Apostle Dog Wrote:
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> > I found it interesting that the guys that started
> the shepherding movement, Derik Prince, for one,
> repented publicly because it turned out to be such
> a bondage on people and it simply did not work.
>
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I know what you mean. That CISNEO link I posted was 30 + years old and it appears that a number of church leaders caught up in the shepherding movement repented and freed their members decades ago, with the exception of the TLWF.
I agree with the comment by Christian Broadcasting Network President Pat Robertson describing shepherding as "an unnatural and unscriptural dominion of one man by another."
Silencing the congregation was so much a part of the DNA of the LW. So much was/is hidden, covered up, and suppressed in the LW it's surprising to me that anything contrary to their party line leaks out such as the speculation regarding Larry Cotton. I personally don't believe that the majority of those harmed by the LW make up lies and a rumor that Marilyn asked Larry to marry her hardly casts much negativity or is a way to get back at the LW.
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> > I found it interesting that the guys that started
> the shepherding movement, Derik Prince, for one,
> repented publicly because it turned out to be such
> a bondage on people and it simply did not work.
>
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I know what you mean. That CISNEO link I posted was 30 + years old and it appears that a number of church leaders caught up in the shepherding movement repented and freed their members decades ago, with the exception of the TLWF.
I agree with the comment by Christian Broadcasting Network President Pat Robertson describing shepherding as "an unnatural and unscriptural dominion of one man by another."
Silencing the congregation was so much a part of the DNA of the LW. So much was/is hidden, covered up, and suppressed in the LW it's surprising to me that anything contrary to their party line leaks out such as the speculation regarding Larry Cotton. I personally don't believe that the majority of those harmed by the LW make up lies and a rumor that Marilyn asked Larry to marry her hardly casts much negativity or is a way to get back at the LW.