Jun 22, 2021 |
I was born into the IFB movement. The church I grew up in was in the Crown College/Temple Baptist wing of the movement. Preachers were our rockstars, and rules were our Christianity. I made multiple professions of faith starting at age 5 but always struggled with...
Jun 11, 2021 |
I wanted to thank you guys for the ministry you all have created here. This has been a great tool to open discussions with my wife. She was raised in an IFB church. Her family is still very much IFB, even after leaving a church that was continually bashing their...
Jun 2, 2021 |
Wow! I don’t know where to start! Today is June 2, 2021. I went to my hair stylist ( she is also a friend, we go to church together and get dad is the pastor). We began to talk like always about different subjects and some how I told her about dinner things I am...
May 26, 2021 |
I was raised in a holiness Pentecostal serpent handling church from the time I was a small girl and finally left when I was 34. While there are some differences between the IFB and the church I was raised in, the “standards” where pretty much the same. I began praying...
May 25, 2021 |
My journey started at the same place we ended up after we left, but God was clearly working despite the legalism. I was raised by a saved dad and an unsaved Catholic mom. We went to the Catholic church until my 6th grade school year, when my parents disagreed with a...
May 24, 2021 |
Hey guys! I’ve listened to every episode of the podcast and love it. I had thought about telling you my story, because it is different from yours, and when J.C. mentioned his uvula swelling, I knew I had to do it. My uvula has swollen on numerous occasions, and even...
May 22, 2021 |
I am 48 years old and still struggling to find rest from my fundamentalist past. I have not renounced my faith but I am most definitely struggling with church attendance anxiety. I believe I have list out on much fellowship and growth because of being fearful of...
May 21, 2021 |
I love your podcast…it has helped me so much in my recovery from fear over the years in growing up in the deep IFB. I was at PCC in 2004-2005. During my year there I received demerits for having flannel pajama pants on in my dorm before 10pm. 🤣 Also, remember...
May 20, 2021 |
I was the pastor of an IFB church 8 years ago. I had been at the church for about 9 months when my wife was caught being unfaithful, which over a years time led to a terrible divorce. When the divorce happened, I received phone call after phone call that I had failed...
May 19, 2021 |
Hello RFP fam, I am so glad I found your podcast. It’s so refreshing to hear other’s who have been through similar circumstances that I have been subjected to, and that they are able to recover. I’m still trying to learn what I believe, and what is...
