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The Church of God (Restoration) remains the focus of controversy, with many accusations leveled by ex-members across the world. According to former members the church is cult-like and controls dress code, internet access and relationships. Former member Tina Wall said, "I believe Church of God is a cult, you can't think for yourself, nothing.
The group has been accused of being a cult and has faced allegations of abuse and financial exploitation. [ 4 ] Straitway counts several former professional American football players, including former National Football League Pro Bowl selections Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila and Robert Mathis , as members.
Angelo Traina, a disciple of Dodd, undertook the production of a Sacred Name edition of the Bible, publishing the Holy Name New Testament in 1950 and the Holy Name Bible in 1962, both based on the King James Version, but with some names and words changed to Hebraic forms, such as "God" to "Elohim", "LORD" to "Yahweh" and "Jesus" to "Yahshua". [10]
A new religious movement (NRM) is a religious or spiritual group or community with practices of relatively modern [clarification needed] origins. NRMs may be novel in origin or they may exist on the fringes of a wider religion, in which case they will be distinct from pre-existing denominations.
Keith Raniere - The founder of NXIVM, a multi-level marketing company and cult based near Albany, New York. Raniere was convicted of racketeering on the charges of sex trafficking, sexual exploitation of a child, attempted sex trafficking, identity theft, forced labor, conspiracy to alter records, conspiracy of sex trafficking, forced labor ...
The Assemblies of Yahweh is a nonprofit religious organization with its international headquarters in Bethel, Pennsylvania, United States. The organization developed independently out of a radio ministry begun by Jacob O. Meyer in 1966. [1] [2] The Assemblies of Yahweh is the largest sacred name group, [3] but it is not part of the Sacred Name ...
One Tree Hill alum Bethany Joy Lenz has been candid about her “recovery” after a decade in a cult. “I was in a cult for 10 years,” Lenz said during a July 2023 episode of her “Drama ...
The ministry later moved to Hampton Township, and again to Tennessee. Periodically, Wickstrom wrote racially-inspired articles, and he also operated as a pastor in Christian Identity organizations. He later hosted a daily Internet radio show called Yahweh's Truth , where he promoted Identity ideology and conducted interviews.