Articles and Resources
Articles and resources on this site are focused in two main areas - spiritual abuse and betrayal, and the Assembly ministry of George and Betty Geftakys. Off-site resources include links to book recommendations, movies, websites, blogs and other media related to spiritual abuse. Most sections can be searched from author indexes.
Spiritual Abuse and Betrayal
Elements
of Cultic Christianity
- Identifying abusive churches & cults
- Unethical influence & mind control
- Problems fostered by a cultic system
- Recognizing narcissistic leaders
- Clergy sexual abuse & leadership collusion
...more
- Domestic Violence Sourcebook excerpts
- Evaluation your situation
- Verbal abuse
- The role of narcissism in family abuse
- Relationship checklist
- Domestic violence and collusion
- Traumatized Children
...more
Second-generation adults (SGA's) who grew up in controlling, legalistic church groups deal with specific issues as a result. Children of Assembly leaders have much in common with missionary kids (MK's) and pastors' kids (PK's).
- Social & Psychological Issues
- Dealing with Abuse
- How about Renewal of Your Faith?
- Telling Your Story
- Child Rearing
- Justification By Faith (the most important articles on this site for cult recovery)
- Sanctification (i.e. the gospel for Christians!)
- The Normal Christian Life
- Knowing the Will of God
- General Encouragement
- The Church
- Union with Christ
- Using the Mind
- Leadership in the Church
- Christian Marriage.
- Spiritual Issues in Recovery
- Social & Psychological Recovery
- Relationships,
- Marriage & Children
- Recovery & Apologies
- Recovery & Grief
- Letters to Wounded Pilgrims
- Does Faith Make Sense?
- Can the Bible Be Trusted?
- Why Does God Allow Tragedy & Evil?
- Apologetics for Faltering Faith
- Science & Faith
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Words
of Grace from the Bible This is an annotated collection of
assurances from God in modern English versions of the Bible. The main
purpose is to help clear away distorted images of a harsh and demanding
god, and replace them with what the Bible really says about God's
character and attitude toward us.
Devotional Helps Meditations from various sources
Geftakys Assembly Archive
Assembly Locations and Leaders, Past and Present
Introduction to the Assembly Ministry of George and Betty Geftakys A series of brief articles on the origin, character and implosion of the Geftakys Assembly ministry.
Assembly Teaching and Practice
Analysis of the teaching of
George and Betty Geftakys, both doctrinal and practical, and
descriptions of how it worked out in
Assembly life.
Title Index Author Index
Assembly History
Details of the background and development of the Assembly ministry of George and Betty Geftakys,
"The Work", the local Assemblies, seminars, publications, a timeline of
Assembly events, etc.
Assembly Documents Documents produced in the Assembly and "the Work", most of which were approved for distribution over the years, as well as an archive of Assembly photos.
Final Weeks of the Assembly
Documented account of events
leading up to the collapse of the Geftaky - letters, meeting notes,
restraining order, etc.- and personal experiences dealing with the issues.
Current Assembly Status Current activities of George and Betty Geftakys, other former Assembly leaders and individuals, the remaining Assemblies and Assembly offshoots since 2003.
Personal Experiences First-person accounts of life in the Geftakys Assemblies.
Creative Writing Stories, allegories, spoofs, and serious poetry, written mostly by former Assembly members. Lots of humor.
New Directions after the Assembly Post-Assembly reports from FAMs on what they're doing and thinking about now. Prayer requests, and some post-Assembly pics.