Jeffery
I was born into the Worldwide Church of God (Houston East) in 1976. I have mixed feelings about the experience. I was spanked (with a belt, never a paddle) frequently, couldn’t associate with school...
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I was born in 1966. I grew up in this church, and I will regret that the rest of my life. We lived in Monroe, Louisiana. I think back on those days and only wish it had never happened. My parents were...
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I don’t remember a lot about exact dates (I’m 75), but I think I yanked my wife and small children out of the Baptist church and into Radio Church (later WCG) around 1961. She became “the Unconverted...
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Glynn Washington tells us what it’s like to grow up black in a white supremacist Jesus Cult. This is a segment from the WFMU radio program Too Much Information. The entire 3-episode cycle “The Man...
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I was in the Worldwide Church of God from birth (1975) until midway through my freshman year of college – although the seeds of doubt started well before that. We moved quite a bit when I was younger,...
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It’s strange to look back, somewhat sentimentally, on the habits and idiosyncrasies I was raised with. A now defunct fringe religious group (some would say cult) had an enormous part to play in making...
View ArticleMark
In order to begin my personal WCG story, I looked into some things others had written. I clicked on a link Robert had provided in the “Requirements for posters” paragraph of his remarkable website....
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Thank you for your blog, I have wondered for years what were others feeling? I am an ex WCG member, from San Jose Ca. I was born and raised in this crap. I was at the Holy Day when Fred Culter pulled...
View ArticleOlivia
My name is Olivia and I was born into the Worldwide Church of God in New Zealand. My story begins before my birth with my parents, both recently divorced single parents. I have no idea why my father...
View ArticleEmily
A couple of months ago I befriended someone from my Church days on Facebook that I haven’t had contact with for about 30 years. I noticed his wife openly made references to things like “divine light,”...
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