to make good on a promise I made to @atticus59914029.bsky.social
Enjoy your Valdosta State Champs Coca-Cola bottle, my friend!
It was great getting to spend time talking w u. Linda & I look forward to driving back thru & hanging out with y'all!
Enjoy your Valdosta State Champs Coca-Cola bottle, my friend!
It was great getting to spend time talking w u. Linda & I look forward to driving back thru & hanging out with y'all!
April 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM
On my way thru Georgia last month, I was FINALLY able to make good on a promise I made to @atticus59914029.bsky.social
Enjoy your Valdosta State Champs Coca-Cola bottle, my friend!
It was great getting to spend time talking w u. Linda & I look forward to driving back thru & hanging out with y'all!
Enjoy your Valdosta State Champs Coca-Cola bottle, my friend!
It was great getting to spend time talking w u. Linda & I look forward to driving back thru & hanging out with y'all!
The fundamentalists and faux-religious are going to keep taking and taking...
While still attacking empathy as a sin, the far-right among American conservatives — including some Christian leaders — has a new gripe to air: Women should not be allowed to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
baptistnews.com/article/the-...
baptistnews.com/article/the-...
The latest far-right argument: Women are too empathetic to serve on Supreme Court – Baptist News Global
The far-right among American conservatives has a new gripe to air: Women should not be allowed to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
baptistnews.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The fundamentalists and faux-religious are going to keep taking and taking...
Registration is still open and tickets available for purchase on Eventbrite. Visit the website for more information about speakers & discussion topics.
Title of my discussion:
Child Sexual Abuse is a Failure of The Church & The State
www.alliance4childrenga.org
#alliance4childrensga #a4csouthga
Title of my discussion:
Child Sexual Abuse is a Failure of The Church & The State
www.alliance4childrenga.org
#alliance4childrensga #a4csouthga
Alliance for Children Georgia
www.alliance4childrenga.org
April 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Registration is still open and tickets available for purchase on Eventbrite. Visit the website for more information about speakers & discussion topics.
Title of my discussion:
Child Sexual Abuse is a Failure of The Church & The State
www.alliance4childrenga.org
#alliance4childrensga #a4csouthga
Title of my discussion:
Child Sexual Abuse is a Failure of The Church & The State
www.alliance4childrenga.org
#alliance4childrensga #a4csouthga
I TRULY appreciated the time I got to speak with @johnnarae.bsky.social on their "The Bodies Behind the Bus" podcast!
Open, honest, true talk about The Church and abuse 👊
Open, honest, true talk about The Church and abuse 👊
Another in the latest cases of sexual abuse in The Church
Numb to the horrors because the next story is “just the latest"?
Honored to join @johnnarae.bsky.social on “The Bodies Behind the Bus” podcast to discuss The Church, victims of abuse & what to do
togetherweheal.net/2024/09/20/t...
Numb to the horrors because the next story is “just the latest"?
Honored to join @johnnarae.bsky.social on “The Bodies Behind the Bus” podcast to discuss The Church, victims of abuse & what to do
togetherweheal.net/2024/09/20/t...
The Latest case of sexual abuse
Another in the latest cases of sexual abuse in The Church. We’ve become accustomed to horrors because the next story is “just the latest.” The latest case. Let those words sink in. Having to use th…
togetherweheal.net
April 4, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I TRULY appreciated the time I got to speak with @johnnarae.bsky.social on their "The Bodies Behind the Bus" podcast!
Open, honest, true talk about The Church and abuse 👊
Open, honest, true talk about The Church and abuse 👊
Reposted by David Pittman
"Facing Up to a Legacy of Abuse"
On @CBSMornings.bsky.social @NikkiBattiste interviewed our Director @DavidPittman.bsky.social
His sexual abuse by a Southern Baptist minister & the cover-up and lies
#SBCtoo
#MenToo
Part 1:
www.cbsnews.com/video/surviv...
Part 2:
www.cbsnews.com/video/southe...
On @CBSMornings.bsky.social @NikkiBattiste interviewed our Director @DavidPittman.bsky.social
His sexual abuse by a Southern Baptist minister & the cover-up and lies
#SBCtoo
#MenToo
Part 1:
www.cbsnews.com/video/surviv...
Part 2:
www.cbsnews.com/video/southe...
Survivor speaks out after bombshell Southern Baptist abuse report
As Southern Baptist leaders met to choose new leaders and confront shocking allegations of sexual abuse, Nikki Battiste spoke with one survivor about how he was treated after he reported his alleged a...
www.cbsnews.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
"Facing Up to a Legacy of Abuse"
On @CBSMornings.bsky.social @NikkiBattiste interviewed our Director @DavidPittman.bsky.social
His sexual abuse by a Southern Baptist minister & the cover-up and lies
#SBCtoo
#MenToo
Part 1:
www.cbsnews.com/video/surviv...
Part 2:
www.cbsnews.com/video/southe...
On @CBSMornings.bsky.social @NikkiBattiste interviewed our Director @DavidPittman.bsky.social
His sexual abuse by a Southern Baptist minister & the cover-up and lies
#SBCtoo
#MenToo
Part 1:
www.cbsnews.com/video/surviv...
Part 2:
www.cbsnews.com/video/southe...
Reposted by David Pittman
For male survivors of child sexual abuse, you may find this an article of interest & understanding. Our Director, @davidpittman.bsky.social has been where u have. Feeling totally alone.
We promise you are not alone. We stand with you.
#TogetherWeHeal
www.netgrace.org/resources/to...
We promise you are not alone. We stand with you.
#TogetherWeHeal
www.netgrace.org/resources/to...
To Suffer In Silence — GRACE
Why do sexually abused boys and men rarely, if ever, break the silence about the abuse they suffered? Dave Pittman, Director of Together We Heal, and part of the Safeguarding Initiative Team at GRACE....
www.netgrace.org
April 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
For male survivors of child sexual abuse, you may find this an article of interest & understanding. Our Director, @davidpittman.bsky.social has been where u have. Feeling totally alone.
We promise you are not alone. We stand with you.
#TogetherWeHeal
www.netgrace.org/resources/to...
We promise you are not alone. We stand with you.
#TogetherWeHeal
www.netgrace.org/resources/to...
Hey everyone! We haven't gotten set up w posts yet, but I'm happy to say we secured the name & will begin to increase our presence here to help sexual abuse survivors & their families here on BlueSky!✊️
If so inclined, please take a moment to add @togetherweheal.bsky.social to your friends & share👊
If so inclined, please take a moment to add @togetherweheal.bsky.social to your friends & share👊
April 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Hey everyone! We haven't gotten set up w posts yet, but I'm happy to say we secured the name & will begin to increase our presence here to help sexual abuse survivors & their families here on BlueSky!✊️
If so inclined, please take a moment to add @togetherweheal.bsky.social to your friends & share👊
If so inclined, please take a moment to add @togetherweheal.bsky.social to your friends & share👊
.@mrsemilyfinch.bsky.social
Hey Mrs. Finch, I hope y'all are well! I have a Coca-Cola bottle to drop off at ur hubby's office, but since twitter went evil, I can't DM him. I just need his law firm address to drop it off. I think he still has my contact info. Let me know if he needs it. Thanks!
Hey Mrs. Finch, I hope y'all are well! I have a Coca-Cola bottle to drop off at ur hubby's office, but since twitter went evil, I can't DM him. I just need his law firm address to drop it off. I think he still has my contact info. Let me know if he needs it. Thanks!
April 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
.@mrsemilyfinch.bsky.social
Hey Mrs. Finch, I hope y'all are well! I have a Coca-Cola bottle to drop off at ur hubby's office, but since twitter went evil, I can't DM him. I just need his law firm address to drop it off. I think he still has my contact info. Let me know if he needs it. Thanks!
Hey Mrs. Finch, I hope y'all are well! I have a Coca-Cola bottle to drop off at ur hubby's office, but since twitter went evil, I can't DM him. I just need his law firm address to drop it off. I think he still has my contact info. Let me know if he needs it. Thanks!
@atticus59914029.bsky.social
Hey there! I can't find the address to your law firm since twitter went evil. I'm headed to Georgia next week & want to drop off the Coca-Cola bottle (FINALLY) that'd I promised u years back. Send me the address & I'll drop it off on my way to Tifton. Hope all is well
Hey there! I can't find the address to your law firm since twitter went evil. I'm headed to Georgia next week & want to drop off the Coca-Cola bottle (FINALLY) that'd I promised u years back. Send me the address & I'll drop it off on my way to Tifton. Hope all is well
April 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
@atticus59914029.bsky.social
Hey there! I can't find the address to your law firm since twitter went evil. I'm headed to Georgia next week & want to drop off the Coca-Cola bottle (FINALLY) that'd I promised u years back. Send me the address & I'll drop it off on my way to Tifton. Hope all is well
Hey there! I can't find the address to your law firm since twitter went evil. I'm headed to Georgia next week & want to drop off the Coca-Cola bottle (FINALLY) that'd I promised u years back. Send me the address & I'll drop it off on my way to Tifton. Hope all is well
@ashtonpittman.bsky.social
Hey Ashton! It's Sooo great to see you here! 👊 I'm trying like crazy to no longer be on the bad place 🤨 But it's like pulling teeth to get everyone else come along UGH!
Hey Ashton! It's Sooo great to see you here! 👊 I'm trying like crazy to no longer be on the bad place 🤨 But it's like pulling teeth to get everyone else come along UGH!
March 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
@ashtonpittman.bsky.social
Hey Ashton! It's Sooo great to see you here! 👊 I'm trying like crazy to no longer be on the bad place 🤨 But it's like pulling teeth to get everyone else come along UGH!
Hey Ashton! It's Sooo great to see you here! 👊 I'm trying like crazy to no longer be on the bad place 🤨 But it's like pulling teeth to get everyone else come along UGH!
Pain is a protest that something is wrong, yet often we rush to quiet it. Healing begins when we make space for lament.
Join me & Phil Moore as we discuss lament in the Church:
Why it matters.
How it helps survivors.
How we can create a culture that truly listens.
Register now - buff.ly/7SZIELd
Join me & Phil Moore as we discuss lament in the Church:
Why it matters.
How it helps survivors.
How we can create a culture that truly listens.
Register now - buff.ly/7SZIELd
March 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Pain is a protest that something is wrong, yet often we rush to quiet it. Healing begins when we make space for lament.
Join me & Phil Moore as we discuss lament in the Church:
Why it matters.
How it helps survivors.
How we can create a culture that truly listens.
Register now - buff.ly/7SZIELd
Join me & Phil Moore as we discuss lament in the Church:
Why it matters.
How it helps survivors.
How we can create a culture that truly listens.
Register now - buff.ly/7SZIELd
From time to time, I need a little breather from social media. Which is why y'all haven't seen me posting much lately.
The only problem w that is I'm the Director of 1 non-profit, serve as an Instructor for another, & people are never not in need. So it's a fine line I have to walk at times...
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The only problem w that is I'm the Director of 1 non-profit, serve as an Instructor for another, & people are never not in need. So it's a fine line I have to walk at times...
1/
March 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
From time to time, I need a little breather from social media. Which is why y'all haven't seen me posting much lately.
The only problem w that is I'm the Director of 1 non-profit, serve as an Instructor for another, & people are never not in need. So it's a fine line I have to walk at times...
1/
The only problem w that is I'm the Director of 1 non-profit, serve as an Instructor for another, & people are never not in need. So it's a fine line I have to walk at times...
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67 years later, we still feel the loss. We still remember their joy, and we still honour them.
The Busby Babes forever live in our hearts.
#UnitedForever
The Busby Babes forever live in our hearts.
#UnitedForever
February 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
67 years later, we still feel the loss. We still remember their joy, and we still honour them.
The Busby Babes forever live in our hearts.
#UnitedForever
The Busby Babes forever live in our hearts.
#UnitedForever