Church or Cult? 11 Signs that Your Church is a Cult 

They tried that and I said F-U!!! (By action withholding choice words)

The one I went to wanted to have you assist every day of the week. This is a strong controlling technique because listening so much to a doctrine will make you brainwashed and accept this as your new reality. Then if you don't go as much as recommended they start to make commands from the pulpit about people not giving the first place to God and people worshiping their family or the tv. Everything is a guild trip and manipulative.

I needed this I'm at a women's refuge in Florida and the time demands are insain

In a way they did tell me what if it’s my mom’s birthday or something like that and there was church who will I pick and stuff like that im still going to church but then again I feel like I can convince them that they’re family is important a lot

Waoo learning alot from you little little girl

that's awful. It is concerning how many church leaders that use religion to mask their violence

They aren't religious just using religion for their benefit

@@Venus.Y right.

That's calLed intimidation A method to punish you for questioning his authority And it works

SMH

Some churches even own houses and schools that waves major red flags to me

Pastors use Luke to enforce guilt for not tithing. Jesus was telling the Pharisees that since they still lived by the law, THEY SHOULD tithe! It was a part of the law. But, as He reminded them, part of the law that carried over to Christ was, honoring mother and father, which they did NOT do. Notice His comparison of these 2. Which 2 'laws' were carried forward under Grace? Some good Bible study here. Watch out for the "Nickle and Nose Counters."

I just left a church that was full of contempt prior to investigation on many outside issues that are in professional hands.

If it takes you back to.the Old Testament and makes God respecter of race and persons dont stay with it. Beware overpersonification that sexualises God and makes Him.into an exalted Being you can intimate and imitate They leave out the mediation and reality of Jesus life and resurrection with all this...over concerned with what they only make of Jesus Cross

@@kaytiedidd1780 televangelist robert morris of gateway church in southlake, texas does that when it comes to tithing by using guilt and condemnation tellin they are robbing god

And most of their points are fundamentally wrong that dress code was just stupid. The most famous damaging cults don't have a dress code the Manson family didn't have a dress code.

She's just making up these characteristics of a quote that don't actually have anything to do with what a cult is. Christianity is unquestionably occult whether you like it or not

If you look up images of most cults, they dress very similarly to the point of having a dress code. The manson family included.

Man as a Pastor you can't pray .

@@BeyondBeliefChannel actually no that's not generally true about colts and no the Manson family didn't have a uniform or anything

which tells me you are an independent thinker. good for you!!

💯 someone who understands what a real church looks like

Sounds like Jehova's Witness. They follow their members, spying on them, to make sure they don't attend any other church, for any reason, & they go after you for donations, & disfellowship/ex-communicate, with no notice, either. Every 10 years, 10k of them leave that "church."

Was it a Pentecostal church by chance

Greenville Ohio...church of god restoration.. Apostate cult straight from he'll.. .

That's like not believing in Superman but believing in Spiderman

Do you have a particular denomination

Thank God! God bless you!

@joenelson Liar, Liar, Liar and don’t get it out of order. Thou shall not bear false witness. What is your reward for the lies you tell? This video just highlights some examples of a real cult, which none it matches what we believe which is in The Church of Jesus Christ and we follow him as Christians.

Now you're in a Christian one Jesus was a person who lived a long time ago he was a teacher and he can't save you he asked us to not worship him but God alone but I'm glad you're on the right path and hope you continue to qestion things

They did that to me too

@@1MNUTZ that's really sad. I actually found one nice Pentecostal church with no extreme beliefs. They're nice and tolerant towards others. I Think I'll go to that church instead.

@@AmitGupta-il6lb i would be careful pentecostals all have extreme beliefs often times they love bomb you to get you in the door and join the cult. Of course I dont know of any pentecostals that dont demand separation from the world. The church I went to claimed they could heal me with laying of the hands speaking in tongues whispering and blowing wind in my ear putting oil on my head. Anytime I questioned them or why nothing was happening and I was getting worst they would say "the enemy was using me" "the enemy doesn't want you to get the holy spirit" get up on the pulpit and scream out to Jesus then go jump up and down and run in circles. The longer I stayed the more brainwashed and insane I got.

@@AmitGupta-il6lb The church I went to claimed they could heal me with laying of the hands speaking in tongues whispering and blowing wind in my ear putting oil on my head. Anytime I questioned them or why nothing was happening and I was getting worst they would say "the enemy was using me" "the enemy doesn't want you to get the holy spirit" get up on the pulpit and scream out to Jesus then go jump up and down and run in circles. The longer I stayed the more brainwashed and insane I got.

Christian’s shunning away from non Christians is so blatantly unbiblical. Was it not Jesus who dined with tax collectors and prostitutes lol

that's awful :( we have to be vigilant for people like this

A self proclaimed apostle name David E Taylor tells his followers he’s seen Jesus face to face

@@dejacreacts4964 One day he will be before the Lord, face to face. I pray that he repents before that day. In the meantime, those of us who see it need to address it, to warn others. 👍🏼🙏🏻

Oh new creation does that

U FAKE GOD@@jewel643

my grandaughter was in 10th grade and she met a jw in school. he was a really nice guy...(NOT) and swept her off her feet. when she told me about him and he wanted to take her to church i sat her down got on the internet and educated her on how cults lure you in. she kept telling me that she liked him but she wasn't interested in religion. i knew who they were back when they rode bicycles up to your house with their white shirts, black ties and pants and tried to hand you their newsletter 'the watchtower'. they would knock on the door and they would ask...'are you a christian'? my mother had already trained us on how to answer that question... 'NO, we are Atheist'! ... . they couldn't get back on their bikes fast enough. it would scare them off, every time! my grandaughter went to their saturday service with him but she told him she liked him but she didn't want to go to any church. they had a relationship for over a year and she kept putting him off until he confronted her and told her she would have to be a member of his church if they were going to be together. that conversation 'nipped it in the bud'. she told him she was not going to be pressured into something she didn't believe in... thank gosh, that happened. to help her get through it i would take her to volunteer at the local food bank and homeless shelter, the community garden and she found her purpose by helping others. you don't have to go to a church to do good. i believe jesus wants us all to be independent thinkers and show love & charity to others. churches are supposed to GUIDE you...not brainwash or control you. now we watch documentary's together about religious cults, political dictators like hitler & mussolini, kim jung un and many other fascists dictators. that is much more fascinating & educational than giving your life over to a con artist and being owned & manipulated...by a grifter...

it's my pleasure! :)

God Bless you, thanks

@@BeyondBeliefChannel Hi Olivia (?) My personal advice for anyone: leave Christianity altogether. You won't have to decipher whether there is differences between Church + cults. Different if one examines the above out of interest, which is different by far. What many believers in Jesus don't realise is that Christianity is a cult, and a counterfeit to the new testament, as predicted by the writers of the letters contained in the new testament. Christianity is a cult ranging from Rome to Canterbury, to Protestantism, to even a small house group with a leader or leaders. Whenever there is a pastor or priest over the congregation, it has usurped the high priesthood of Jesus Christ, also his pastorship ( Psalm 23). To say Christianity is not a cult because it does not have characteristics of a cult is misleading, as the passage in Corinthians " God is not the author of confusion" is signifying that Christianity is indeed confusion, and that Yahweh is not involved, saying that Matthew 7: 22- 23 fits Christianity for what it is, in that Yahweh will still do miracles and mighty works through this entity, but will condemn it on judgment day. If one, who allows discernment from the Holy Spirit, while employing principles of exegesis + hermeneutics, to the new testament, you'll find the new testament has no compatibility to Christianity, nor "Messianic Judaism" Christianity is now, what Yahweh condemned in the old testament syncretism of paganism ( sun worship,etc) to the faith of Yahweh. @BeyondBeliefChannel Hi Olivia (?) My personal advice for anyone: leave Christianity altogether. You won't have to decipher whether there is differences between Church + cults. Different if one examines the above out of interest, which is different by far. What many believers in Jesus don't realise is that Christianity is a cult, and a counterfeit to the new testament, as predicted by the writers of the letters contained in the new testament. Christianity is a cult ranging from Rome to Canterbury, to Protestantism, to even a small house group with a leader or leaders. Whenever there is a pastor or priest over the congregation, it has usurped the high priesthood of Jesus Christ, also his pastorship ( Psalm 23). To say Christianity is not a cult because it does not have characteristics of a cult is misleading, as the passage in Corinthians " God is not the author of confusion" is signifying that Christianity is indeed confusion, and that Yahweh is not involved, saying that Matthew 7: 22- 23 fits Christianity for what it is, in that Yahweh will still do miracles and mighty works through this entity, but will condemn it on judgment day. If one, who allows discernment from the Holy Spirit, while employing principles of exegesis + hermeneutics, to the new testament, you'll find the new testament has no compatibility to Christianity, nor "Messianic Judaism" Christianity is now, what Yahweh condemned in the old testament syncretism of paganism ( sun worship,etc) to the faith of Yahweh.

@@BeyondBeliefChannel Hi, Sorry, I must of duplicated my message. Apologise.

that's really cool that people are sharing my videos with each other I'm glad they have been useful

happy to help

thank you! I am working on a video now and plan to start uploading again! and thank you for your service.

happy to help God bless

dg...RUN, don't walk, away! sounds like it's like a PTL type church...

can you give me some details? Do they make you give money? or how are they?

Except the military pays you and you are free to walk away hassle free once your contract is up.

@@jackcarraway4707 true but at what cost? the brainwashing stays

Glad you liked it!

Geeeze!

That's awful that happened to you :( I'm so sorry

it is definitely a cult

I'm Apostolic and I'm sorry you had to go through this abuse, perhaps call law enforcement and report it.. and if they the leadership swept it under the rug they will not get away with it,, But don't throw the Bible truth away acts 2:38 Hope you find another place of worship 🙏

I'm so sorry you feel alone you most certainly are not many people have walked a similar path

thank you!

I had quite a similar experience myself!! As a newcomer, they showered me with love bombing, gifts and kindness. Unfortunately for them I was raised already in church so know a bit about protocols and how they operate.. I went in with a open mind and was overwhelmed quite suddenly. I went to look up this place online through Facebook and found a group of ex members who escaped from this group. I took it with a grain of salt at first until I saw and heard for myself that they were indeed a cult. I walked away and was harrassed for awhile by them, saying me and my children are influenced by the devil and I will go to hell. I'm just happy to know that it isn't true at all, they just couldn't brainwash me nor did they take on account that I was already aware of their agenda nor that I had a religious upbringing. They usually target ones who were not brought up with faith and are vulnerable. I was at a vulnerable point in my life when they came in and took advantage of that but my faith never wavered and God will was for me to leave. I'm thankful that I did 100 percent.

So thankful that our Heavenly Father protected you! Stay close to the Lord. He will guide you to a church that is truly following Scripture.

@@LilyTahiti888 I’m so sorry that you had to go through that, and also thankful that God gave you the strength and confidence to not believe what they said I pray that you’ll continue to grow on your Christian path 🙏

@@matta.5363 truly grateful that He stopped me from being involved with the cult I was already with a church, but I stopped attending because of how busy I was- which I later realised that were excuses. I went through something that was really stressful but I believe that God put it there for a reason, for me to have faith that He will take care of me no matter how rough things can get. Cause after that I decided to spend more time with the Lord and now I’ve been going to church, reading the Bible along with other fellowships with Christians and my heart has never felt that full with joy 💛 Thank you for your kind words, I will continue to walk with the Lord, and I also pray that the Lord will continue to bring you strength and comfort God bless you!

glad you were able to get out

Let me guess they said it wasn't the Holy Spirit? To try use your faith against you lmao.

I am so sorry to hear that. My thoughts and prayers are with you both

Beat the cult out of her. That's your daughter lol.

Don't stop praying. May God strengthen you. He's able to do the impossible. Continue declaring her deliverance Isa 61

You people talking about prayer sound like you are the ones in a cult.

Im not familiar with this group I'll have to look them up. Glad you got out

Me too I grew up in ICOC I left about 4 years ago

Lol, I'm leaving Christ Embassy after 4 weeks or so.

Is ICC the international version of the Mormon church?

@@asthma23dudet05 it's not mormon

they will say that to keep you in. don't listen to them! it's not true! look to the Bible and Bible only for truth!

Satan works through the lies they tell you. You will NOT go to Hell if you leave. You can have a relationship with the Lord Jesus still and read the Bible for yourself and ask the Holy Spirit to give you understanding. Trust Jesus to make a way and prepare to leave. May God open the door and may you be set free in the name of Jesus!

This happen to me if I left I was going to hell. I just got to the point where I’d rather be happy now and deal with hell later. I lost funds of 26 years completely shut the door on me. I left in 2021 and I will never go back to it again and let alone any church I’m pretty much done. Pls just leave.

Go to Jesus and the word for your guidance, that's what I did when I left. If they are telling you membership in their fellowship is the only way to be saved they lie. Faith in Jesus Christ saves not what church you go to.please get out. When I left I did not agree to go talk to them and cut all ties. I sent letters saying goodbye after I left and called and told the pastor I was done. Those that know God and are Spirit led are His, not led by man.

My experience of being in a cult-like Pentecostal church has left me so traumatised I can’t engage in prayer, read the bible or go to church, because it just triggers so much. I wish I could have got closer to God as you did, instead of getting further away

Feel free to email me it should be on my profile

jeff...you already know! just by questioning those changes. if you feel in your gut that something is off, do some research about cults & different religions. i wish someone would start some group meetings that gather people together and share their particular experience with others. educating yourself will help tremendously. have you ever heard of the UNITARIAN Universalist church. its actually NOT fundamental. it's more like an educational experience about other religions. look it up. they are mainstream and not pushy...

that's good to hear...and rare...lol

Catholics aren't really Christian

thank you!

Or they think you are being brainwashed for seeing the truth!

tell us more

You need to forgive them and pray for them,we are all sinners saved by grace God will-lead you to where u need to be to receive healing and the truth❤Pray to him he loves you and wants to restore you ,what the enemy meant for evil God can turn into good that one day you will have a testimony to be able to minister-to others ❤

What's wrong about G12 and what is the church called?

Sorry to hear that I hope you are able to find peace

thank you!

thank you!

The UK is rapidly becoming more like the states in its culture In many ways.Not good for our Christian faith which should bo displaying the culture of the kingdom of God.We need to get back to acts of the apostles.

This girl is wrong in many ways she used no biblical doctrine to support her views of what she was saying. And the whole hair thing she said it's a biblical teaching that man should have moderate length hair and women should have longer hair because it's there covering and glory.

Hi, may I ask other stuff your experiencing with SDA? I’m aware of problems also, that’s been said. I’m just trying to resolve some important issues. What state are you from? If you don’t mind me asking.

Not all SDA tho. My SDA members doesn't do that.

If someone in church has a issue with another member matthews 18 teaches to go to them and work it out, if it don’t work then go get another member to help, if that doesn’t work then take it to the church, if they still refuse to work it then treat them as an unbeliever. You cannot hate ur brother and think you love God, if your not willing to forgive ur brother or sister or work it out then they lack love for God. We don’t jus expose ppl like that unless the person has been in constant sin then the church kicks them out and let’s the members know.

I was raised SDA..think it borders on a cult

SDA is a big cult.

Could be, but could also just be poor social skills.

Sounds like you were explaining the Apostolic church I grew up in. I just finished this video and I’m 11 for 11 lol. I left 12 years ago when I was 18 and it still affects my daily life. I hope this video helps someone! It definitely confirmed what I knew, it’s good to hear it come from someone else though!

It is the same like the one I was in. We were not allowed to visit other churches, not allowed to listen to other pastors, not allowed to discuss about football clubs even asking if you don't understand, they said you mustn't want knowledge of some unusual things.

Sarah, please remember that there are many Bible based churches that don't do the thing you were subjected to. Just because a group pretends to be Christian, doesn't mean they are following the Bible. Scripture tells us that Satan disguises himself as an "angel of light" ( 2 Corinthians 11:14).

i agree with 'every thing' you are saying. i hope your story reaches many people. jesus isn't a bigot or a racist. true christians don't hate people...or judge them...

The difference between a cult, & a religion, is whether they stalk you, if you want to leave, like Scientologists do. Anything that promotes socialism/communism, is a cult, & is of the devil, because it destroys your constitutional freedom, to make your own choices, including whether to, or how you worship. Trump was sent to save our constitution, so the gospel can be freely taught, until Christ returns, & to make Jerusalem the capitol of Israel.

The Bible does not really discuss the framework of cults that I have seen

thank you I agree! it is important to teach people to look for signs and think critically themselves instead of telling them what to think about each individual group. And you are absolutely right people who are in a cult will already get defensive and be closed off to criticism if their group is name dropped.

@@BeyondBeliefChannel I'm just curious do you have any thoughts on the Hebrew Roots movement I know there's a huge Spectrum in that category of torah-observant do you have any thoughts on it are of you even heard about it I have a brother-in-law Who's involved

@@emsdiy6857 I have heard of it in passing and do not know enough about it to have formed a strong opinion. My impression of it (which is again just passing observations have not researched it) is that it seems kind of like Christians appropriating Jewish culture

@@BeyondBeliefChannel okay well thank you for just giving me your opinion of what you do know yeah they want to observe Torah and swim will be real extreme and some will even go to tonight Paul and after they've done that they usually deny Jesus well thank you

Since they have like the verses and seem to be sticking to the Bible, for a new Christian that have never read it before they wouldn’t know that it was just taken out of context. That was at least what happened to me They can disguise themselves very well, even better than a lot of you can think

human beings are easily manipulated it is how we are wired unfortunately. Being social animals has downfalls and this is a significant one

All of those are definitely red flags. Some of those could be cult related but honestly it may just be an abusive guy with control issues

that was nonsense 😳toxic

That is really way too controlling. Thank God we don't have a paid clergy, that uses tithing to pay off the preacher. We build Temples & Chapels with it, & every 6 months the new Temples are announced where they're being built. Then when they're complete, we get to go see them.

I've never heard of them! I'll have to read up on them