Warning to Yuma parents: Who's raising your kids?
The Generations church-cult concentrates its recruiting efforts on impressionable young people who have little or no Christian background. The reason they do this is simple: if the new recruit doesn't know what Christianity really is, he or she is more susceptible to the cult's false teachings and brainwashing.
The following video clip of cult leader Rich Witmer was recorded from a "sermon" on dating he delivered Nov. 25, 2006. In it, he exposes his arrogance, hateful temperament, and the control the cult exercises over its members.
Rich Witmer's cult rule: No dating if you're under 18!
Rich suggests that anyone under 18 should not date because it will set them up to fail. Haha! Yeah, right. Where's that in the Bible? Cult logic obviously requires no proof or common sense. Interestingly, at the end of this clip Rich attempts to make a joke about common sense not being so common. The irony is laughable!
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The rule is that no single individual who is leadership can date, period. The thing with this situation is you go thru their process.... encounter, post encounter, school of leaders 1 and 2 etc etc... well when you are done with post encounter and you are strongly encouraged/ pushed into school of leaders you are then a leader by default. You have to go to the class in addition to the leadership cell. My whole family became leaders without wanting to..... what the heck??? So if this conversation about dating came up with a youth cell leader; the answer is exactly that. You can date if you want, you just cant be a leader. But if you are a leader by default; then a choice is made, do I want to date or be a leader? Seems like a simple question but when you are a teenager and your cell leader says if you date you'll be removed from leadership it's not so easy any more. And the question is asked 'Why do you want todate anyway? That's not Gods will for you....' It's also a loss of status and friends. Then you are "worked with" until you are ready to go back into leadership. Because evidently if you are not following what they are telling you there must be something wrong with you. Kids are much more vulnerable to this type of manipulation. Many times this means starting over with the process to further beat their way of thinking into you. The sad thing is that many parents have no idea that this is happening to their kids. Even if they go to the church, they don't realize the extent of the manipulation.
And I can tell you too that this rule doesn't just go for the kids. If you are a single adult you are not allowed to date either. Yes, you read it right... NOT ALLOWED. The same thing applies to adults who are leaders (by default) If you are doing as you are supposed to (ie going to classes, opening and working on you cell etc etc) and are being "faithful" then your cell leaders can come into agreement of 2 people "courting". This means not going out together or being alone... it's all supervised and arranged.
The manipulation is constant you either break away or they break you.
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Dating after the age of 18 is only OK if your cell leader agrees and if the other person is up to your "level" in the church. This is a safeguard against any of the members being influenced by an outsider to question some of their beliefs and tactics. It is much safer for the church for somebody to date within their control. I've also seen instances where a cell leader or a pastor will require a separation of two individuals. Possibly one is questioning..... They are generally told that they are getting too involved and need to "work on their ministries" Yeah, whatever!!
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