Month: October 2006
Dozens of families call the Dominion Christian Centre in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, a destructive cult. The church, led by pastor Peter Rigo, is in the news after a family kidnapped their daughter in an effort to deprogram her from the abusive church.
Research resources on the Dominion Christian Centre in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
The Order of the Solar Temple was a doomsday cult heavily involved in money laundering and arms trafficking. The cult committed murder/suicide in 1994.
Research resources on the Order of the Solar Temple
Should Christians file friend of the court briefs on behalf of cults of Christianity?
Why the Local Church was included in the Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions.
Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute, and Gretchen Passantino of Answers in Action claim that the Local Church is not a cult of Christianity.
CRI's statement on why Hank Hanegraaff and Gretchen Passantino have decided to file a friend of the court brief on behalf of the Local Church - which theologically is a cult of Christianity - brings up more questions than answers. It demonstrates a puzzling and worrying lack of discernment.
Gretchen Passantino, wife of the late Bob Passantino endorses the conclusions and concerns expressed by Hank Hanegraaff in his Friend of the Court brief on behalf of the Local Church, a cult of Christianity.
In a move that has Christian apologists and countercult experts puzzled and upset, Hank Hanegraaff - the already controversial president of the Christian Research Institute - has come out in support of the Local Church which, theologically, is considered to be a cult of Christianity.
National Conference on Christian Apologetics
Your comments regarding Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch
Conversations with God is a popular series of books by New Age author Neale Donald Walsch.
Research resources on Conversations with God and other books by Neale Donald Walsch.
New Thought is a philosophy that is more than a century old. The movement includes such groups as Divine Science, Unity, Religious Science (Science of Mind), and others.
