Concerns about the safety of children and young people

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Concerns about the safety of children and young people

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Trigger warning- quotes from CF leaders below. This is a lengthy post. It breaks down the tactics of manipulation step by step

I am very concerned for the safety of the children and teenagers in CF
The current messages are trying to disable parents from stopping abuse.
And it is teaching children to submit to the abuse
In fact, it is teaching families to deny abuse and see it as a way to salvation and to deny their children’s distress

If you are a young person reading this and you are stuck, there are people who care. Abuse is always wrong, you deserve safety, and there is help . please email me for help cifs.workshop.bcf@gmail.com

If you are a parent, do not let the leaders into your home and allow them to harm your family. do not turn off the instinct inside you that tells you that this is wrong and I need to protect my kids. If you are stuck, you can email me too

I have analysed some quotes and it is disturbing, taken from the sermons at BCF on 24 Nov – current live stream https://communion.bcf.org.au/


First sermon from Luke Pomery (24/11/24)

His sermon is priming and disarming the parent
“okay so there's a progression from becoming a worthy house to becoming a first fruits house. a worthy house, this is my summary, is one that receives the messenger and the word that the messenger brings and that message has been sent from the Fellowship of the presbytery. So a worthy house is receiving the message and they're also accepting the reforming process that the word precipitates in their life. so they're actually accepting the word to them and to their household, it's instigating a process as we heard this morning of washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit. they’re accepting that. To me it also feels like we're just getting to that point isn’t it, we are accepting the process the words bringing
….so everyone of us are to become a first fruit home because it's only a first fruits home- that is a house that has the double portion of oil - that's invited into the marriage Supper of the lamb”


in other words, What they are saying is if you want to be saved, you have to let the leaders come into your home and allow them to do whatever they want to you and your family. you have to accept whatever they say and do and accept whatever impact that has on your family

Second sermon from Peter Hay (24/11/24)


In his introduction, he stated he introduced this content at the teens break up and it’s taken from ‘the Elijah ministry in church’ book from Easter 2024 and he primes the families again
“..a worthy house is a house that receives the action of footwashing…If you don’t have your feet washed, and you don’t participate in the action of washing another’s feet, you have no part with Him, that means you are not joined to Him, and have no part in his inheritance
again saying, So if you do accept and submit to what the leaders are about to say, then you lose your salvation.
“now in relation to our children in particular, so now I'm talking about parents and how we engage with our children. and we wash their feet in preparation for their journey each day. so this is part of training up our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. so washing feet is fundamental to this action. in relation to our children in particular, we are not so much washing the filth of the world from their feet…but we're washing the filth have belongs to our fallen familiar cultures and we are teaching them to trust the lord and embrace their daily fellowship with Christ in his offering and sufferings”
he is manipulating the parents, an abuser needs to weaken and undermine family relationships so he describes strong family units as filth and fallen
“okay so when my kids are coming home and we're talking about the day in the injustices and the difficulties of the day,washing their feet is not saying ‘you poor little sock, let's deal with this thing here’ . washing their feet is a conversation birthed from Lisa and I’s repentance, from the dead works and familiar cultures that are the filth on the way that they walk and extending to them the oil of the spirit from our one-spirit fellowship so that as they walk through life, they are equipped for obedience and through that obedience… so we are extending to our children the anointing of the spirit that – so for my family that Lisa and I are finding through our submission to the lordship of Christ - which enables us to be one spirit. so that they can walk in the world- this is our children- carrying the fragrance of Christ which is diffused in every place through their obedience.”
an abuser must train the parents to turn off their parental instincts, he is saying don’t respond to your child with empathy and stop what is harming them, instead, tell them that they must obey the abuser and submit to the abuse
“now a godly mother washes the feet of those who are in her house and she does this through intercessory prayer and through the word of motherhood. now it's important to note, that the word of motherhood is not just your opinions- ladies- about what a child needs to do to navigate just the difficulties of life. that is not the word of motherhood.”
He targets mothers- firstly by saying mothers- your instincts to guide and protect are wrong and ungodly

“the word of motherhood - this is proverbs 31- teaches us this. this is the law of kindness that's on her lips, that law of kindness is the wisdom of the Cross…that means a woman who is washing her children's faith through the law of kindness which is on her lips which is the wisdom of the Cross is teaching her children that they are no victims in Christ. so in the circumstances in life that the children face and the injustices and the difficulties and the bullying and all the things that are happening, if you are touching the dying and living yourself of Jesus Christ, you are able to communicate the wisdom of the Lord to that child to secure them in the fellowship of Christ’s offerings and sufferings, so that they journey with Christ as well. Ok, no victims in Christ. and you can see that there's a lot of activity that we can engage in and that we get energized towards because we see our children being unjustly treated and we think we are too. so we rise up and act against these things and all we’re doing is being energized by familiar spirits aren't we? We’re not delivering our children from this fallen way of walking.”
the abuser says, mothers, deny the abuse ‘no victims in christ’ what a total denial of abuse. He is coaching mothers to not respond to the distress and disclosures of their children, he is telling them to turn off that urge to speak out and protect

“Godly fathers teach their children the way of the Cross and that peace, okay so remember we're washing our children's feet so that they are shod, their feet are shod, with the preparation of the gospel of peace. so godly father's teach their children the way of the Cross and that peace is obtained as we walk by the spirit and embrace the sufferings that belong to Christ's chastening. they direct their children to the obedience of Christ as their submission to his lordship in the order of headship”
he also targets fathers, he tells them to teach your children to obey to their abusers, to embrace their abuse, and to teach the a horrific lie- that the abuse is sent from God

In the MCF meeting of 17 Nov, Peter Hay testifies to the above in the treatment of his own daughter. I might post it in a separate post. It is disturbing.

Parents do not listen to this man, this is not a messenger of Christ preaching the word of God, this man is using your fear of going to hell and using tactics of manipulation so the leaders can harm families.

Parents, protect your children!
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Agreed Breakfree,
As someone who had leaders try and break relationships with parents and family members. What you are saying is true.
Please listen!
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So what happens to the children? are they forced to leave their parents and go live with the elders? im guessing this happens when theyre in their teens? im of the understanding that single people (those who dont live with their parents) live in share houses,with each other,and some teens are taken from their parents?
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the shortest and easiest way to explain it is this.
Children are taught from a very young age to go to the leaders rather than their parents if they have any sort of struggle or questions. on the flip side parents are taught not to intervein. In other words parents are taught to let the leaders 'parent' their children and children are taught to seek the leaders not their parents.
It is a very vicious cycle.

Children/teens don't live with the leaders.
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At what point does this become a police matter?

Parents if your children are caught up in this and they're under 18 and you're they're legal guardian, call the police.
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tallon71 wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2024 8:37 pm So what happens to the children? are they forced to leave their parents and go live with the elders? im guessing this happens when theyre in their teens? im of the understanding that single people (those who dont live with their parents) live in share houses,with each other,and some teens are taken from their parents?
No this never happens, quite the contrary. A lot of young people are living with their parents well into their 30's if they're still unmarried. There was a time when sharehouses with other young adults was more common, but this was changed maybe 10 years ago, and young people were encouraged to not leave their parents houses and make youth share houses. Rather they stay there until they're married (or old enough and mature enough to form their own 'worthy' single person house).
There are still the odd single sharehouses, but most of these youth are in their 30's. (This is the experience in BCF by the way, I can't comment on other places).

In my experience, as youth we were encouraged to speak with & obey our parents regarding spiritual/life matters, but once we were well into Young Adults, we were encouraged/expected to 'relate' more broadly than just the family (as families can have their own 'familiar cultures' which can get in the way of the 'word' and the spirit's leading). It was at this point that youth were/are 'encouraged' to seek input in their lives from elders (i.e. joining the fellowship of the presbrytery). Being an introvert, and never really having an authentic testimony because I found it hard to put things into words, I always struggled with this. Once I was in my mid 20's I was 'better' at relating with the elders (i.e. the youth leaders), but it always felt forced.
Catch-ups with the elders would look like this (not super scripted, but generally followed this format):
- visit to their house, either for a meal (lunch/dinner) or an after dinner visit
- casually chat a little, talk about what I'm 'hearing' or 'learning' in the word
- share my testimony of the season
- depending on the person, have them speak for x length of time about the current word (borderline preaching, but not in an agressive/angry way, more like a "wow this is the word at the moment, isn't this just amazing!" and me being like "wow yeah! (I have no idea what you're talking about lol)"
- have a prayer time
I would often feel good after these visits, but retrospectively they weren't all helpful.

Anyway, I don't miss those days. My current church is such a different experience, I feel comfortable and even eager to share my life with the priests, and I love all the people around me, and they likewise are very genuine and caring.
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Thanks so much for sharing this. You've put into words an experience that is very common in CF. I can certainly relate. I think the 'worshipping the amazing word' (i.e. messenger (i.e. presbytery (i.e. Vic))) has only gotten worse in the last 10 years.

But there are also instances of teenagers running away from home in the CF movement. For probity reasons, I'll just leave it at that.
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As someone who was a young person very much in the era of young adult share houses and who has subsequently left church I laugh at the absolute hypocrisy and secret sin that was rampant throughout BCF. The wide variety of young men even those with “favoured surnames” with rampant sexual immorality and “secret sin”: Including pornography, homosexuality, drinking, nightclubbing, cross-dressing and sex toys.

You probably won’t believe, me doesn’t matter but I saw it happen.
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guest wrote: Thu Nov 28, 2024 7:57 pm The wide variety of young men even those with “favoured surnames” with rampant sexual immorality and “secret sin”: Including pornography, homosexuality, drinking, nightclubbing, cross-dressing and sex toys.
Maybe it's because of this that "young" men now need to stay home locked away with mum and dad until they're safely married lol. Although I'm not sure being a 30+ yo man living with your parents is that appealing to prospective wives
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tallon71 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2024 9:37 pm
So what happens to the children? are they forced to leave their parents and go live with the elders? im guessing this happens when theyre in their teens? im of the understanding that single people (those who dont live with their parents) live in share houses,with each other,and some teens are taken from their parents?

“No this never happens, quite the contrary. A lot of young people are living with their parents well into their 30's if they're still unmarried”……I know for a FACT that Vic and Lorraine Hall have moved children out of their parents home as teenager. If they want you out, they will find a way to get them out of their parents house. This is the classic cult move. So guest is not aware of this manipulative cult move, as current CFS turn a blind eye too. BE AWARE!
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