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How Did Christian Tabernacle of Washington, Iowa Go from Christian Church to Cult? Part one

Compassionate Church to Cult How does a loving small-town mid-western church go from pretty normal to a cult known as The Walk? Christian Tabernacle was a Bible-focused church in Washington, Iowa for many years before the idea of The Walk started. We appreciated strong moral values in our elders and felt a sense of belonging […]


Sunday School Lesson Before the Cult Invaded

I am grateful for the Sunday School Lessons that I learned when I was a child. Little did I or any of the congregation of the Christian Tabernacle church I attended to realize that our Midwestern Bible-based church would be systematically seduced by a cult leader from the West Coast. In retrospect, I can recall […]


Iowa Girl Sees Home Town Terrorized by Youth Group

This is my personal history of how a good Christian girl, an active member of a loving church, Christian Tabernacle, in a small town in Washington, Iowa was ashamed of her youth group peers who were members of a religious group known as The Walk. Now, that the Church of the Living Word cult has […]