Re: "Jesus Christians," "Australian cult," Dave McKay
Date: December 13, 2010 05:38AM
The following update message has been placed on the web site of Takatifu Gardens, Kenya:
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Update:
Due to a change in management, Takatifu Gardens is no longer offering a volunteer program.
Some associates are planning a more urban-based volunteer program, which we will endeavour to update you on.
Please keep checking this site for updates.
I am again indebted to you Blackhat for promptly bringing this to our attention,.....sad news I fear, as I suspect it means the loss of either personal or income (David will be vainly smirking to himself..." I KNEW they couldn't do it, without me...heh, heh, heh!")....and this was THE one practical aspect of their "ministry" that I believe offered them some opportunity for "rehabilitation" and that indeed deserved some wider support.....( I can't see a life of "dumpster diving" and posting fear-mongering video's on you-tube, about the "Mark of the Beast", somehow being as quite as effective, in recovering from years of "McKay-think"...)
There would be a lot of work in the property, of course, and I assume the reasoning would be that it "tied up" resources, that could otherwise be devoted to "getting the word out" ....however it appeared that Rob and Christine, really managed it all with some aplomb...and without it, the former followers of Dave may quickly find that they have very increasingly less and less "words" of any "worth" to get out.....
After the split in '96, the impression that I have is that "K", "A" and the others involved, struggled manfully to keep the ideals that they had lived for "going" in some sense, with the continuation of the community that they lived for.....the JC's run on "repression" though, and once that is no longer the case, individuals eventually start to spiritually "drift" into different directions....that are not "bad" directions, by any measure, but that are simply "different"...
If they have indeed, ditched Dave, they need to consider consulting with "K", "A" or the other contributers on the xjcs site (I realize that this site is too "antagonistic" for such purposes") and indeed getting in touch with Boyd and Sheri, in order to gain some reputable advice, direction (AND some simple encouragement!)....unlike the vile misdirection of McKay.
I personally remain very committed to many of the ideals they espouse...sincerity before God, full time committment to the principles of scripture, the communal ideal, God's divine provision and so on.....they need the insight to see, that most of McKay's questionable practices...are irrelevant (or directly contrary) to the ideals that they seek to live out.....
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/13/2010 05:48AM by Malcolm Wesley WREST.