Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Right from the start, Heather Wells found herself in tow behind a church-obsessed husband, abusive pastor and abject poverty. Leaving the Church of Christ she found herself in what she hoped would be a more supportive church - but which turned out to be a coercive cult.
MARK from Talk Beliefs talks to Heather about years of neglect and diminishment, including a pastor husband who put his flock before his own family - even when their tiny son suffered a horrific injury.
#cults #belief #churchofchrist
00:00 START
01:10 Early indoctrination
06:07 Calamities
15:08 Exposed to new ideas
20:14 Stepping out into freedom
24:52 Heather's advice to others
LINKS FOR HEATHER WELLS
Facebook: bit.ly/3IlDPAO
BOOK:
Trustworthy: A journey from American Christianity to Freedom
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Amazon US: amzn.to/3Kplrsn
USEFUL LINKS
Recovering from Religionn: recoveringfromreligion.org
Journey Free: journeyfree.org
Women Beyond Belief: Discovering Life Without Religion bit.ly/3I2zdOI
Incidental music by the indomitable Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com
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TALK BELIEFS: Exploring - and challenging - what and why we believe.
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"I love making #talkbeliefs content and appreciate every view, like, and share! Through this channel, people have come to terms with leaving religion, and have taken the first steps to leaving destructive cults. It's my goal to continue to help and educate. Thank you all for your support." ~ Mark :-)
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Right from the start, Heather Wells found herself in tow behind a church-obsessed husband, abusive pastor and abject poverty. Leaving the Church of Christ she found herself in what she hoped would be a more supportive church - but which turned out to be a coercive cult.
MARK from Talk Beliefs talks to Heather about years of neglect and diminishment, including a pastor husband who put his flock before his own family - even when their tiny son suffered a horrific injury.
#cults #belief #churchofchrist
00:00 START
01:10 Early indoctrination
06:07 Calamities
15:08 Exposed to new ideas
20:14 Stepping out into freedom
24:52 Heather's advice to others
LINKS FOR HEATHER WELLS
Facebook: bit.ly/3IlDPAO
BOOK:
Trustworthy: A journey from American Christianity to Freedom
Universal Book Link: books2read.com/u/ml8rAq
Amazon US: amzn.to/3Kplrsn
USEFUL LINKS
Recovering from Religionn: recoveringfromreligion.org
Journey Free: journeyfree.org
Women Beyond Belief: Discovering Life Without Religion bit.ly/3I2zdOI
Incidental music by the indomitable Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com
Interviews powered by streamyard.com
**********
TALK BELIEFS: Exploring - and challenging - what and why we believe.
The Talk Beliefs YouTube Channel has been online since 2015 and has been featured on Reggie Yates' Extreme UK for BBC 3 Television. Would you like to help support Talk Beliefs or perhaps tell your own story in an interview? Channel inquiries & direct messages: unchainedmind1@gmail.com
Talk Beliefs - In Association with Evolution Soup (Sister Channel).
Follow @TalkBeliefs on Twitter!
Join the Talk Beliefs Facebook Group bit.ly/2fCRLLF
Follow the Talk Beliefs Facebook Page: fb.me/talkbeliefs
Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/talkbeliefs
Instagram: instagram.com/talkbeliefs
Tik Tok: @talkbeliefs
Would you like to become a supporter of the Talk Beliefs YouTube channel? Click HERE ow.ly/vn2v30fVYBx
Talk Beliefs Logo Animation by Zaraza Iulian bit.ly/2ytX4Vt
Royalty Free Music via Purple Planet: purple-planet.com
*****
Thinking about leaving your religion? Need to talk?
Recovering From Religion - Find a worldwide support group:
recoveringfromreligion.org
*****
"I love making #talkbeliefs content and appreciate every view, like, and share! Through this channel, people have come to terms with leaving religion, and have taken the first steps to leaving destructive cults. It's my goal to continue to help and educate. Thank you all for your support." ~ Mark :-)
Evolution Soup - The World of Evolution
YouTube: goo.gl/X19xK6
Podcast: evolutionsoup.buzzsprout.com
Instagram: instagram.com/evolution_soup
Pinterest: pinterest.co.uk/evolutionsoup
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DISCLAIMER:
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
#atheism #science #reason #humanism #christianity #evolution #creation #creationism #belief #secular #mormon #freethinker #darwin #humanist #cult #cults #atheist #humanist #mormon #religion #bookofmormon #jehovah #harekrishna #scientology #leahremini #scientologyandtheaftermath #secularism #dawkins #beliefs #creationist #paleo #cultsandextremebeliefs #paleoanthrology #exjw #exmormon #exchristian #exscientologist
