Current member: listen to this
http://tinyurl.com/markdarling-quotesMark claims to be a prophet, does not need to know Greek or Hebrew, everyone knows he nearly finished high school with all D's, defines Scripture in his own ways, and the list below says it all:1. "Special claims" - i.e. following the New Testament more closely than any other Christian group
2. Authoritarianism - that everyone should submit to their rule without question and any challenge is perceived as a threat to the system
3. An "Us Versus Them" Mentality - constantly protecting their territory to establish themselves as a unique higher level of Christianity and to legitimize themselves as an acceptable Christian organization by perceiving those who question their ways as the enemy
4. Punishing those who struggle or falter - treating them harshly and even publicly attacking and removing those who would upset "their reputation"
5. Overwhelming Service - sacrificing family, friends and much more to serve the system, not God, often leading to burn out, depression, and numbness
6. Painful Perfection - On the outside happy and peaceful, but on the inside emotionally drained and distraught, feeling empty and spiritually dead, inadequate and often hopeless of achieving "perfection". As my friend astutely observed of the group I was in "Almost everyone was smiling on the outside, but crying on the inside"
7. Closed Communication - information is only valid when it comes from the top down or the inside out. Much spiritual superiority ignoring others as equals who have individual gifts and who (Biblically) should be very important to them and to the body
8. Legalism - system of rules and distortions of God's truths leaving Him out of the relationship
9. No Real Accountability - those labeled as "accountable to" or "in support of" are perhaps doing so with a very edited or erased past and present history; and who very likely do not have real knowledge of the actual experiences of those who were brave enough to leave and free to voice very serious abuses and controls. A very controlled facade has been placed upon this organization to try to make it appear as a legitimate and 'superior' Christian organization.
10. Labeling Those Who Oppose - naming those who oppose their system as "contentious", "bitter", "divisive", "probably never saved", etc. in order to bring their good judgments into question, and silencing them to squelch a viable revolt
