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As I remember it........when the start-up splinter, CFF, was in its infant stage, they held nearly the same position. In fact, they would send you their Sunday teaching tape free of charge....every week.....all you had to do was request it. When Panarello broke away from twi in 2004......he, too, did the SAME THING. This is NOT new. If you are happy with your local "R/R" fellowship.......great. Enjoy it. Me? I vividly saw what was behind the curtain of the wierwille-industrial-deception-complex. The deception?.........power over you Slowly, ever-so-subtle......they don't want to frighten you away.... It ain't about the money (yet).......it's about *building a following*...... Some of these guys were trafficking girls to motor coaches and Cabin 12.... Ever study ALL the many times, ways and reasons the scriptures tell us to BEWARE?

I'm more than a little suspicious of groups when their entire website is password- protected. I have trouble believing their "donate" button isn't prominent as soon as you log in. The Facebook page costs them nothing, and, if I heard correctly, doesn't have the "donate" button. That's their PUBLIC face, so it's clever if they keep money off of that. Too many of us have seen this in too many variations to buy that they really don't want the money. vpw used to say he didn't care, also. WHEN THE MICROPHONES WERE ON.

Just a thought. Anyone who has been in twi for any length of time is so programmed that they need to ABS that no one would really need to solicit donations, they would automatically give.

For those who have never been on staff at twi's headquarters....... The "corporate headquarters" is compartmentalized thru departments and areas of inter-connected work relations, not a way-tree structure. It's a cult compound where a majority of workers serve in menial tasks.......housekeeping, grounds, food service, finance, multi-services, etc. With wierwille and martindale eras, there was an inner-circle of yes-men, favorites, body guards, security, and sexual predation. With rivenbark, some have reported on her *special relationship* with donna.....and two other women who once lived in her basement. Employment on staff is touted as "serving the Lord at the spiritual epicenter of twi"........no witnessing, no running classes. And now, the Sunday "teachers" read their bland sermons with no deviation from script each week. I would venture to say that......NOW.....[after 30-years since the mass exodus].......any corps grad who had been on field assignment for years THEN goes on staff is challenged by the double-standard hypocrisy that wreaks. Anyone who has been paying attention should have seen this years ago......BUT.......going on staff at headquarters makes it painstakingly obvious!! Not only does the pecking order, smugness and sheer boredom smack you in the face.......BUT.......those cascading questions of: Don't these directors see that this place is little more than an echo chamber of elitism? What have I done?........selling all my furniture and moving to rural Ohio for this? What is my future going to be if I stay on staff? Is there any upward mobility in this? What about my spouse? my kids? my retirement? my life and fulfillment? Shouldn't I be making strides on my career? home ownership? equity & retirement? How can this possibly be God's will?.......living in a secluded cult compound for what? If I don't look after myself, who will? Do they really have any genuine interest in me? [Nope.] If this ministry is corrupt at the root, then it must be diseased everywhere? [Yep.] There is NOTHING like getting smacked upside the head when you know that you've seen red flags for years, and years. Going to headquarters and working on staff.......has jolted many from their slumber. Happy Trails To You..........and plan to never pass that way again. .

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Sky, years ago I joined the Navy to better myself. Many people told that because I was an AC Grad, I should go into the Corps. Your post lists the reasons why I am glad I choose the Navy over the Corps. Thanks!