Hi all. I left a church about 2 years ago that turned out to be a spiritually abusive one. It fit the characteristics as listed by Mike Fehlauer in his online article called Warning Signs of Spiritual Abuse. Once I found that article I began my research into spiritual abuse and am still just appalled that I was deceived for as long as I was. The pastor of this church was trained in Ft Worth at Calvary Cathedral which is led by Bob Nichols. I have found no connection between spiritual abuse and this church anywhere online, but I know they have "sent out" at least one other pastor to Canada where this guy leads a church that is notorious for being controlling and abusive. I just want to post a warning about the place in TX in case anyone else might be wondering. I have also posted a list of characteristics of abusive churches at [www.squidoo.com] if anyone is interested- I'd love to get some feedback on it.