False Teaching in GCx: GCC, GCM, CCN, RELIANT MISSION and It's Other Aliases

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[Janet Easson Martin]

What's so bad about a group of (mostly) Christians loyally gathering with the name of Jesus in their said devotion??  

From a passing glance it seems honorable and even biblical.  They look like they are godly people.  They "teach" about Jesus. They even have bible scriptures memorized. How bad can that be??

Many truths from the bible warn us it can be detrimental to your faith IF WHAT they are 'PASSING ON TO YOU' is FALSE!! Yes, they acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God, and even your Savior. BUT, they don't acknowledge the precious and powerful work of Christ in YOUR life. You must receive and adhere to THEIR traditions in order to be accepted as a devoted christian there. You better not claim to be listening to Christ and do something outside THEIR boundaries, or you will surprisingly be regarded as REBELLIOUS to God. The leaders believe they are closer to and more "righteous" before God than you, so forget having your own ideas inspired by God or daring to pursue them. The SPIRIT of God in you is most definitely QUENCHED in these False 'Christian' groups.  You can read about the details and specifics of such in repeated ungodly occurrences through post after post on this site. There are several thousand testimonies here. Please read some before you venture into one of these groups. Many of the names of such groups and churches (imitating the "teachings" of its False Apostle founder, Jim McCotter), can be found here. Hear for yourself what those once inside the organization found, and how difficult it was for them to escape.

[DevastatedTC]

Great points. I recently saw an explanation from John Hopler discounting damaging testimonials: http://www.gccweb.org/about/how-false-information-can-spread

I liked what you said about the movement looking biblical from a passing glance. However, those of us who were inside felt trapped Mr. Hopler. How many of our testimonies will be continued to be ignored? The reason he gives for being labeled a cult by newspapers is because they were actively sharing their faith. Personally, I disagree and would say that it was cultish because:
~   Leadership was involved in telling people who they could date and whom they should marry.
     People who went to get counsel from leadership on taking jobs that would take them away from the ministry were told not to leave regularly and controlled.
     People who left anyway were always slandered.
     Other churches in the area were always seen as lacking in zeal and looked down upon.
     Also, the older generation within their own church was looked down upon as lacking in zeal.

Mr. Hopler, if it was a simple misunderstanding from passers by that caused it to be called a cult, then why did you write a weakness paper?

[jtk1983]

I'm sure William Watson wasn't coerced in the slightest to recant his views about GCx...
His argument is that his one source was "not sufficiently trustworthy" yet there are 1000+ people on this forum who have seen GCx at its deepest and would testify otherwise...brilliant