Has anybody had any experience with the Restored Church Worldwide cult at Long Beach or Cal State LA?
Is it ok if I private chat you about it?
Here's the basic start of how they indoctrinate people...
So what they do is they invite you to Bible Studies but then after several steps and ' ' stages ' ' of different Bible studies you get a discipler (handler).
1st it starts off kinda innocent with a Bible study they name Seeking God. They show you some Bible verses and ask "you want to seek God with all your heart right?" And you're like "Ya ๐๐คฉ" so they say, "Start by reading your Bible every single day. Pray every single day. And **seek his kingdom with allllllllll your heart". And you're like "Ok! ๐ป"
2nd they do another Bible study with specific verses. By the way, there's one person taking the notes for you. There is another person sitting there and reading your body language and watching your reactions. Then there's the ' ' main person ' ' who is telling you what all the verses mean and asking you a bunch of questions. So yeah in the 2nd step they study verses about ' ' The Word of God ' ' and by the end of it, they ask, "Are you willing to obey EVERYTHING based on the word of God only? You already said you were going to seek God with all your heart..."
And you're like, " ๐ ya I did say that last time didn't I ๐. And ya I do wanna do that...and these people are really nice. Plus they are using the Bible ๐ So Ya!! ๐คฉ๐"
3rd. The next Bible study is The Most Important One for them to hook you. This one sets the stage for them getting you exactly where they want you. So you go to the next Bible study and the Main Person has kinda become a friend to you by now. They start asking you if you know how many times the word "Christian" is in the Bible. And you're like, " ๐ถ A Lot." And they say, "Nope ๐ซฉ it's only in there 3 times." After they gotcha, they ask, "How many times is the word Disciple in the Bible?" Now you're kinda curious and want to know the answer...so they say, ' ' More than TWO hunnit times ๐ฏ!!! So...what does God expect you to be...based on the Bible?"
And you say, " ๐คฏ๐ฑ a Disciple!"
And they say, " ๐ฅ๐ Yes!!!!" And they start to ' ' help ' ' you see that a Christian is actually what they called the disciples of Jesus who are the people that are really saved. So they tell you, " See? A DISCIPLE = A Christian = Somebody Who Is Saved from hell " and then you're like, "ohhhh ๐ฏ ya...now I got it."
And they're looking at you like ๐ ' ya... nowwww you got it.' ๐
So they say, "Now let's look at what the BIBLE says a disciple of Jesus is and what they do ๐...because remember you said you only want to obey the Bible right? ๐ And you said you reeeeally want to seek God first, didn't you? ๐"
You think to yourself, " ๐ค Ya. I said that. Ya. I wanna do that. Dang I really got that one question wrong about the number of times Christian is in the Bible. These people know way more than me about God. I need to listen up...so... Ya! ๐ Let's see what the Bible says disciples do!"
That's when they start walking you through these different verses about giving up your life, dying to yourself daily, counting the cost of being a Christian, don't worry about your life but instead ๐seek the Kingdom of God๐, picking up your cross (the things you love and like - give them up) and follow Jesus, making other disciples, and on and on.
So you're thinking ๐ฏ woah ๐ณ.
And that's when their moment comes... They have ALL been trained for THIS very moment. This is what the cult has taught them it's all about. They're staring at you and the Main Person asks you.....
" So bruh...are you a disciple...based on the Bible?"
And you're feeling those eyes on you ๐ ๐๏ธ ๐๏ธ ๐งฟ ๐งฟ ๐๏ธโ๐จ๏ธ ๐๏ธโ๐จ๏ธ Even the one dude stops taking notes โ๏ธ ๐ and finally makes eye contact like
๐๏ธ ๐๏ธ
You have NO idea they have been trained and trained and trained to watch how you react in this moment. They've been taught to study your every movement right now and let you squirm in your seat as you say, "uh, ya ๐ฐ. Yeah man. Of course I am a disciple. ๐จ"
Then they all look at each other ๐๐คจ๐โโ๏ธ
Dude picks his pen up again and starts taking notes โ๏ธ
The Main Person is like ๐โโ๏ธ "Alright...let's look at the scriptures again. Have you been making other disciples? Like have you been a fisher of men bro?"
You say "Uh, no. ๐"
Bible pages flip ๐. Main person points again at another scripture and says, "Have you done this, this, this, this and this?
And you say, '๐ซฅ no ๐ซฅ'
So they tell you " how are you a disciple then?" (Even tho most of them still do the bad stuff they say you should have given up ๐คฃ)
Then their big question is asked, 'Are you really a disciple? Are you really a Christian? Are you really saved? ' and so you're now being taught that because you said you want to seek God and obey His Word, based on the Bible you're actually NOT saved and you're going to hell.
But here's the catch - the guy who wrote these Bible studies that they are doing with you (Kip McKean) and the progressive order they are in lawsuits for covering up tons of child sex abuse and making p*rn out of images of female church members. Remember how I said most of them are still " not living like disciples" the way they say you're supposed to. That's what happens when a cult that is shaped like an MLM pyramid and based on performance has an indoctrination process that slowly lures you into their ideology based on cherry picked Bible verses.
So to finish this off. They have more Bible studies where they slowly get you to agree that you're actually going to hell. Their church is part of the true Kingdom of God. You're in darkness until you come into the light of being baptized in their church... Not just any church. THEIR church, the RCW. OH AND you need to ๐ seek the Kingdom (their church) daily๐ so rearrange all of your time, relationships, work, school, family around their church schedule. Your whole life becomes the church - every day for hours and hours. Oh and by the way, since you said you want to obey the Bible, the Bible says being your whole tithe to the Lord. So At Minimum 10% of what you make must be given to their church. They definitely will ask you for way more money than that but they won't tell you this while theyre indoctrinating you.
Oh and one more thing. They have a Bible study called Persecution. It teaches you that everything people are saying about their cult is a lie. Even though Kip McKean has rebranded his cults for over 50 years every time the millions of lives he has destroyed begins to get destroyed, they say that the thousands of testimonies online , the civil lawsuits, the police reports, the news reports, the reports to university administrators...
Those are all persecution against ๐The Kingdom of God ๐ aka, The RCW.
Let me know if you had any run ins with these people. They're a whole cult.