My reasons for leaving the cult

I just started listening to the podcast. I’ve known about it for some time. But, I was afraid to listen to it. I don’t know if that makes any sense. But, I was. I was raised to be a die hard IFB follower. “Baptist born, baptist bred and when I am...

Broad Brush Syndrome

“I hate these false accusations that are made against people who just don’t walk in step.” This was a quote I heard on one of the podcasts the other day. The more I listened to some of the episodes, and the more I read the comments…I realized...

Recovering fundamentalist with lots of questions

I’ve been listening to the recovering fundamentalist podcast for quite some time now. I was told about the podcast by a friend who told me he had left a cult in California. Little did I know that I had left the exact same cult when I was 16 all the way across the...

Finding Myself

I have recently started listening to the RF podcast and I love it so much. My parents, some cousins, and I are struggling a little bit with the church we now go to, to support my brother and his wife (preachers daughter) and a handful of my family now goes there. For...

Fundamentally Flawed Female

I love your podcast. My brother shared it with me over the weekend and I have not stopped listening to it. For the first 10 years or so of my life I grew up in a Southern Baptist Church in Friendsville, TN. The pastor of the Southern Baptist Church was my uncle. He...

MY IBF EXIT

I attended and graduate from Midwestern Baptist College, Pontiac, Michigan)While I never was as strict as some of our ibf brothers ( I listened to The Imperials, Amy Grant and attended their concerts, I went to the movies and played cards, my hair was always just...

From IFB to IMB

The year was 1998. I was saved just two years prior and in my freshman year of college playing baseball. I went to school two hours away from home and would come back every 2-3 weeks to visit my family (and get my clothes washed of course). The church I was saved and...

Recovering Catholic

Hi! I’ve been listening to y’all for about six months and wanted to let you know what a blessing your show has been. As the title indicates, I’m a recovering Catholic. I was raised very traditionally Catholic, and in listening to your podcast, I’ve realized how many...

“IFCB”= Independent Fundamental Calvinistic Baptist

Hello gents, I just started listening to the podcast and I am already hooked. Every story seems to line up with my younger years in the IFB. My story has a slightly different twist however: Oddly enough, I was raised in a church that was very “IFBish” on...

I’m Not the Only One

All I can say is “thank you and I am glad to know it isn’t just me!” I grew up in an IFB church. I have struggled with some of their beliefs my whole life. When I was a teenager, my family left that church. Now, as a 27 year old husband and father, we attend a...