Thank you. This forum and this site are a valuable resource. I appreciate the work that has gone into it and continues daily. My interest is in groups with authoritarian/fascist elements that have sprung from the Ballard and Pelley groups in California in the 1930s through the 1950s. I will post about this later in a separate thread.
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

I am interested in NRMs/Cults from a historical/sociological perspective. Is this an appropriate forum for such discussion? Thanks for your consideration.
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

I live in the same town as Renken and I also own a gym in town. Half my students came to me from Renken's gym because he preaches to them and doesn't train them. So yes, I have a close working knowledge of John and how he runs his life and business. These are not allegations, they are the truth and it's pretty well know in Clarksville about Renken, CMMAA, Xtreme and the way he l
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

What do you think about ? The owner and head minister is John Renken and he has been caught cheating on his wife with a lady that he married to a man in his church, he preaches on sex and porn and adultry all the time and he gets caught cheating, lol. He uses the UFC and fighting to bring guys to his church. He claims to have a black belt in Sambo and a black belt in Muay Thai and the funny th
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"