A lively discussion about all things Xenos/Dwell that ran almost two hours, we invite all with any stake or part of the legacy that this controversial movement to listen in. This is the audio of our streaming video by the same title.

We have several guests on the recorded stream who have contributed to our "Where Are We Going" podcasts and as heartbreaking as the reality they discuss can be, they've been able to demonstrate a remarkable grace and strength to carry on and even thrive

*** WARNING: Explicit language and descriptions of religious abuse can be triggering to abuse survivors ***

The blatant advance of cult recruiters that literally marches in and draws away disciples out of churches to pursue their own pipe dreams can’t be overstated at all. How cults achieve this stealing of sheep from churches globally will be the subject of our next three podcasts, in which we will examine 3 case studies. It’s one thing to hear about abusive cultism’s traumatizing of victims, but quite another to learn about how they got to be a thing in the church to begin with.

When it comes to revealing how cults destroy people, sometimes the plain truth just comes across as too over the top to be believed. To hear how degrading, dehumanizing and devastating living in a hothouse like the Xenos/Dwell movement actually is sounds like a lurid and sensational hit piece by a tabloid. The story of Candy we bring today certainly has no such deficit. This is her story - our podcasts as shared by others in the past year powerfully and grimly support these horrific details of an endurance of psychological, spiritual and social violations that routinely are being experienced by other X/D victims as well.

To be raised under the shadow of a totalistic spiritual movement is a formative influence so very few escape and yet our podcast guest Colin - a lifelong member of the Xenos/Dwell cult - was able to somehow do so. In what will be another of our longest podcasts, Colin's brutally frank discussion exposes how utterly unbiblical, even corrupt, this supposedly BIblically founded church really is. WARNING: Explicit language

To experience religious abuse that stunts and damages the soul, not to mention the mind and body is one of the guarantees of membership in the Xenos/Dwell cult movement. We are thankful for Roni, a former member who stepped forward to offer her own perspective on this excruciating reality she experienced just wanting to be a part of a movement supposedly preaching the "gospel".

Manipulation recurs with almost clockwork precision throughout the organizations' many centers of activity where it preaches its' so called "good news" and Roni's unblinking testimony reveals this all too well.

Joe Nelson, the founder of one of the first online communities for former members of the Xenos/Dwell cult, stops by today in our podcast with a brief yet insightful reminiscence about why the stories of the religiously abused there are not confessions of spiritually deficient people who can't hack the Xenos claim of standing for Christian truth .. but are real expressions of a church that's become a snakepit of secrecy that inflicts trauma done in the name of God.

A time of prayer for the ministries we've offered over the year and for all who we have met, confronted and shared with. This is a time of prayer and we will be praying and praising God.

The Weigh Down Diet is at the heart of the foundational dogma pushed by the Weigh Down Workshop, created by the now late Gwen Shamblin Lara. If you are seeking to jump start your life and health by engaging in this "faith based" diet program, we'd encourage you to listen in and find out why the Weigj Down Diet is a dangerous, imbalanced and unsound discipline meant to enslave all who join it. Featuring the audio of a video streamed conversation with Rachel Trease, former Weigh Down participant and former member of the Remnant Fellowship cult group that serves as the support system for all who join the diet.

Our brief and unplanned hiatus ends with this new episode, the longest we've ever produced out of an interview with former Xenos/Dwell member Megan McGowan. This is a powerful, disturbing yet ultimately liberating sharing she provides as she details her search for God and meaning , even as she struggled with great personal pain and clinical depression during her four years of intense activity within the cult. Thinking her hours of devotion there would help her find refuge and acceptance, her tragic dive into Xenos' Orwellian social circles provides enormous insight into the destructive authoritarianism casually yet firmly wielded by it. *** WARNING: Explicit testimony and descriptions of sexual assault can be triggering to abuse survivors ***

The audio of our second Vimeo stream project with perspectives on the culture and legacy of the Xenos/Dwell cultic movement. With Shawna Jones and Justin Stapleton, who had contributed in two previous podcasts .. and a teachable moment contributed by Rev. Martinez' granddaughter quite unexpectedly.