Hello! I’m Luca, a former WMSCOG member, and this website is the home for never again, my story about spending a decade in the World Mission Society Church of God with untreated mental illness.
Each chapter contains a written narrative and an audio file that you can also listen to if you prefer. Click here for a full listing of chapters. You can also listen through the entire story in chronological order using this site’s audio player or on Spotify.
This story is incomplete and continuously updating. If you want to be in the loop, follow me on Instagram to read the stories as soon as they post.
Don’t know where to start? How about at the beginning:
chapter one: the hook
Never again will I let my freedom be stolen from me.
Never again will I betray my values.
Never again will I lose my sense of self.
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32. the official story
When I was in the church, they would often teach that the 144,000 saints would go to heaven alive with the heavenly mother, who would never die.
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31. permission
In the church, we were expected to ask for permission to do anything, including visiting our parents, changing jobs, or attending a funeral.
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30. not your friends
Shortly after I joined the church, the missionary dispensed some critical advice to everyone: The church members are not your friends. You shouldn’t have any friends here. Church is to foster your relationship with god, nothing else.
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29. getting married
My marriage wasn’t arranged. It was a sinful marriage, but also a practical one.