My UPC Experience

In a dream, I was in a primitive cabin, possibly in the mountains where I grew up. A woman named Molly was sitting in a rocking chair near the hearth, where there was a blazing fire. Molly was clearly a wise woman, and she had something to share with me. […]

Escaping The Fear of Fundamentalism

May 5, 2017 in My UPC Experience / Recovering Right Winger / The Christian Cult / Trauma and Recovery by admin

This is the second article discussing how the United Pentecostal Church and it’s teachings caused trauma in my life. I’m laying bare these old injuries in an effort to understand, and hopefully, heal from them. You can read about what caused this need here. “Are you sick?” The question, […]

Being A Woman In The UPC (United Pentecostal Church)

October 4, 2016 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult / Trauma and Recovery by admin

The other night I had a dream. I was supposed to attend a service at my old church, but overslept and didn’t go. As people started returning from the service, one was the Pastor’s Wife from when I attended. Only it wasn’t her. It was a very old, very disfigured […]

United Pentecostal Church Inflicted Trauma

September 25, 2016 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult / Trauma and Recovery tagged trauma / UPC by admin

So I haven’t darkened the door of my local UPC in over two years. There’s no way I’ll ever go back. Yet for some reason, at least half of the people on my Facebook friends list were church people. They’ve been dropping off steadily over the past few months, especially since […]

Finally Cutting Ties With My Former Churchmates

July 19, 2015 in My Pagan Path / My UPC Experience tagged batshit crazy / christianity / christians / hypocrisy / intolerance / United Pentecostal Church / UPC by admin

A couple sit anxiously in the ER, where their only child is being frantically attended to. As they fall to their knees in desperate prayer, the husband pulls out what he believes to be his biggest bargaining chip with God: “Heal our child, Lord. Work a miracle. My wife, this […]

Holy Magic Hair: How Fundamentalist Christianity Gets Women To Subjugate ...

June 17, 2015 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult / Trauma and Recovery tagged apostolic / christianity / clothing / feminism / hair / Holiness / individualism / legalism / Rev. Lee Stoneking / standards / subjugation / United Pentecostal Church / UPC / women by admin

So over the weekend my Facebook feed (I promise I don’t live my life on Facebook, but it does give me lots of great article fodder) was littered with links to a particular article. It caught my eye because, for one, I saw it several times, but also because it’s […]

People “Backslide” For Very Good Reasons

June 1, 2015 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult tagged apostolic / backsliding / christianity / christians / intolerance / oneness / Rev. Lee Stoneking / United Pentecostal Church / UPC by admin

I discovered this gem while researching for my article on Lee Stoneking lying to the United Nations. Seems his “miraculous healing” isn’t all that Stoneking likes to play loosie-truthies with. That story could (if you’re feeling really generous) be labeled a (gross, extreme, huge) exaggeration. This one, however… not so […]

Lee Stoneking Lies Again: Osama’s 40 Wives

May 15, 2015 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult tagged fake / Lee Stoneking / lies / preachers / UPC by admin

In case you missed it, UPC superstar evangelist Lee Stoneking spoke to the UN toward the end of April. And totally exaggerated, misrepresented, and LIED about his infamous (inside the UPC) testimony about being miraculously healed from a heart attack. If you haven’t read it, please do. So I have a […]

Rev. Lee Stoneking Lies At The UN Part 2

May 15, 2015 in My UPC Experience tagged bogus miracles / dishonesty / fake / preachers / Rev. Lee Stoneking / UPC by admin

My Facebook feed has been so full of potential topics the last week or so I can barely keep up. This gem was shared by a young mother of 3 who grew up (and is still a member) in the UPC. While the article’s author is not Pentecostal (he’s actually […]

Moral Decline In America: Because Women Wear Pants

April 28, 2015 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult by admin

I’m not sure I can properly express what a HUGE DEAL this post is to me. It started off benign enough… my Facebook feed was full of the video clip below. All the people I used to go to church with are excited because one of their own, an evangelist […]

Rev. Lee Stoneking Lies To The United Nations

April 22, 2015 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult by admin

20 years is a long time. A lot of indoctrination. Three times a week, every week, sitting in church having those beliefs reinforced -its quite effective. So how did I finally work up the nerve to leave? It was a gradual process. For a good year or more I just […]

What Finally Made Me Leave The UPC

March 27, 2015 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult / Trauma and Recovery by admin

The United Pentecostal Church is a Christian organization with a very unique doctrine. I imagine I’ll get visitors here who are very familiar with it, and some who’ve never heard of it so I’ll explain it here. The UPC believes in the “Oneness” of God. Whereas most of Christianity believes […]

What Is The United Pentecostal Church?

March 25, 2015 in My UPC Experience / The Christian Cult by admin

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