tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.comments2024-01-31T09:14:55.056-08:00The Truth about Acts2 Network (formerly Gracepoint)John Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418137876460135162noreply@blogger.comBlogger998125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-2184875415005369582024-01-31T09:14:55.056-08:002024-01-31T09:14:55.056-08:00They belong to the Southern Baptist Convention and...They belong to the Southern Baptist Convention and have the corresponding fundamental beliefs but they are definitely a high control group, bordering a cult that practices Whole Life Discipleship and obedience to your leader above all else.John Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14418137876460135162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-32677463836141405382024-01-31T00:12:22.158-08:002024-01-31T00:12:22.158-08:00what is their theology? what do they believe? are ...what is their theology? what do they believe? are they considered cult?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-56648702760640772392024-01-15T22:58:18.038-08:002024-01-15T22:58:18.038-08:001. "Gracepoint will tell you that god=church=...1. "Gracepoint will tell you that god=church=family and that your leaders are the voice of God for you."<br /> we don't need another gate Jesus himself is the only gate<br />2. God did have good plan for everyone who believe and trust in him.<br /> ; but is between you and God others can only verify. but any Church can't pretend they know God 's plan on every his member.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-78714196724076847092023-08-06T10:30:34.252-07:002023-08-06T10:30:34.252-07:00I don't know much about them.I don't know much about them.John Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14418137876460135162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-556130113378304962023-08-06T00:38:45.676-07:002023-08-06T00:38:45.676-07:00what do you think about Blue Sky network of church...what do you think about Blue Sky network of churches? https://leavingthenetwork.org/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-25619591207962682272023-06-23T15:57:33.421-07:002023-06-23T15:57:33.421-07:00This type of thing was very common. Thanks for sha...This type of thing was very common. Thanks for sharing.John Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14418137876460135162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-34583968065210800982023-06-23T14:18:24.003-07:002023-06-23T14:18:24.003-07:009. I know this has been addressed elsewhere - seve...9. I know this has been addressed elsewhere - several times, exhaustively - but I gotta talk about BBC's near "obsession" to have members get baptized, or "re-baptized". I got baptized when I was 16 years old, and I unequivocally consider it genuine and as spiritually significant as any other's baptism, and I see it Biblically incorrect to get baptized "again&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-42214256240994685572023-06-14T12:58:41.757-07:002023-06-14T12:58:41.757-07:008. The culture of exclusivity is also very high, a...8. The culture of exclusivity is also very high, and it cultivates very mean, insensitive, and inconsiderate environment. It also cultivates a toxic superiority complex. I was in a group of about 8 sisters. The leaders would "invite" the sisters, in secret (I just shake my head), who are deemed "ready" to write weekly reflections (from the sermon) and turn them in to the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-70786476017521191932023-06-14T12:42:36.847-07:002023-06-14T12:42:36.847-07:00I haven't read through a lot of comments here,...I haven't read through a lot of comments here, and I do feel I may be repeating what others have shared already, but here are some more of my memories of ridiculous Berkland culture.<br />7. Perhaps my worst gripe has to be how the "leadership" tries to squeeze out every ounce of "free labor" from the small group members, calling it "serving attitude" and "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-44639749544855122292023-06-09T18:21:14.563-07:002023-06-09T18:21:14.563-07:00OK...here are some more of the things I remember.....OK...here are some more of the things I remember...<br />6. 9/11/2001 The "sisters" came to the apartment I was sharing with other girls. We were going to do QT together in the early morning, with I think Ahmi leading (she's, for lack of a better word, a peculiar and "in her own little world"...and she never blended her bright pink blush and it sat in a round glop on herAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-69289844500139729742023-06-09T18:03:52.191-07:002023-06-09T18:03:52.191-07:00#4 misogynistic? Sorry, didn't mean to sound ...#4 misogynistic? Sorry, didn't mean to sound misogynistic, but it was just how I saw it. The sisters were particularly not "living in the world", as in, purposely did not participate or agree with (and passive-aggessively regarded with disdain if a new comer came with some make-up on or some form-fitting fashionable clothing). What did Jesus teach about living "in" the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-33625651389530978202023-06-09T10:18:11.604-07:002023-06-09T10:18:11.604-07:00#4 has some misogynistic undertones... do not agre...#4 has some misogynistic undertones... do not agree.John Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14418137876460135162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-20424881947608239762023-06-09T09:01:05.714-07:002023-06-09T09:01:05.714-07:00Do share! Also, do you know about the subreddit?Do share! Also, do you know about the subreddit?John Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14418137876460135162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-65565192386036735342023-06-09T02:44:08.300-07:002023-06-09T02:44:08.300-07:002. Totally random: Kelly kept saying she coined th...2. Totally random: Kelly kept saying she coined the phrase "teachable moment", but it was actually first phrased by an educator Walter Brandenburg in 1917. <br />3. But to be honest, I felt that God kept Kelly on "earth" with her back pains. Oh, thank God for her back pains...I can't imagine how much more she would've become so arrogant and haughty with her "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-47162474374577010182023-06-09T02:43:55.140-07:002023-06-09T02:43:55.140-07:00I attended then-called Berkland after I moved back...I attended then-called Berkland after I moved back to Bay Area (my parents' house) after I graduated from another UC school, from about 2000 to 2012ish. Although I rolled my inner eyes every time they mentioned UC Berkeley as the best school in the entire galaxy, I was mature enough to know that my spiritual growth and faith did not depend on whether I felt included in the Berkeley-worship Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-66716430914793172692023-04-12T12:24:06.808-07:002023-04-12T12:24:06.808-07:00thanksthanksMiju Ahammedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04256054624035478492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-72051830254656101772022-11-06T19:40:08.978-08:002022-11-06T19:40:08.978-08:00Hey OlderNWiser, do you ever recall seeing a grace...Hey OlderNWiser, do you ever recall seeing a gracepointhorrorstories.com? Around mid-2010, I received an anonymous tip-off about how gracepointhorrorstories1.wordpress.com and gracepointhorrorstories2.wordpress.com were setup as mirror sites to Toxic Faith and Twisted Gracepoint that had just been hacked, corresponding to domain names (I don't know what they were) registered by someone in hamcyclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808987472271611617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-32837875831550962992022-11-06T11:40:04.794-08:002022-11-06T11:40:04.794-08:00Thanks for your comment. I think many share the se...Thanks for your comment. I think many share the sentiment that relationships make it very hard for people to leave Berkland/Gracepoint and also that they tolerate things for a while until it all just becomes too much.John Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14418137876460135162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-83427273976982656472022-11-06T07:53:00.751-08:002022-11-06T07:53:00.751-08:00I attended the Boston church in the early 2010s. I...I attended the Boston church in the early 2010s. I left after a very public falling out with Becky (basically a shouting match in front of everyone). In hindsight, I had grown not to like the church for some time but the friendships made it difficult for me to leave. So my clean break was a blessing in disguise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-30881235853491767342022-09-15T13:33:19.712-07:002022-09-15T13:33:19.712-07:00Thank you for your comment. I am not surprised tha...Thank you for your comment. I am not surprised that this was your experience. GP is intentionally uninclusive.John Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14418137876460135162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-88382977437007808972022-09-15T12:07:00.891-07:002022-09-15T12:07:00.891-07:00For context, I’m latinx and I attended GP Austin a...For context, I’m latinx and I attended GP Austin at UT. This was something I picked up on during my years (~8) at GP. I left years ago and never looked back.<br /><br />If you’re familiar at all with the structure of GP, you’ll know that there are tiers of ministry involvement there:<br /><br />1. College ministry<br />2. International graduate student ministry <br />3. International college Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-62803383203436557732022-06-08T15:17:15.244-07:002022-06-08T15:17:15.244-07:00Hi KM, I'm on the Gracepoint subreddit at http...Hi KM, I'm on the Gracepoint subreddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/GracepointChurch/ along with many others who have experience at Gracepoint and you are welcome to reach out to me and others there.John Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14418137876460135162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-46456882572225182452022-06-08T14:54:07.143-07:002022-06-08T14:54:07.143-07:00Hi, Thank you for this blog. My initials are KM, a...Hi, Thank you for this blog. My initials are KM, and we have GP staff functioning as volunteers for the youth in our church. It's always seemed suspicious to me. I'd like to connect with anyone who can help and knows the strategies and tactics that GP uses, how they influence youth and students, and what they teach the youth that can be divisive. I'm very concerned. Who can I reach Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-43184819322177080812022-05-20T10:18:37.828-07:002022-05-20T10:18:37.828-07:00Thank you for this comment.Thank you for this comment.John Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14418137876460135162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247604041753129256.post-29063399061850783232022-05-20T08:52:02.845-07:002022-05-20T08:52:02.845-07:00First time commenter here. As someone who was memb...First time commenter here. As someone who was member of "campus staff" under Rebekah Kim and Paul Kim and as someone who served in this inner circle for almost ten years can say without reservation that Antioch aka Berkland is a cult. Have seen and heard too much to think otherwise. Personally, I left just over ten years ago. My personal takeaways are these. 1) For people, including Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com