tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post1433228510608359178..comments2024-03-26T14:34:28.415-07:00Comments on Religion and Child Abuse News: Cults on campus: how to spot recruiting techniques of predator conmenPerry Bulwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-60611405359650603872016-01-02T15:42:53.300-08:002016-01-02T15:42:53.300-08:00In April, the Tampa Bay Times investigated Faith C...In April, the Tampa Bay Times investigated Faith Christian-affiliate Cornerstone Christian Church, which recruits on the campus of the University of South Florida campus. That school received complaints from two former students about the church’s overly controlling practices, but officials said there was little they could do without complaints from current students.<br /><br />In August, the Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-27318234768628299832016-01-02T15:42:41.773-08:002016-01-02T15:42:41.773-08:00In years past, a few hundred freshmen usually show...In years past, a few hundred freshmen usually showed up. This year, “I was shocked by how few students we saw,” said former church member Rachel Mullis, 39, one of the picketers.<br />“It seemed like attendance was way down from what it historically has been,” agreed picketer Phillips, 43, the former associate pastor.<br /><br />Laks, Faith Christian’s second-in-command, called police, but Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-34638987586781956442016-01-02T15:41:39.710-08:002016-01-02T15:41:39.710-08:00UA spokesman Chris Sigurdson said staff members fr...UA spokesman Chris Sigurdson said staff members from the dean of students’ office now drop in unannounced at club meetings, a practice that began at the start of fall semester. The staffers, whom Sigurdson wouldn’t identify, haven’t found any problems that would warrant disciplinary action, he said. The UA also made the clubs’ advisers take cult awareness training.<br />UA officials say they havePerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-19094226150058529382016-01-02T15:40:28.947-08:002016-01-02T15:40:28.947-08:00Tucson church some call a cult laying low
By Emil...Tucson church some call a cult laying low<br /><br />By Emily Bregel, Carol Ann Alaimo, Arizona Daily Star December 26, 2015<br /> <br />The holidays weren’t always happy for Doug Pacheco, but this year he feels blessed by a season of forgiveness.<br /> <br />For years, Pacheco says his family suffered because of his unquestioning devotion to the leaders of Faith Christian Church, which Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-4149189946730938642015-05-07T20:53:11.518-07:002015-05-07T20:53:11.518-07:00DVD shows how easily cults can recruit young peopl...DVD shows how easily cults can recruit young people<br /> <br />by Kentaro Isomura and Yu Yamada, THE ASAHI SHIMBUN May 07, 2015<br /><br />Working with lawyers and psychological experts, victims of cult groups have released a DVD to warn young people of the danger of joining religious cults and antisocial organizations.<br /><br />The DVD was created by the Japan Society for Cult Prevention Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-69164038743417594002015-04-05T14:50:31.126-07:002015-04-05T14:50:31.126-07:00Love bombing group at University of Arizona called...Love bombing group at University of Arizona called cult thrown out of religious council<br /><br />By Susan Svrluga, Washington Post April 1, 2015<br /><br />Too much love, apparently. A religious council at the University of Arizona, after looking into reports that a longtime on-campus ministry known for what one student called “love-bombing” recruitment efforts, was, in fact, a cult, has Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-32003422957192719462015-03-12T11:49:31.152-07:002015-03-12T11:49:31.152-07:00Dan Busby president of the Virginia based Evangeli...Dan Busby president of the Virginia based Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, expressed support for Faith Christian’s financial practices last week. In an email Tuesday, Busby said, “Since the issues were raised last week, we have had a senior ECFA executive on the ground in Arizona to confirm the Church’s compliance with our standards.”<br /><br />Faith Christian also is a member Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-61630970685412866192015-03-12T11:49:08.763-07:002015-03-12T11:49:08.763-07:00UA asks churchs campus recuiting arm for answers
...UA asks churchs campus recuiting arm for answers<br /> <br />By Emily Bregel, Carol Ann Alaimo, Arizona Daily Star March 11, 2015<br /> <br />University of Arizona officials are meeting this week with the president and faculty adviser of Faith Christian Church’s campus recruiting arm to ask about allegations of wrongdoing raised in a recent Arizona Daily Star investigation of the church.<br />Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-86932034566081882772015-03-10T10:45:49.678-07:002015-03-10T10:45:49.678-07:00He says Faith Christians teachings are dangerously...He says Faith Christians teachings are dangerously out of line with scripture.<br /><br />“A portion of their ministry was well-meaning. They wanted to lead people to Christ. But when it came to how they did it, it was completely wrong,” says Branch, now a pastor in Alabama.<br /><br />Among his biggest concerns: Kayanna had dropped all of her childhood friends who weren’t church members and was Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-33107639479060329952015-03-10T10:45:40.660-07:002015-03-10T10:45:40.660-07:00Church leaders discouraged her from seeking outsid...Church leaders discouraged her from seeking outside counseling, saying it was better to seek help from them, she says. But Moore says the church community didn’t provide any meaningful support.<br /><br />“I was shamed for it,” says Moore, who left the church in 2005. “I wasn’t really allowed to talk about it. It was kind of brushed aside.”<br /><br />Rachel Mullis, who attended Faith Christian Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-34015886881576518912015-03-10T10:44:23.027-07:002015-03-10T10:44:23.027-07:00The Mount Lemmon site served as a getaway for Hall...The Mount Lemmon site served as a getaway for Hall’s family when it wasn’t being used in the church’s efforts to control the behavior of its members, they say. Members with kids were invited to spend a weekend at a cabin with church leaders, who would watch closely to see if families were following Faith Christian teachings and critique perceived shortcomings.<br /><br />Salaries and wages for Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-80423815275745600012015-03-10T10:42:57.595-07:002015-03-10T10:42:57.595-07:00Jeff Phillips 42 who graduated from the UA in 1995...Jeff Phillips 42 who graduated from the UA in 1995 with a political science degree, worked as an associate pastor at Faith Christian and its affiliates for more than a decade. He says he and his wife left in 2007 after church leaders pressured him to spank their second child. The boy turned out to have autism, which made him prone to verbal outbursts.<br /><br />The church saw the child’s Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-13730978282372661482015-03-10T10:41:48.949-07:002015-03-10T10:41:48.949-07:00“The senior pastor has been with the church for 30...“The senior pastor has been with the church for 30 years, the executive pastor has been there for 28 years and the associate pastors have all served at the church for more than 16 years each,” Busby wrote. “To take the position that only seminary-trained individuals are qualified to pastor would be tantamount to suggesting that tens of thousands of pastors across the U.S. are unqualified — Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-83818477186574277542015-03-10T10:40:23.800-07:002015-03-10T10:40:23.800-07:00To support themselves former campus ministers say ...To support themselves former campus ministers say they had to solicit donations from family, friends and strangers and hand over the money to a nonprofit subsidiary of the church. The church then pays them with that money — some told the Star they received as little as $400 a month.<br /><br />Dan Busby, of the Evangelical Council, says the concept “is often referred to as deputized support — an Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-50081061460077533182015-03-10T10:39:15.464-07:002015-03-10T10:39:15.464-07:00On Feb. 23, the Star provided Hall, 62, and Laks, ...On Feb. 23, the Star provided Hall, 62, and Laks, 50, with detailed questions about the church’s alleged practices. The 42 questions were emailed to the contact address on the church’s website, as well as hand-delivered on Feb. 24 to the leaders’ west-side homes and mailed that day to the church’s post office box. The Star also left three voicemails at each of the families’ homes and three on thePerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-44452097418194112932015-03-10T10:37:58.481-07:002015-03-10T10:37:58.481-07:00Tucson ministry a cult former followers say
By Ca...Tucson ministry a cult former followers say<br /><br />By Carol Ann Alaimo, Emily Bregel Arizona Daily Star investigation March 07, 2015 <br /><br />The University of Arizona is investigating a religious group that more than 20 former members and staffers describe as a cult.<br /><br />Faith Christian Church, which is led by a self-proclaimed former criminal, has operated on the UA campus forPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-61877047398349046282014-03-21T15:19:56.477-07:002014-03-21T15:19:56.477-07:00I started attending Xenos back when it was known a...I started attending Xenos back when it was known as Fishhouse. I was there for 7 years and the doctrine was thoroughly orthodox. There was a great sense of community and a sincere desire to love God in both intellectual and practical ways. However the immaturity of the Senior Pastor produced a very cult-like style.<br /><br />Typical leadership behaviors passed down from the Senior Pastor to UberGeniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065208092928137258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-5400085312138555082013-09-05T16:24:16.882-07:002013-09-05T16:24:16.882-07:00Wheel Of Fortune Star Vanna Whites Teenage Son Joi...Wheel Of Fortune Star Vanna Whites Teenage Son Joins Hare Krishna Religious Cult<br /><br />Radar online September 3, 2013<br /><br />Bad grades, partying too much, relationship trouble — that’s what most parents have to worry about when their kids head off to school. But Wheel of Fortune glamazon Vanna White is struggling with an even more terrifying issue as her son Nikko is reportedly being Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-24821437696572072902013-03-29T14:51:39.653-07:002013-03-29T14:51:39.653-07:00James is, however, concerned by the church’s deter...James is, however, concerned by the church’s determined pursuit of new student members. “I worry about the reports of a student dropping out of university, and their posing as theology students to enter student houses. Students are at a vulnerable time in their life and evangelistic groups can take advantage of that.”<br /><br />Ian Haworth succumbed to such an organisation in the late ‘70s. Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-72427020492762074652013-03-29T14:51:33.142-07:002013-03-29T14:51:33.142-07:00Having not been visited by any members of the chur...Having not been visited by any members of the church myself, James and I arranged to meet with two members of the church to discuss their faith. The aforementioned former student, Samuel, is here with his friend Lot, a South Korean student who has moved to Manchester to spread the word of the church. Whilst Lot was born into the church, I am intrigued as to why Samuel elected to join of his own Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-33151204462548712482013-03-29T14:50:37.800-07:002013-03-29T14:50:37.800-07:00Though we have been unable to confirm whether this...Though we have been unable to confirm whether this is the case, we have spoken to several students who have encountered members of the church. Jonnie Breen, a second year History student, was perhaps more polite than most when the church’s followers pitched up on his doorstep in early September.<br /><br />Having lived in South Korea for much of his childhood, Jonnie was amenable to the Korean Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-9883127097844437972013-03-29T14:49:29.136-07:002013-03-29T14:49:29.136-07:00Shower baptisms, Armageddon and the Second Coming ...Shower baptisms, Armageddon and the Second Coming of Christ: the Korean church recruiting Manchester students<br /><br />Andrew Williams investigates the World Mission Society Church of God, a mysterious Korean church hoping to convert you on your doorstep<br /><br />By Andrew Williams, THE MANCUNION MARCH 28, 2013<br /> <br />“Imagine this is earth,” says Samuel, using the lid of a Pringles Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-16637006497984760832012-05-31T14:37:49.176-07:002012-05-31T14:37:49.176-07:00continued from previous comment:
To illustrate ho...continued from previous comment:<br /><br />To illustrate how often it is the most serious-minded students who fall prey to the repeated cycle of cult recruiting, he told the class of a case in which a university student joined a such a cult out of admiration for a sempai and ended up having to quit school.<br /><br />At the same time, Yumiyama stressed the importance of learning about true Perry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4377671787652051592.post-71931551340012510122012-05-31T14:37:31.225-07:002012-05-31T14:37:31.225-07:00Universities learned the lesson of cult mischief, ...<b>Universities learned the lesson of cult mischief, get proactive</b><br /><br />The Japan Times Thursday, May 31, 2012<br /><br />Kyodo - Toshiyuki Tachikake, an associate professor at Osaka University, pointed to a close-up picture of a man and asked his class of first-year students if they knew who the figure was. Only a few, perhaps about 30 percent, raised their hands.<br /><br />The personPerry Bulwerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494489416673128157noreply@blogger.com