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In this episode of Cultish, we sit down with Ron, a former elder in the General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn. For nearly two decades, Ron was deeply involved in a group that taught it was the only true church going to heaven. He eventually became a preacher, church planter, and ordained elder before beginning to question what he had been taught.
What happens when your church teaches that salvation exists only within its walls? What happens when faith means rejecting doctors and medicine? And what does it cost to walk away when your entire community is tied to the church?
Ron shares how the gospel of grace began to unravel the works-based system he had trusted for years. He opens up about the painful process of leaving, losing relationships, and discovering what it meant to follow Christ outside the Church of the Firstborn. This is Part 1 of Ron’s journey out of a little-known religious group with deep roots and startling beliefs.
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In this episode of Cultish, we sit down with Ron, a former elder in the General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn. For nearly two decades, Ron was deeply involved in a group that taught it was the only true church going to heaven. He eventually became a preacher, church planter, and ordained elder before beginning to question what he had been taught.
What happens when your church teaches that salvation exists only within its walls? What happens when faith means rejecting doctors and medicine? And what does it cost to walk away when your entire community is tied to the church?
Ron shares how the gospel of grace began to unravel the works-based system he had trusted for years. He opens up about the painful process of leaving, losing relationships, and discovering what it meant to follow Christ outside the Church of the Firstborn. This is Part 1 of Ron’s journey out of a little-known religious group with deep roots and startling beliefs.
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Ron's Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-uneducated-and-untrained-pastor/id1770396608
Please consider partnering with us:
donorbox.org/cultish
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SHOP OUR MERCH:
shop.apologiastudios.com
