Heads up\u2013there\u2019s a cult active at Stanford. One of Andrew\u2019s friends was approached this week by a group called \u201cStudents For the Truth at Stanford.\u201d<\/p>\n
They are a part of the \u201cLocal Church\u201d founded by Witness Lee. The version of the Bible they hand out is called \u201cThe Recovery Version.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is not simply another Christian group like Cornerstone<\/a> or InterVarsity<\/a>. Those are wonderful groups that are good to be involved in (obviously, we\u2019d prefer you plug into Chi Alpha, but that\u2019s just \u2019cause we want to know you). <\/p>\n This group is fundamentally different. The Local Church is known for demanding absolute and unhealthy obedience from its followers. Here\u2019s my counsel to you: groups like this mess up your life. If someone approaches you, give them absolutely no information about yourself or where you live. Be polite but firm.<\/p>\n Here are some links you can investigate:<\/p>\n Critical Perspectives<\/b> Their Perspective<\/b> Heads up\u2013there\u2019s a cult active at Stanford. One of Andrew\u2019s friends was approached this week by a group called \u201cStudents For the Truth at Stanford.\u201d They are a part of the \u201cLocal Church\u201d founded by Witness Lee. The version of the Bible they hand out is called \u201cThe Recovery Version.\u201d This is not simply another \u2026 Continue reading \u201cCult On Campus\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stanford"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-fn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nApologetics Index<\/a>
\nLiving Truth Ministries<\/a>
\nChristian Research Institute<\/a><\/p>\n
\nStudents For The Truth At Stanford<\/a> (does not seem to be actively maintained)
\nLiving Stream Ministries<\/a>
\nBibles For America<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"