Thanks doctordad for your insight and wisdom. You are speaking from a true place. In response to your post I was stricken with the guilty conscience of wearing a monkey on my back that I didn't want no more. I was carrying unforgiveness and anger. It has been tearing me up inside. Being in recovery yourself I am sure you and attest to what unforgiveness can do to somebody. I didn't post
Forum: Clergy and Therapy Abuse

First I want to apologize to Victory Outreach Santa Rosa and especially to the Senior Pastors Jose and Kimberly Guadarrama. Back in October 2009 I posted something on this website that accused them of all kinds of things that I should not have said. Everything I said was and is not true. At the time I was very hurt by the way I had left the church and was looking at any way to pay them back for m
Forum: Clergy and Therapy Abuse

First I want to apologize to Victory Outreach Santa Rosa and especially to the Senior Pastors Jose and Kimberly Guadarrama. Back in October 2009 I posted something on this website that accused them of all kinds of things that I should not have said. At the time I was very hurt by the way I had left the church and was looking at any way to pay them back for my hurt feelings. I acted irrationally a
Forum: Clergy and Therapy Abuse

No I don't.
Forum: Clergy and Therapy Abuse

I am an ex member of Victory Outreach Santa Rosa. I am going to divulge information if you will on the things that I and others have experienced while at Victory Outreach Santa Rosa. About 6 years ago Victory Outreach Santa Rosa lost key leaders. They lost 3 ministerial couples, and their worship leader/head church administrator. The ministerial couples left because of the misappropiation of
Forum: "Cults," Sects, and "New Religious Movements"

yes it is. I gave 6 years of my life to that ministry. I was a leader in the church and worked in the church office. They manipulate and coerce people to follow their vision. In return tons of people give lots of money just to fill the pockets of the those that are greedy leaders. There is a lot of spiritual abuse that goes on and lots of misuse of spiritual authority. That is what a cult does.
Forum: Destructive Churches

I am an ex member of Victory Outreach Santa Rosa. I am going to divulge information if you will on the things that I and others have experienced while at Victory Outreach Santa Rosa. About 6 years ago Victory Outreach Santa Rosa lost key leaders. They lost 3 ministerial couples, and their worship leader/head church administrator. The ministerial couples left because of the misappropiation of f
Forum: Clergy and Therapy Abuse