Today we’re chatting with Brian! Brian is our first guest to come on the podcast from the Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith (COGAF). While they technically have a different name than Christadelphians, the groups were founded by former associates at about the same time. Members of COGAF hold the same beliefs as Christadelphians, fellowship with them, and even attend Christadelphian activities, camps, and bible schools! In today’s episode, we hear about Brian’s former ecclesia using pancakes to convince people to attend services, about that time he was brought to Jamaica for a school project to learn about the life of Christadelphian missionaries as a teenager, and about the “wave theory” of doubt and faith that eventually washed him ashore to solid ground without faith in God. We also chat about surprise ambushes by Christadelphians who create confrontations about faith and church attendance in the most unexpected times and places. Please join us for another episode of fellowship among those who have left the fold!  

If you have any questions that you would like addressed in the upcoming episode on religious trauma, please email ⁠[email protected]⁠

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Resources and References:

Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith (COGAF)/Church of the Blessed Hope: 

⁠https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Blessed_Hope⁠

Church of the Blessed Hope Beliefs:

https://www.cotbh.org/Our-Belief/our-belief.html

⁠https://www.cotbh.org/Who-Are-We/who-are-we.html⁠

John Thomas: His Friends and His Faith by Peter Hemingray

Page 132, 153-154, 189, pages 197-207 “Chapter 21: Dr. Thomas, Marsh, and Wilson- Founders of COGAF”

Netflix: Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey

Terror, Love, and Brainwashing: Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems by Alexandra Stein  ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Love-Brainwashing-Attachment-Totalitarian/dp/1138677973⁠