I wrote a comment to Angela about her experience and how it saddens me to have been even a small part of such hurts and pain. Unfortunately, in my nearly 25 years as a pastor’s wife in the WCG then UCG, I saw firsthand the over-controlling, spirit-nullifying abuses of power and the misappropriation of “God’s [...]
Thank you, thank you.
Found your site about a week ago and did not sleep that night but stayed up reading the posts and following links to other sites. I cried for several hours reading stories that were so similar to mine. For the past week I have been spending an inordinate amount of time on the [...]
Dear Mr. McNally:
Thanks for creating and maintaining this blog. I am not an atheist, but I am trying to make the most of my gift of doubt. If anything, I am a kind of Deist, maybe…believing in a great creator, or great mind behind everything, who has pretty much left us alone.
I always feel a [...]
Somebody just sent me a humorous “You grew up in WGC if…” email , which inspired me to have a look around the web. Having found this site I thought I’d present my story, though my perspective may be a little different from some other posters.
Anyway, I grew up in WGC in the UK [...]
My mother grew up in WCG. Her family was the only black family there, they were not treated very well. It wasn’t so bad when they were allowed to drive to the Chicago branch, but when they made the geographical restrictions they had to attend services in Kenosha, WI. Being the only black family was [...]
Wow…where do I start…I grew up in the WCG in Auckland, NZ. My mother had me when she was 16 (while in the church you can imagine how that went down) so I was adopted by my maternal grandmother with the church’s consent of course.
My life in the church was shit and I [...]