Helpful Links
*Please note: Rooftop Ministries is providing this list of counter-cult organizations and ministries as a convenience to you, not as an endorsement of any particular group. The descriptions following the organizations’ names are taken directly from the organizations’ website. This list is not exhaustive. Please advise us of any outdated links so we can remove them from our list. Thank you.
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Apologetics Resource Center www.arcapologetics.org - Craig Branch The Apologetics Resource Center is about the process of understanding the times and the alien philosophies opposed to God’s truth, as well as understanding and affecting the antidote of both knowing God’s truth and being the truth in our home, neighborhood, and culture. Now is the time for the Church to be served a wake-up call, to be motivated, equipped and deployed into our world as radical change agents, redemptive as salt and light.
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Ephesians 5:11 www.ephesians5-11.org Counter-cult ministry which specializes in subversive religious organizations which deny being religions. Free downloads. Also the contact for Ephesus Productions which makes and distributes a vast variety of videos, DVDs and CDs on Masonry and affiliated Masonic orders (see on-line order form).
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Evangelical Ministries to New Religions www.emnr.org A professional membership association for individuals and ministries addressing "cults" of Christianity, new religious movements, and world religions. Annual national conference for members and the public. Website has links to over 30 evangelical ministries that address a wide variety of cults and new religions. Has extensive list of conference workshop audio and video tapes going back numerous years.
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Ex-Masons For Jesus www.emfj.org An organization of Christian men and women who were once members of a Masonic Lodge or one of the affiliated Masonic organizations such as Eastern Star, DeMolay, Job's Daughters or Rainbow Girls. We have left Masonry because of our commitment to Jesus Christ and a realization that Masonry is not consistent with a sincere expression of the Christian faith. We have found that participation in Freemasonry interferes with a close relationship with Jesus Christ. We seek to expose the non-Christian nature of the teachings of Freemasonry and to make ourselves available to witness and testify of our firsthand knowledge. Our purpose is to encourage others to renounce Freemasonry and through education, to prevent still others from being seduced into joining...Has a Discussion Board.
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Factnet Factnet’s mission is to be the largest online news and referral service as well as research archive for defending freedom of thought and mind from all forms of unethical influence tactics, mind control and mental coercion/torture used in destructive cults and fundamentalist groups. F.A.C.T.Net, Inc. PO Box 1315 , Ignacio, CO. 81137 USA
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Followers of Jesus Christ Ministries www.ritualabusefree.orgDavid and Donna Carrico are the authors of several books, including the workbook, "From Victims to Victors - Through the Cross of Jesus Christ - GILEAD'S BALM". Areas of ministry include Believers Meetings, radio programs, seminars, revivals, video/audio tapes, tracts regarding counter-cult ministry and ministry to survivors of abuse. Request extensive catalog. Website has links to almost 30 ministries that address a wide variety of topics including Masonry.
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Freedom of Mind www.freedomofmind.com – Steven Alan HassanMr. Hassan, cult counselor and mind control expert, is the Nationally Certified Counselor and licensed Mental Health Counselor who has developed the breakthrough approach to help loved ones rescue cult mind control victims. He is author of “Combating Cult Mind Control” and “Releasing the Bonds”. His website will be a source of information, networking and referral.
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INFORM (Information Network Focus on Religious Movements) www.inform.acINFORM was established with the support of the Home Office (The Home Office is the lead government department for immigration and passports, drugs policy, counter-terrorism and police) and mainstream Churches in 1988 with the aim of helping people through providing them with accurate, balanced, up-to-date information about new and/or alternative religious or spiritual movements.
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International Cultic Studies Association (Formerly "American Family Foundation" - AFF) icsahome.com 239-514-3081 (FL) Founded in 1979 as American Family Foundation, "ICSA" is an interdisciplinary network of academicians, professionals, former group members, and families who study and educate the public about social-psychological influence and control, authoritarianism, and zealotry in cultic groups, alternative movements, and other environments. Periodicals, on-line bookstore, resources & web resources, information service/assistance, workshops & conferences. Assists those who have been adversely affected by a cultic experience or who seek to help others or who are simply interested in the subject.
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Personal Freedom Outreach www.pfo.org Founded by M. Kurt Goedelman in 1975, PFO is a non-profit, non-denominational group with three goals: to educate Christians about the dangers and heretical doctrines of religious cults, to use the Gospel of Jesus Christ to reach members of those cults and to warn Christians of unbiblical teachings within the church itself. Books, tracts, newsletter, videos. Personal Freedom Outreach, P.O. Box 26062, Saint Louis, MO 3136. Phone: 314-388-2648.
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ReFocus www.refocus.org 904-439-7541 (FL)reFOCUS is a network of referral and support for former members of closed, high demand groups, relationships or cults. reFOCUS is dedicated to the recovery of former cult members.
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Sound Doctrine Ministries www.sdmin.orgAuthor of "Masonic Rites and Wrongs" and several other books and booklets. An interdenominational organization of Christians committed to confronting members of cults with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and educating the Christian Church with regard to the cults. We are an Evangelical organization. We affirm the classical Christian essentials of the faith.
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Spiritual Counterfeits Project www.scp-inc.orgConfronting the occult, the cults, and the New Age movement and explaining why they are making an impact on our society. In the name of truth, sophisticated lies are fed to unwary people who live in and shape our world. SCP's mandate is to communicate with our generation by creating crossover material that alerts and informs about the very real dangers of the latest deceptions. It is a critical mission at a critical time.
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Spirit Watch (Formerly Tennessee Valley Bible Student Association - TVBSA) www.spiritwatch.orgA group of Christian believers concerned with the advance of spiritual and philosophical deception in the regions we live in. We come together from diverse Christian spiritual traditions, and are united in accomplishing our central objective of countering the influences of these deceptive movements. We have actively worked with many other believers in the area who have the same passion, and have seen the Lord do great things as we have sought his grace to not only preach but defend His Gospel and Kingdom from the perversions of false religion and philosophy that opposes Christian truth. Links to over 200 ministries that address a wide variety of topics.
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Watchman Fellowship www.watchman.orgWatchman Expositor magazine. Real People; Real Jesus; Real Hope. As a Christian counter-cult and watchdog ministry, we have three primary goals: to educate the community, to equip the church and to evangelize the cults. We endorse freedom of religion in both thought and expression.
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Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center www.wellspringretreat.orgP.O. Box 67 Albany, Ohio 45710 Phone: 740-698-6277 Fax: 740-698-2053
See also: www.apologeticsindex.org for over 14,500 pages of apologetics links.