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by BreakFree
Thu Jul 25, 2024 9:19 pm
Forum: About us
Topic: CIFS workshop
Replies: 4
Views: 11788

Re: CIFS workshop

I received this as an email today. I couldn't copy the email so just put the information here. CIFS Weekend workshop' October 5th 6th Brisbane QLD annual weekend recovery workshop for former members Walking Free from Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th October 2024 This ...
by BreakFree
Tue Jul 16, 2024 3:36 pm
Forum: Brisbane Christian Fellowship
Topic: BCF C’n school teachers & students’ exodus
Replies: 25
Views: 74427

Re: BCF C’n school teachers & students’ exodus

Hi guest,
Do you know if the school made reports to child protection at all?
If you are comfortable would you be able to email me please. cifs.workshop.bcf@gmail.com
I would like to talk with you further on this topic but don't feel this forum is the right place.
Kind regards
BF
by BreakFree
Sun Jul 14, 2024 8:48 pm
Forum: Teenagers and Young Adults
Topic: Escape or stay-&-survive
Replies: 3
Views: 1092

Re: Escape or stay-&-survive

The other thing I would like to talk about is building your capacity to live freely. The breadth of things which we were banned from doing in CF was huge. Everything from the music we listened to, the people we hung out with, where we could spend leisure time, the medical help we could get, our appe...
by BreakFree
Thu Jul 11, 2024 10:17 pm
Forum: What is spiritual abuse?
Topic: From my soul to yours, dear survivors
Replies: 3
Views: 1244

From my soul to yours, dear survivors

Friends My wife wrote this poem for all of you. You have been told that your thoughts, your feelings, your wants, your needs All that is you All that you could become and achieve Is to be rejected Even hated To be put in a bag and thrown out with rubbish Because it is dirty And originates from somet...
by BreakFree
Tue Jul 09, 2024 8:37 am
Forum: Teenagers and Young Adults
Topic: Escape or stay-&-survive
Replies: 3
Views: 1092

Re: Escape or stay-&-survive

I hope this becomes a living post and generates a good discussion. Thank you guest for your initiative. I will start from the point of leaving SCF. I want to encourage you not to doubt your self or your experience. I questioned myself: Did it really happen as I remember it? Is it as bad as I am maki...
by BreakFree
Mon Jul 08, 2024 4:41 pm
Forum: West Lakes Christian Fellowship
Topic: David Hall Senior
Replies: 4
Views: 1372

Re: David Hall Senior

Its an interesting question regarding ethics Thanomere84. Is David Hall a victim yes. Is David Hall also a perpetrator also yes. This is my personal opinion. If David Hall takes accountability for the damage he has caused and appoligises to those whom he has hurt then I can see his humanity. If he i...
by BreakFree
Thu Jul 04, 2024 8:52 pm
Forum: About us
Topic: Rebuilding after leaving CF
Replies: 9
Views: 4590

Re: Rebuilding after leaving CF

I want to share an experience I had this week. Independent decision making has been a challenge since leaving. Being trained to run everything by the elders making life choices is difficult. I have been able to make choices for myself since leaving CF but this week I made a decision which was in the...
by BreakFree
Mon Jul 01, 2024 11:14 pm
Forum: Library
Topic: Rejection
Replies: 9
Views: 16898

Re: Rejection

I have been thinking about this thread for a couple of days. I appreciate there are a number who draw strength from a renewed faith and there are others who do not. While I have found a spiritual home in our local Anglican church I would like to add some thoughts from my mental health recovery separ...
by BreakFree
Mon Jul 01, 2024 10:41 pm
Forum: Sydney Christian Fellowship
Topic: How are the people of Highlands Christian Fellowship / NSW?
Replies: 1
Views: 959

Re: How are the people of Highlands Christian Fellowship / NSW?

Hi Guest, This was the branch of Christian Fellowship I was connected to. Tim Maurice is the man at the top of NSW. He took over from Frank Van Netten in 2006 and has since been moving all the resources (money, property and people) to Bowral. The Campbelltown hall was renovated in 2016 and 2017 but ...
by BreakFree
Sat Jun 22, 2024 8:59 pm
Forum: West Lakes Christian Fellowship
Topic: What is happening in the Adelaide Fellowship? (Westlakes Christian Fellowship)
Replies: 50
Views: 84741

Re: What is happening in the Adelaide Fellowship? (Westlakes Christian Fellowship)

Link to the specific book Stargazer referenced https://communion.bcf.org.au/WordDatabase/2021.03.25_Victor%20Hall_The%20Blessing%20of%20Abraham%20in%20Families_BOOK.pdf Link to Podcast 8/4/24 Andrew Ready was interviewed for change of career https://www.julianmather.com/podcasts/changeability-with-j...