Well basically, my cousin who was like a brother to me is caught up in that church. When I was in high school, one of the girls in my classes was involved in that church and would basically make it her daily ritual to invite us to church. I told her that I would come to hers if she came to mine, and she flat out told me that she would go to hell if she came to mine.
Long story short, when we (my family) flew up to Howard for my cousin's graduation eight years ago, all the money that his mom was sending him to pay for a nice apt and car and everything OBVIOUSLY went to the church, b/c he was living in a piece of crap apartment with two other people from the church, and he said that he was giving the money to the church to help further their ministry. My family was like, WTF?! Fast forward six years....he, for whatever reason, distanced himself from the church, and he was 'cool' again--he could talk about things other than the ICOC, and he didn't look at you like u were going to hell if you attended a different church. Last year, he decided to get back up into the church again, and he did what I consider the most inconsiderate thing--I moved to Atlanta from Miami by myself in July 2003. I asked him in April to help me drive the moving truck with my stuff in it, and he agreed. THE NIGHT BEFORE I WAS SUPPOSED TO LEAVE.....he comes to my apartment and is like, "Well my pastor feels that it's not a good idea for me to go to Atlanta with you to help you move. Good luck." Then he walks off to his car, and drives away.
I'm still not over that....and after that happened, I was convinced that this church is a cult.
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