The Richmond Outreach Center Facebook Page Posted on January 14th “As you may know, this past year, Pastor G. was burdened by a specific concern for the thousands of people God has entrusted to his leadership.” Three paragraphs later it says, “We are pleased to report that over 600 people signed up for The ROC’s version of what is commonly known as community groups or (small groups).” That is a
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You have to fill out an "application" to go to ROC Connect. You can't just "appear". In our group we had to state our names, say something about ourselves, "share" our lives. We had to give our phone numbers. Were told to contact our group leader if we were not going to be there and expect a call if we didn't. It's a way of being "controlled"
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It was replaced with something they now call ROC Connect. It is supposed to be small groups of people meeting at different locations throughout the city, mainly people's homes. The group sizes are approximately 10-20 people. Each group would have the same "message" written by Pastor G and this is what would be studied. You have to sign up and then you are "assigned" to a
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"