VISITORS COMMENTS
I am
adding to this page as I receive or find them in my files and am using
anonymous quotes from various people who have emailed us or posted. There have
been many, many more than this that I have lost. If you see yours here and
don’t want it here, let me know at wmason54_1@netzero.com
Hi
Wanda & Robert ..great site and one that says/shed MUCH more light on that
which is and may be real. Bless you two & yep now I’ve seen who I am
emailing & you two look super. Shows to go ya don't have to live a
"victim mentality" that eventually erodes even one's physical
appearance. God bless you two! We sure need more like you & less like
"them".
You have probably received
a ton of email, but I would just like to add to it. I am one of the lurkers at
the GAC board and have watched what has gone on over the past while. I am
disappointed in other peoples' reaction to what has happened. While much has
been said about being Christ like, very little of that kind of spirit has been
shown. I appreciate the fact that you have not spewed back with garbage for
garbage. It shows how Christ turned the other cheek, so to speak. My gripe is
about others. I was going to sign on to your board today to leave you a
message, when I realize you had wiped it clean. I can’t say that I blame you.
Better to disappear than to have your boards attacked in the same manner that
the GAC board was attacked. Please let us know if you decide to go another route.
The boards have all been very interesting and informative, and I would hate to
see them disappear altogether.
I just read your testimony
of your experience with that church and it's leadership. It helped me a lot.
You see I became a born again Christian 6 years ago at the age of 42, it was,
to say the least, the most wonderful experience of my life. However I have been
going through some rather difficult times with so called Christians who claim
to be a friend then abandon you without so much as an explanation. I just don't
get it. I've gone over it a hundred times or more, prayed about it, [God has
given me a peace with it, but it's still lonely at times, like when u just need
someone to do or go places with] I have a hard time expressing what I'm
thinking, so I won't bore you. I just wanted to tell you and your husband that
I enjoyed both your testimonies. GOD BLESS you both and your family. Keep up
the fight.
I wanted to talk to other Christians so I keyed in
Christian fellowship chat rooms, and that took me to pages of possibilities,
when I saw the heading Gospel Assembly Church and read the foot note with it,
it made me curious and the rest is history. I haven't searched the whole story
out yet, but it certainly is very interesting reading. My prayer since I've
been saved is, LORD all I want is the truth, GOD's truth and not mans, I was
deceived by a lot of misguided information, but thankful to GOD at the same
time for foundational teachings. I was brought up catholic and I never knew or
even heard about being born again! But I look on the bright side of
this..........I could have died not knowing. When I read your testimony I feel
peace in your writing, even the e-mail you sent me. You are truly blessed of
GOD. Take care, love and prayers to you and yours.
I have read everything on
the GAC site. I was just wondering one day if there was site on the Internet about
that church and just typed in gospelassembly.com and couldn’t believe what came
up. I read and read for hours. You see this was very traumatic for our family.
The damage that man {LLG} did is indescribable, and unfathomable. Thank you
again and God bless you for helping warn others about the
cult.
Hi, first I would like to say I found your web site
very interesting and enlightening. You may or may not remember me. My name is
(name withheld). I was a very close friend of your brother’s back before Lundy
Keller destroyed our friendship, like he did so many others. Neither my mother
nor me have seen or spoken to my sister since august of 1983, when Lundy Keller
instructed her to have no more to do with her family. My Mother didn't get to
see her grandkids grow up, and my Dad died in January of 84, and every day
while he was bedridden he asked why my sister hadn't come by with the kids. He
never got to see them or his daughter. Two days before his death, he told me I
needed to forgive Lundy so I wouldn't go the rest of my life with the
bitterness in my heart. I have coped well, but I'm afraid I can't say the same
about my Mother, who has become bitter and cynical from carrying this hurt from
losing her daughter inside of her all these years. As I have been surfing the
websites concerning this organization, a lot of the old feelings of bitterness
have been revived, and it hurts me so much to know that lives and families are
still being destroyed by this movement. I don't know what I believe now, or if
I believe anything at all, but if there is or ever was such a thing as demon
possession, I would have to say that the closest thing to it I have seen was
right there inside Lundy Keller's church. I was wondering if you remember
{names withheld}. I have been trying to locate them. They were my closest
friends and I ruined the friendship because of Lundy's influence, and I would
like to find them and at least say I'm sorry. It's a long shot probably, but if
you have any info on them i would appreciate it. Thank you for the work you're
doing in exposing this cult for what it is, and keep up the good work. Thank
you
I came across your site,
and it really seems that we have a lot in common. I came out of a cult,
leaving a second time, about three months ago. Some former members and I
decided to expose them for who they are. Yesterday, the Great Falls
Tribune published a front-page story continuing to a full-page article inside
on this group. I have had nothing but positive feedback barring one
email. That email was from a friend, and the owner of the hosting
company, and said if I didn't remove the site by 10:30pm today, they would
cancel my account with them. I had talked frequently with her about the
group, and even that morning after the article came out. There wasn't a
hint of any reason to remove the site. The group has a way of scaring
people into doing what they want. I have temporarily moved my site to a
free server, even though I own the domain name. I am looking for somebody
to host my site, now, for one year.
Wanda, You don't know me but I knew your father and I
thought that he was a wonderful man of principle. Bro.Youngblood would always
have honey or molasses for sale when he would come to see us and would bless us
with his words and wonderful spirit. It is old timers like him that I miss the
most when I see the condition of this old world. I have been
reading from your website the book YOKE OF BONDAGE.
I want to thank you for all the hard work you have
done to make sure that your story is out there. I myself was once a
member of two body churches. One in Vallejo, Ca. under Lacey Hawkins and
one in Wichita, Kansas under Ray Leniger. I left the church several years
ago. I’ve been told that I need to "come home". So, sometimes I
wondered if I made the right decision. But tonight I came across so much
information about the successors of William Sowders that I know now that I can
rest easy knowing that I left this group. Thank you again for your story.
The message board has been
a wonderful means of spiritual support recently. After the WTC attack, I became
significantly depressed, so much so that I lost all interest in the things that
give me pleasure when I am healthier. Today was the first day that I have felt
back to normal, and I have been to my mom and dad's to do some work around
their home. I appreciated very much the prayer you wrote on the 11th. I also
believe, as your home page says, that evil grows when good people do nothing.
All I have are the emails I've sent to you, hurriedly typed and then forgotten
about. But I was finally able to talk to my parents about it, and have also
given them a copy of your story (I hope that's ok) I feel that it's important
that they know that even though you were wronged by "Christians" you
haven't given up. Without your support I would have still kept the past closed
up in a deep dark corner of my mind, but it certainly would have tormented me
during my bad times, as it always has.
Wanda, Thank you so very
much. I appreciate your prayers. You and your sister, Betty are precious. You
don't know how much you minister to me as I am sure you do for many others as
well. You certainly do have "a ministry" and I know God is blessing
it. Just the fact that I came to you in prayer is so encouraging. It lets me
know that God is interested in me, as I know He is, but I'm still trying to
convince my subconscious :-) I think you know what I mean. I'm a
chalkboard, written all over upon and I have all new writing on it all over the
un-erased old stuff. It's a mess of confused messages at times but the old
writing is fading a little more everyday. I am blessed!
DEAR SIS. MASON: YOU DON'T
KNOW ME. MY SCREEN NAME IS {name withheld}. BE A GOOD SOLDIER, AND BEAR THE
INJUSTICES OF THIS LIFE. I KNOW IT'S HARD AND SOMETIMES JUST TOO MUCH TO ASK. I
KNOW THE WALK IS LONELY AND VERY DARK. BUT THE LORD OF LIGHT WILL GIVE
YOU STRENGTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GOOD WORDS THAT I'VE READ. GOD BLESS
YOU
Dear Wanda,
Sometimes I feel the need to talk to someone.... But as you may already know in
the G.A. you really start to wonder who you can trust.... You end up feeling
like you can’t talk to anyone. I have been going to your message board off and
on for the last few months....And it has helped a lot. My fear is "My God,
I really thought I was getting the truth! Where is it ? What is it? Before I
came here (to this church) I felt the Lord in my life in a big way! Now I find
it hard to feel Him at all! I have never been so worried as to where I stand
with the Lord in my life! I have never felt so alone in all my life! And I am
so scared of everybody! And for whatever reason I feel as if I can trust
you. But I am just so confused! I don't know what to do...I thank you for
listening to me go on and on.... And I thank you for sending me these links...
God Bless you Wanda and your family!!!!!!!!!
I really enjoyed your Website
and have just begun to scan it. It will take me a long time to go through all
the pages. Thank you for sharing and informing the Body of Christ.
Hello Robert and
Wanda. I have used the message board at
one time and I must say it was helpful because that was how I got to know Wanda
and share my experience. Most people I believe wanted to do the same after years
of keeping it all to themselves. All in all, thank you people for having worked
so hard to create this forum where people could discuss what they really felt
about this destructive cult and to comfort one another. God help you to
continue in the light.
Wanda and Robert, after prayer,
tears, much soul searching and an understanding of what has happened in my life
to bring me to this point, I began searching the web under keyword: religious
abuse. This brought me to you.
I am in the place in my journey with
God where I truly believe that God has placed a message of freedom in my
husband and myself. The realization came when last night we had some of the
parishioners from our church over for a evening of eating and fellowship.
Without any premeditation, the conversations became that of people
sharing their innermost desires, dreams and struggles. We found ourselves
encouraging people to trust the God within themselves and not to abandon the
desire He has placed in their spirits for anything or anybody, especially
because of church trappings (namely church work, a leadership position in your
local church, rubbing elbows with the church elite, a desire to be affirmed by
someone in spiritual authority, and so many other weaknesses that make us
vulnerable to religious abuse).
We feel such a burden for the
enslaved sons and daughters of God who are in church but haven't realized fully
the freedom that they have in God. Many want the freedom but don't have
the strength to stand up by themselves under the duress of church religious
figures who use fear tactics to keep them entrapped or are so easily seduced
and hungry for love and affirmation. They need someone to tell them that
it's okay to have a thought that is your own, it's okay to question, it's okay
to own when something you sense in religious leaders is "off" or
questionable. It's okay and it doesn't make you rebellious, reprobate, a
bad seed, a trouble maker, doomed to hell, cursed or any of the other
accusations that are hurled at the people of God "prophetically" or
during the course of a morning sermon.
Our motives are very pure. We just want to see the Kingdom of God
established and people learn to discern the voice of God within them and to
trust that voice above any other voice (whether it be the voice of a
dysfunctional past or the voice of a spiritual leader whose authority causes
them to second-guess themselves or minimize the God inside of them) as credible
to bring them to a place of freedom, So, I would welcome any support that you
can give us that would guide us in fulfilling this call.
I, too, had
grown so desperate in my struggle with trying to accept the ugly situation as
"god's plan", that I decided to choose "spiritual death"
over staying in that hellhole. At least that's what I thought I was choosing
at the time, according to their doctrine. You know, it should send a
MAJOR message to the remaining members that if a person who was sincerely
trying to seek and do the will of god would conscientiously choose spiritual
death over staying at the church, well. . .what does that say about the
condition of its members? I don't know how the doctrine was at your old
church, but we were taught that the ONLY people going to heaven were at GAC --
and that was only if you were PERFECT. If you left the church, you gave
up your right to go to heaven and you left god's covering. You were on
your own, so to speak. I'd rather choose to be on my own than witness the
ugliness that proceeded to take over the congregation like a nasty cancer.
But those are all my observations and accounts, and I'm sure someone who
is still there and brainwashed" would tell you nothing of the sort is
happening. They would see me as the "enemy" now, and somewhat
consider me as losing my mind. You know the routine.
But one day I
realized that turning myself over to the "wolves" in the world and
leaving the covering of god would be better for my mental and emotional health
than staying around there. Again, the members who are still there don't
even see the connection of how bad the place must be for someone to make such a
torturous choice. But, as you know, you can't even begin to recognize and
combat the "brainwashing" and control tactics that take place with
cults until you are away from them.
It's good to
talk with you and know you understand. It's also good to know that
someone who has been taken advantage of is spreading the word and blowing the
whistle. I would not like to do away with ALL religion (as much as some
people think non-believers would like to), but I would like to help you do
something against fleshly men who do evil in the name of god. Men who
serve their greed and lust and use the bible as a shield make me want to vomit.
So, I owe it to you and to those others who are still being exploited to
share my accounts and offer my support.
I was raised FREE Pentecostal. We believed in
receiving the Holy Ghost, living a Holy life and that Jesus is the Head of the
Church not some organization. I came to Jasper TX in July 1987 to Pastor the
First Pentecostal Church. I came there because God woke me up in the early
morning hours as I am awake this morning. I quit my job and told my wife that
we were moving before the church ever told me they wanted me for a Pastor. I
was not the next in line to get a church. We found the UPC in the area to have
a rotten spirit and to talk and fight us bitterly. We meet other Pentecostal
organizations that were full of Corruption. (That's another Story). I really be
personally acquainted with the "Body of Christ at the end of 1996. I will
only tell a portion of my Story. And Do I Have a Story to Tell???? What I have
seen and been acquainted with is after much personal experience and knowledge.
No wonder Jesus said "Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall
come in my NAME, saying I am Christ; and shall deceive many. I wondered for
years why I was not accepted. I found out after 40 yrs. of life that it is not
how spiritual you are, how you live, how much you pray, your knowledge of the
Word, even if you are a God Called Minister, but it is Who you know and how
much money you have. We have been watched, lied on, given and received false
reports about and guess who by??? The great body of christ. I am so glad that
no matter what MAN says or does that the Supreme Ruler of the Universe knows
all sees all and Loves all his creation. One thing that I can say about the
Free Pentecostals that I was raised around is that they were what they said
they were and they were not TWO-Faced!!!! At least in Pentecost you knew who
your enemies were. They didn't come with a smooth tongue full of lies. I am not
talking about doctrine either!! Each person better receive their own experience
from GOD. If you that are reading this and are a God-Called Child of God don't
worry about what man says or does. Man thinks that they are your JUDGE but they
are not. I have come from deaths door back to life. I have come from defeat to
VICTORY. I have come form being forsaken to being Loved by God and his people
who know what REAL CHARITY is. Don't be discouraged in well doing. God is still
God. No man has and ever will graduate to this position.
NO matter what happens is life, get your EYES focused on the True Head of the
Church. God is still going to have a church without spot or wrinkle. Fret not
thy self with evildoers for they shall soon be gone. Each life is like a vapor.
A few years and every one of us will be gone unless... If God has called and
Chosen YOU, man cannot UN-Call or UN-Choose YOU. Many other things will I tell
someday. Keep a right spirit. Lay hold on ETERNAL LIFE. Each person's reward is
a hand. There is so much I would like to tell but it is not TIME Yet. Let us
hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep his commandments;
for this is the whole duty of man.
Hi Wanda: I accidentally stumbled on your website and
couldn't take myself away from it. I broke away from the Gospel Assembly
Church about 12 years ago. I read Wayne Hamburger's Yoke of Bondage and must
say could relate to much of what he wrote. I had stopped going to church
before all of the mess about Tom Jolly came out. About a year before I
quit going I could hardly listen to him. He was just so mean spirited
when he preached I felt in my heart that something was wrong with him.
Growing up in the church is such a brainwashing. I finally have found
another church, but my husband and kids still attend the church. I feel
bad about it, but that is something that only God can change and open their
eyes to. Of course they think that that it is the only church that they
can go to and be saved. I pray that God sets the rest of my family free.
Thank you for your website.
From Africa:
Much salutations from former members of Gospel
assembly Church. We felt overjoyed when our pastor informed us about you. He
has shared with us what the Lord has revealed to you concerning Gospel Assembly
Church. We are grateful to every information you share with him because he
shares the same with us which has helped to brake more the yoke of bondage
imposed on us by GAC's so called men of God.
It is unfortunate that we don't have much knowledge
about the Internet or else we would be getting much more of what you have
put up for our deliverance, but we're certain sure that the Lord will help us
to overcome that area too.
Sister Mason we would not like to go in details
now of what happened to us during our stay in GAC, we may tell the story
as time goes on, but as of now we just thank God that we got out. We are alive
and well and we believe to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the
living Ps: 27:13. We have peace; joy and happiness because we are still serving
God and we are with brother Nsubuga Charles.
We were so sorry when brother Nsubuga told us that
you had a problem in the foot and that you were going for operation on 9th
January 2002, we prayed and we were happy to hear that the lord helped you
through. We still pray for your quick recovery.
We call upon you to go ahead and stand with us in
prayer that God may help us to recover completely and also to be of use in
helping our brothers and sisters who are still held in that and other bondages
here in our country and all around the world.
May
God bless you so much.
Wanda,
My pain with cults began when I married my husband 15 years ago. The cult
he belongs to I did not know was a cult. But I had been led by the Holy
spirit to leave the cult after about a month but that did not end the hurt,
pain and shame of knowing what has gone on in this church under the name
of God. There was no God but many people have been hurt by the ungodly
message and misuse of authority on many lives in this church, I am sorry to
say. Many people I saw were very sick because of what happens in this
cult. It saddens me because my husband is one of the victims. I have
been married to my husband for 15 years and we are now separated over this
religious cult and many other issues. I am in deep pain from
seeing him so blinded by a church that abuses its members. I am angry
because I have not had a peaceful day in my marriage because of this
cult. I am brokenhearted and torn apart from my very center because I
love my husband and they have taken him away from me.
What kind of evil can do
such a thing and get away with it. I am alone in my home and every time I
get to see him, which is very infrequent, my soul cries out, why did this have
to happen to us? Pray for me and my prodigal husband. I cry tears
of great brokenness because of these people. I feel the unfairness of
what I have gone through has caused me to become almost quietly solitary
because the hurt is too much to bear. It is me and the Lord now and
sometimes I get lonely for the man I fell in love with who is lost in this
cult. The Lord is my comforter and I will only trust in him. Never
again will I trust what man has done. The pain of separation from my
husband has caused me to trust only in the Lord and the peace that passes all
understanding. Love in Jesus
Dear Robert and Wanda
I happened on your website
after typing in the Name William Sowders. I was a member of the Jolly group for
many years. I had really bonded deeply with the people and when the news of
Brother Jolly came out, I was devastated but I was even more devastated when
our minister tried to shove the whole thing under the rug. It all came to a
head one Sunday evening when my minister came back from St. Louis. I could tell
he was agitated but I did not know that the deacons there had taken over the
church. This minister had only a couple of weeks earlier told me that he knew
what brother Jolly had been doing and told me that brother Jolly would come to
the pulpit in Eldorado under a “heavy anointing” after having a young girl in
his private quarters. His eyes gleamed with pride as he told me and another
deacon.
Anyway when the minister
came back that Sunday night he began to attack me and accusing me of trying to
lead the people astray. As I should have known, the people there who had told
me they loved me for all those years, wouldn’t even call me after the pastor
told me to leave. It really broke my heart and now, even after all these years,
I still cannot go to church anywhere.
I didn’t get a chance to
read all the stuff on your site but I read enough of it to see that you are
attempting to right some of the wrongs that were perpetrated against women. My
belief system has greatly developed since leaving the church and I would not be
welcome in any of Jolly’s churches because of my belief in equality for women
and other doctrines. I now only believe in love and am not interested in any
other doctrines especially any doctrine that makes us “special” or Gods chosen
people etc. but I do miss the richness of the Holy Spirit I enjoyed all those
years.
God bless you for standing
up for the injustices. I have little comprehension of what happened under the
Goodwin groups.
I am not out of
that assembly but I am out of one of Bro Sowders Assemblies. I was in it for
ten years. I was controlled and if I did not ask them what kind of car or house
to buy I was preached at. I took it as long as I could until when a person
starts telling me how to go to bed with my wife. It was too much. It’s been two
years since we quit. I am still getting a hard way to go from them. I told them
that they are called a cult.
Dear sister Wanda Mason, Greetings to you in Jesus
Precious name. Received your Email of 8 th Jan. But you wrote that you are
going in for a major Surgery on that day. We prayed for you and for the success
of surgery and for the Lord's healing touch. I hope now you are recovered from
your sickness and doing well.
I delayed to write this letter sooner than, this because of gospel meetings. I
praise God for your real faith in Christ. You stood for Truth. Truth makes you
free. Some times we will be deceived by false preachers. Pray for us. Thank you
for your love in Christ towards us.
Yours in His service, A Pastor from Andhra Pradesh India
As I read the letters posted about the different
churches and those that have left the so called body we can all get a sense of
how deeply effected even till this day our lives have been effected by these
doctrines of overcoming, holiness, standards, one church, submission, honor,
voice of god. I’m certainly glad for the internet because it gives us all a
sense of relief knowing that many have finally came away from the mind control
of these people and all their teachings. Coming to the GAC in the early
eighties with my life in a wreck, knowing that I needed to make a change I was
the perfect victim for this group.
Coming through many religions in my lifetime and
knowing something wasn’t right with any of those either, I embraced the message
of the body hook, line, and sinker. After a few short years of living the
teachings of the body of the to the fullness in every aspect of life, I was
asked to be one of the captains. This really took me back since most of the
captains had been raised in this church and I had been there such a short time.
After a while I accepted to be a captain. My wife took this to heart. We knew
we had to be examples now along with our children. Certainly this was a great
responsibility in our mind. We were put over the largest group in the church
and took our job of taking care of those in the group very serious. Hopefully
we did more good than bad. I’ll let others decide that for you. In being one of
the ministers, I certainly helped further the message of the body fully. There
were questions in my heart that bothered me but as many others have, I ignored
them. One of my first mistakes came in a men’s bible study on Sunday morning
and the subject was trusting god and not doctors. As the study went on I was
looking around the room and noticed most everyone was wearing glasses. Well I
asked the question of a pastor, if we should trust god for cancer and believe
go can heal us from this and other serious illness why can't we trust him to
heal our eyesight and much less serious conditions? I didn’t realize that I was
challenging his authority and his teachings. It wasn’t my thought at the time.
Of course this was the beginning of the end for us.
I could say a lot more but I know this letter is
already getting a little long. Of course we finally left the church after a lot
of things happened that caused the pastor to fall out with what we viewed as
the body. We began going to Dallas and other churches and I must say these
other churches really was glad this was happening to this pastor since there is
a lot of jealously amongst these ministers, to say the least. We finally ended
up in another GAC group as our last stop in the body. Boy was that an
eye-opener for sure. The lie is still holding many good sincere people hostage
till this day. I’m sure this web site has been the subject of many a sermon.
Hopefully many more will tell their story as we all have friends and kinfolk in
these places like I must remind myself and my family once was. Keep the faith
as we are still in God's hands. Thank you for this time to express
myself.........
Dear Sister Wanda,
I will not give my name; I do ask that you put what I am going to say in
your visitor comment section. I think it would only be fair to put a
letter of something positive about the church. Please do not use my
screen name.
I have read the things that you have on your website. I must say that my
heart is full of sadness, to think of the things that I have read. I currently
attend a Gospel Assembly Church. I have attended for 40 years. My
family started going to the church when I was 7. I do believe that the
Lord has let me know that this really is the true Body of Christ. It is
my understanding, that before the death of Brother William Sowders that he said
that there would not be another one man rule over the body. Am I
correct? Well, this led to a split in the Body. Brother Jolly was
the leading cause of the split. I'm I correct. I must admit I do not nor
have I ever agreed with the tactics of Brother Jolly. Although, I am very
careful to judge, because only God can judge a case. I do believe with
all of my heart, that God used Brother Sowders and called many wonderful Men
years ago and he is still calling Men to preach his Gospel. Sister Wanda
Judas betrayed Christ, did that make the teachings of Christ false?
Did it make it a cult? I ask everyone, to be very prayerful, and find a
Gospel Assembly Church that does not have an affiliation with Brother Jolly and
let God begin a healing. Don't let the horrible things that you have gone
through let you lose your soul. Stay prayerful, and ask God to lead and
guide you to a Gospel Assembly church that still holds to what God has for all
of us. I write this letter in Love, and to let everyone know that I am
praying for you. I will tell you that God is still blessing his
people. And God is going to have a church without spot or wrinkle or any
such thing. Please don't let the bad that others do, affect your lives
and keep you from going on with God, and accepting what he gave you.
Thanks for your reply. If
the Gospel Assembly in (name withheld) is affiliated then I was caught up in
the same atmosphere. My heart goes out to you and your family. I
was so surprised to find people who got out of this type church and made a good
life for themselves. My sister was in Gospel Assembly church in (name
withheld) and it IS MORE THAN LIKELY A PART OF THE SAME ORGAINZATION AND WAS
EVEN WORSE THAN (name withheld). She is now safe with me. He told her to
stay with her abusive husband no matter what and he almost killed her. He
told her it was her duty as a wife. Now she is happy and her kids are
safe. Unfortunately her oldest daughter still has problems from it but
she is now in counseling. PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING! THAT WAS NOT ALLOWED
THERE.
Hi Wanda,
It's been awhile since I've checked into your
site....I couldn't get on it before for some reason....anyways, I PRAISE THE
LORD for you & Robert and having the strength to put out this website and
offer a voice to all of the very wounded and hurting people coming out of these
CULTS..which is exactly what they are....
THE LORD IS SO GOOD AND HE PROMISES US HEALING
AND RESTORATION SO WE ALWAYS HAVE HOPE......THE LORD IS CONTINUING TO EXPOSE SO
MUCH.....HE WILL NOT STOP AND NO ONE CAN STOP HIM ....PRAISE JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH!!!
I continue to pray for all the wounded and thank God for your website...may it
continue to be a light in the darkness. I know there are so many that
want to get on and share but they are so fearful and it is my prayer that
God will strengthen them and heal them so they, too, can share their story with
others....it is part of the healing process.
I pray all is well with you and your
family. Take care and GOD BLESS YOU,
IN HIS LOVE, (name withheld)
God Bless you and Robert for your work in helping all
us that have left the church. I was hurt so much and sometimes I think I should
write all down. And I have wondered what LLG said about me when I left.
He would always talk about those that left.
I went to the church cause I wanted to know and have
more of God, but I am so shocked by all that went on there and the way people
were treated--it hurts a lot, when what I wanted was more of the Lord.
Guess you and Robert have been hurt a lot too. I can hardly believe that
the church was like that because I always have been treated well other places I
have attended.
Christian Love, (name withheld)
Sometimes, I think how frustrated Christ must have
felt when he just could not convey the truth with mere words, especially to a
natural mind. I remember feeling like that so many years ago, and how I had to
keep it all bottled up for years because every door was shut tight.
I am so thankful for you keeping this door open for
whosoever will. There are people who read your sites that you will probably
never know, but God knows them that are His, and knows how to draw them unto
himself if they want to come.
I tell you, if we WERE all together in church
somewhere, wouldn't it be wonderful to have a Holy Ghost meeting where GOD
could have HIS way and draw from every vessel as it pleases Him? Who knows?
Dear Wanda, Robert,
Salutations in Jesus' name to you all. I do have faith and trust that the
Lord is doing you good all the time just because He promised to do so Ever
since you promised to stand with us in prayer we have seen the Lord's good hand
upon us. Our spiritual life is stabilizing every other day. There are
many new areas of understanding the lord is opening to us in his word, and more
people are being added to church.
On behalf of the church I would want to say we love you brethren over there.
May God bless you so much.
Yours in His service
Nsubuga Charles
Thank you so much for spreading the truth about this
destructive organization. I was in the "BODY" and subjected to its
teachings for several years as a child and I can tell you now, as an adult,
that those years were quite damaging. I have vivid memories of the worship…How
individuals were spotted in the church and brought to the front for hours and
hours of pressing until they “broke through”. Oftentimes, young children were
submitted to yelling in their ears for hours, surrounded by adults that were
“praying with them” in an effort to “get the Holy Ghost” those children hoarse
and exhausted the next day from the “effort”. Absolutely ludicrous!
We still have family members in the church and it has
been very painful to watch them steadily decline. I wish there was something
someone could do to rid the world of these destructive churches.
Personally, I have become very cynical now when it
comes to organized religion as a result. The children being brought up in these
churches rarely have a chance to reach their potential. They are stifled and
told what to wear, what to listen to, what to read, how to speak, who to
marry….Total and absolute mind control. This has to stop! Please continue in
your effort…I know you have the ability to possible save others before it’s too
late.
As a former cult member, I
am in agreeance with the things I have read so far. I was a member of the
Nubian Islaamic Hebrews AnsaarAllah Communities. Our leader was an imposter by
the name of Dr.York a.k.a. Dwight York a.k.a. Imaam Isa a.k.a. Malachi Z York.
He taught us that he was an avatar for the angel Michael. I left them mentally
and physically in June 1993. To confirm the fact that he was a wolf in
sheep’s clothing, He was arrested in 2002 for approximately 80 counts of
child molestation, rape, transporting minors across state lines for sexual
purposes etc. I don't know if the charges stuck however. Anyway, I hope that
Jah continues to guide you people, as you seem to have good intentions.....One
love, keep in touch
Hello Masons - Ran across your site and just had to
respond with this hello and God Bless you. I had a wife who used
to attend GAC at Eldorado, IL back in the 1950s and through to 1989.....her
mother and father attended there also for decades.
I am a Korean War vet with 21 months and 27 days in that Frozen Chosen, no on
line duty but rear eschelon service, no wounds except what alcohol did to me
and that was devastating. I was addicted for almost 37 years of my life
until Jesus Christ heard my humble prayer for salvation and physical healing as
well as mental healing.
Thank you for your testimony..both of you! I
can only speak for myself as my first wife died in 1989 but I know that
deception and mind (brain washing) can happen. I brain washed myself into
thinking I could stop sinning when I chose to do so. NOT SO! If
Jesus had not called me to repent, I would never have done so and I would be in
hell right now. I praise God daily for His wonderful forgiveness and POWER to
carry out my promise to Him to carry His Message as long as I had a mine to do
so. For 23 wonderful, marvelous and glorious years I have been sober, cleaning
my house and cleaning my acts to relate with God's instructions for me as His
Chosen child.
If you cared to reply to my email I will be very pleased. I will keep you
in my prayers and hopefully you will remember me in yours. Yours
truly..