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Please read our Disclaimer
before accessing any of the following links. Please also note that
these organizations are suggested for informational purposes only.
REST ministries makes no attempt here to provide an extensive list of links to other agencies on the web. Instead, our approach is to provide you with a few strategic ones. The following organizations have been selected because they fulfill one or more of the following criteria:
Therefore, REST ministries does not suggest
these organizations as alternative "spiritual authority" figures
for a person's life -- which is a concept which we believe to be unbiblical.
These are organizations which may be able to provide assistance
in helping you to eliminate such bondage to "spiritual authority" figures,
and allow you to live a productive Christian life. The links on this
page do not constitute an unqualified endorsement of everything that these
organizations practice or believe.
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Christian Web Resources on Spiritual Abuse & Cults |
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Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc. has counseled victims of spiritual abuse from both Christian groups and cults. The best way to contact them via email is at CULSTSRUS@aol.com. |
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Part of the mission of Personal Freedom Outreach is to warn Christians of unbiblical teachings within the church. |
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Watchman Fellowship, Inc. offers a wealth of resources for victims of cults and spiritual abuse. |
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The Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center in Albany, Ohio offers a place of calm after the storm of spiritual abuse. It also has individualized counseling programs and workshops, and is an accredited mental health facility, covered by some insurance companies. |
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CRI maintains its ministry by selling worthwhile materials on cults, but they also make provide some items free of charge. |
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Secular Web Resources on Cults |
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While
the American Family Foundation is a secular organization,
evangelical Christians have been involved with it, including Craig Branch
of the Watchman Fellowship, who serves on its USA Advisory Board.
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The .ex-cult archive is an excellent source of names, addresses and web-links to counter-cult organizations. The site also maintains its own archive of informational articles, and even has links to sites maintained by current cult members, giving them an opportunity to present their side of the controversy. |
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FACTNet stands for Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network, Inc. FACTNet, International is a nonprofit digest, library, and referral service dedicated to protecting freedoms of mind and speech by exposing tactics and users of mind control. |
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The False Memory Syndrome Foundation exists to seek the reasons for the spread of False Memory Syndrome (FMS), to work for the prevention of new cases of FMS, and to aid both the primary and secondary victims of FMS. Some spiritually abusive groups are known for inducing FMS as a tool to separate members from their families. |
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General Christian Web Resources |
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The Bible Gateway is a wonderful resource provides the full, searchable text of the Bible in six English translations, as well as in German, Swedish, Latin, French, Spanish and Tagalog. |
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Some of the organizations you consult in your efforts to learn more about Spiritual Abuse may recommend that you read one of the several good titles that have been published on this subject in recent years. Two good sources for low-priced Christian books are Christian Book Distributors and Great Christian Books. Many of the titles on our Recommended Reading page are also available through these discount mail order companies. |
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This Christian web search engine does a fine job in classifying the many Christian ministries that have a web presence. You should be cautious, however, since it is impossible to screen out every ministry that has been guilty of spiritual abuse, and some of them have been detected on CrossSearch. You should thoroughly investigate the references of any ministry before making any kind of committment to them. |
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The member ministries of the Gospel Communications Network include InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, the Navigators, Ligonier Ministries and many others. |