The Apologetics Index (apologeticsindex.org) 'family of web sites' provides 42,850+ pages of research resources on religious cults, sects, new religious movements, alternative religions, apologetics-, anticult-, and countercult organizations, doctrines, religious practices and world views. These resources reflect a variety of theological and/or sociological perspectives. [More Info]
On April 19, 2010, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) awarded Religious Information Network (an umbrella non-profit that includes Walter Martin Ministries), a full power FM frequency serving Newport, Minnesota, about two miles outside St. Paul, Minnesota. This non-commercial (NCE FM) radio station has the potential to reach most of the Twin Cities 2.9 million population.
Minneapolis-St. Paul is #16 in the U.S. Radio Market, and the new 88.1 WAJC-FM will bring a fresh perspective and unique voice to the community. The call letters were chosen to honor Jesus Christ, and to highlight the legacy of Walter Martin, the Original Bible Answer Man.»
The Sharia, Islamic Law, regulates all human actions and puts them into five categories: obligatory, recommended, permitted, disliked or forbidden.
There are four major schools of islam. Each school may make decisions about matters such as marriage rights, divorce procedures, inheritance, and forms of punishment, which may differ from each other.»
Worldview Consulting, created by Tony Kail, provides law enforcement, health care professionals and public safety agencies with research and training regarding unfamiliar religious groups and practices.»
The testimony of Recovering From Churches That Abuse is that battered believers can recover. But is rehabilitation possible for churches that abuse? Can a spiritually abusive system be changed? The answer is yes, even though in reality many churches do not experience significant change.
But some do answer these calls, and as evidence Dr. Ronald Enroth cites two groups described in Churches That Abuse. »
...Nobody joins a cult. You join a self-help group a religious movement a political organization.
They change so gradually, by the time you realize you're entrapped - and almost everybody does - you can't figure a safe way back out.... - Deborah Layton, Survivor of Jim Jones' Peoples Temple
