Resources
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If you are in crisis
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
If you are in the United States and struggling, call or text 988 any time, day or night. It is free and confidential.
Support and recovery
- International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA)
A long-standing nonprofit that shares research on high-control groups and offers support resources for former members and their families.
- Nadine Templer, #arewetogether
Essays on faith, spirituality and justice from a writer who spent decades in leadership in the International Churches of Christ (ICOC), a high-control church, including years on the mission field, before leaving. She writes about why her faith grew stronger afterward.
Understanding high-control groups
- The BITE Model, Freedom of Mind Resource Center
A widely used framework, developed by Steven Hassan, for recognizing how a group can control behavior, information, thoughts and emotions.
Research and documentation
- Exploring ICC
An independent site, run by a university student in Australia, that researches and critiques the teachings, practices and history of the International Christian Church.
- Protestant Accountability
A volunteer-built database that indexes publicly reported allegations of abuse and its mishandling in Protestant churches, with links to the news sources behind each entry.