The Painful Truth-Herbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God
Understanding the psychology of religious seduction and spiritual abuse.
All churches will eventually die. That’s a given. Most think they must and will survive. A church might be hanging on physically, but is dead spiritually. The following questions give a good indication of your church’s health, if it is growing or dying out.
I was a member of the WCG since the age of 6 until the age 24. My parents joined in 1980 just shortly after the dust started to settle from the turmoil of the 70’s. I have to say this: my parents left before I did, I think in 1996, and not once did they try to pull me away, leaving me to choose for myself. (I do not hold any grievance against them for either joining or letting me stay!) I went through the years of Y.E.S. doing children’s choir, all the lessons produced by ‘Headquarters’, and everything else in between. Obviously I was very much into the Y.O.U. concept, since we were not allowed to participate at school due to the Sabbath restrictions. I was and still am addicted to sports. Played them all, being the good non-AC kid. After graduation I coached some of the various teams as well.
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