I've often pondered about "Christians" in Worldwide Church of God and I've been of the opinion some were in there. Since I accepted that it wasn't really God's church, the strange or bad behavior by many of the members are easier to understand. Through the years I had difficulty understanding bad behavior and kooks being in "God's church." I saw many things that went much further than people being imperfect Christians. Some of these were clearly bad people and really had no place within what we thought was a "Christian" organization. I have no doubt others noticed similar things. 

It was very common that people in our congregation would approach me about their being abused by the ministry. I assured them that I believed what they were saying, because I was aware of abuse taking place. I did always caution them that if such conversations got to the ears of the ministry we would be kicked out. To us that was a fearful dread. I now admire the ones that just got fed up and walked away. I might add that I felt really bad by not being able to reduce the abuse they were victims of. However, it seemed that validation of their experiences was of some value to them. 

By Will
July 27, 2004

Note from ESN: Most in WCG didn't realize they were being abused. They simply thought in terms of "blessings and curses," "being corrected," or "undergoing trials." 

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