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Recognizing Con Artists,
Tyrants, and
Spiritual Abusers
in Leadership
Available in both PDF and published hardcopy
FROM THE INTRODUCTION: Suppose
you move to a different area, and are keeping your eyes open for a good
group to belong to (a social club, a church, a synagogue, or service
organization). You visit one such group where the people are very
friendly, loving, and give you individual attention. The group has a
variety of programs: a rehabilitation program for drug addicts, services
and nursing homes for the elderly, help for the poor, and free clinics.
The leader inspires the disillusioned, the disenchanted, and those who
have been rejected elsewhere. He is well-known and respected in the
area, and the mayor gave him a position as Director of the City Housing
Authority. Would you join this group?
Suppose you spend four
years in college and nearly two years in graduate school to prepare for a
career in Christian music. Then the ministers of your home church tell
you that you are not needed in
their music program. Shortly afterward, you find a new group that
welcomes you with open arms. They really care for people. The leader of
this group has fascinating Bible studies. You and everyone else are able
to sit and listen to him for several hours at a time. Would you stay in
this group?
If you answered "yes" to the first situation, you
joined the church led by Jim Jones who led over 900 of his followers
into a mass suicide murder. If you liked the second group, you became a
follower of David Koresh who led over 80 of his followers to die in a
blaze of fire.
A wolf in sheep's clothing is a short and simple description of a cult leader – as these men were.
Are there any warning signs that a group and its leader are dangerous? That’s largely what this book is about.
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