First off I want to thank the website for the articles on Mannatech. They saved me from making a bad career choice in customer service call center before things got out of hand. I worked for Mannatech for two days and walked off the assignment. It was temp to hire assignment. In all fairness, I do not feel the agency was fully aware of situation. Anybody who works temporary jobs is a
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I read with interest the article on the Dominion Christian Centre. The article mentioned that the leaders were both students of Zion Bible Institute. The name of the group, for me, is a tip of the type of theology. Zion was part of the Latter Rain Movement. They are also part of movement which feels they are responsible for bringing the Lord's Second Coming. I was a prospective studen
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the disclaimor that one seek a professional for medical advice is sound. For me, I resisted for several years trying medications. The quality of my recovery substantially improved. I am lot more stable and able to make decisions. I roll with stress and not get lost in obssession for hours. I helped get a firm foundation. It can be helpful. One ex-cult member's thought. Th
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Definitely abnormal. Sounds like the New Burlington OH Chrisitian Fellowship whose leader, whose name now escapes me. Very similar dymamic. Lines such as "it is God's will that you marry or not date" smacks of the behavoir of the 1980s Shepherding Discipleship Movement. Based on your post, your suspicions appear to be quite accurate.
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Has anyone had any recent experience with GCAC Great Commission Association of Churches. 20 Years ago it was a fundalmentalist shepherding group. I did visit a GCAC church and the atmosphere was noticeably more relaxed. I did find the steady diet of contemporary praise music to be wearing. I also had a steady diet of it in pentecostal circles, so I can only take in minute doses. The sen
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Thanks for taking the courage to reply
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Campus Crusade at Ohio University went heavy/sheperding discipleship in the mid Eighties. So your story does not surprise me. There were letters to the editor to the POST which revealed deceptive recruiting practices and control who members associate with. I confronted CC leader doing a survey without identifying who they were to a cafeteria line. I announced to the crowd who they were a
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