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...

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...

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...

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...

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 the...

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...

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 religious tradition...

Where do I even begin with the IFB movement. First, let me say I am beyond thankful my parents got saved as they are first generation Christians. Second, I am not happy they got steeped into the IFB churches. How it has completely DESTROYED and RUINED my parents and...

I have so many stories of my upbringing I could share but the past two episodes surrounding the KJV have hit the hardest. How many times did I sit and heard preached "if you can't understand the Bible, you must not be saved" and how much turmoil and angst did I live...

Wow i do not know even where to start, i guess by saying that when i was first told of your podcast i only agreed to try it because the man that suggested it, i greatly respect. i did not believe that i needed t0 "recover" from something that in my opinion i had not...