For those who want to know...RULES at my church!

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

What struck me in the first is that there was only ONE story which could be said to be a traditional "apostolic" type church. The rest were all nutso, whacked-out, organizations you never hear of. The very first chapter is about a church in CA right out of the 80's "radically saved" mentality. Hardly UPC, but very VERY abusive.

Sounds like you've read the brief notation I wrote in the front of my copy of Recovering From Churches That Abuse. I jotted down, "Good- enjoy reading personal experiences yet too many are of a more severe nature. Need a book that deals with more subtle issues-"

Though I like Enroth's two books, they focused too much on the more 'way out there' cases. Because of this, they aren't as helpful as they could be to those who were involved in a 'normal' unhealthy church.