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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13. first mission
In the church, the person who brought you was known as the branch, and anyone you brought would be known as your fruit.
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12. second mission
I was working as a graphic designer at my university library when I joined the church.
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11. honeymoon period
Many members can relate to the “honeymoon period” after joining the church, where everything seems great and exciting. During this period, the older church members treat new members like royalty.
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10. father’s coming soon
According to the church doctrine, World War III would happen, then god would come to take their people to heaven and deal judgment on the rest of the world.
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9. manipulation techniques
These are some of the manipulation techniques (forms of information control) that I noticed at the beginning.