COMMUNITY: Living in a Christian Cult and Dying to Get Out

by P. Justin Fahey

A young man is pulled from his life as a healthy, happy, fun-loving teenager and thrown into the world of Charismatic Christianity. The move is only the first step toward total isolation. The community starts their own school using it to indoctrinate the young students, their school in the daytime and other activities at night, all but cutting off contact with the outside world. The cult makes up teachings and holds the kids to them. They create "commitments, including no dating or rock music and in a weekend ceremony, force the kids to agree to them.

Just as there seems to be no hope, there is an epic battle with the Catholic Church which pits "brother" against "brother"

120 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 26, 2022

Reviews

[Nick Bozza · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought that this book was pretty good. Justin‘s reflections on his time at People of Hope gave good insight into a psychological damage that could be caused by this type of cult. It was well written and had a deep level of feeling to it.

[Marie Geisel · Rating 1 out of 5]

I think the author's dismissal of a date rape as the victim's "indiscretion" is inexcusable. He actually used that phrase as a chapter title. Overall, I think the author could have included or clarified more of the factual and archival information he had access to regarding the Hope Community. Finally, unrelated to my review above, the Kindle version of the book has a terrible layout. It's so bad that sections including quotes from source material are almost indecipherable.