As he was about to turn 17, Remy Attig was keen to get away from his parents’ fracturing marriage, and ready for something to give his life purpose. The Master’s Commission program seemed like just the thing to set him up for a life of travel and spreading the word of God. Instead, it ran him ragged, instilled fear, built on his internalised homophobia, and set him up for unhealthy relationships and trust issues. In hindsight, he believes that the Master’s Commission was a cult.

Guest: Remy Attig

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Links:

• Master’s Commission International Network (MCIN) — official website
• Athletes International Ministry — official website
• Phoenix Megachurch Hosting Trump Rally Says It Has Special Coronavirus-Killing Air System — by Ray Stern, Phoenix New Times, 22 June 2020
• AG Warns Phoenix Megachurch and Air-System Firm About Fraudulent COVID Statements — by Ray Stern, Phoenix New Times, 26 June 2020
• Without a Vision, You Perish — Trivita profile of Larry Kerychuck, unknown date
• Lloyd Zeigler — Jim Bakker Show profile, accessed January 2021
• Statement of Fundamental Truths — Assemblies of God
• My Cult Life — blog by Lisa Kerr, archived January 2014

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