Recovering Grace: A Bill Gothard generation shines light on the teachings of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) and the Advanced Training Institute (ATI)

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Sorry, Mom and Dad. We DO Have Regrets

Growing up in ATI, our parents often told us, "Because of the way we're raising you, you won't have any regrets." Their regrets included broken relationships, sexua...

January 22, 2015

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Gothard Files

Suggested viewing from IBYC management for the publication staff, photographed on the sidewalk outside HQ. 1980

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The Package: Bill Gothard's Knowledge of Sin

Detailed Knowledge Summary Bill Gothard has denied publicly -- for 34 years -- that he ever had any knowledge of any details of immorality before...

December 29, 2014

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gracenotes

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Speaking Up Late in the Day

Over the past two weeks and previous two Aprils, Recovering Grace has focused on personal narratives by former Advanced Training Institute (ATI) alumni who endured s...

May 3, 2014

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Personal Stories

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Sorry, Mom and Dad. We DO Have Regrets

Growing up in ATI, our parents often told us, "Because of the way we're raising you, you won't have any regrets." Their regrets included broken relationships, sexua...

January 22, 2015

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Perspectives

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Sorry, Mom and Dad. We DO Have Regrets

Growing up in ATI, our parents often told us, "Because of the way we're raising you, you won't have any regrets." Their regrets included broken relationships, sexua...

January 22, 2015

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Tales from Training Centers

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A Long Night's Journey Through the ATI / IBLP System

I grew up in Bill Gothard's Advanced Training Institute of America (ATIA, later renamed ATI) home school program from 1985 through 2005 — twenty years! I worked at f...

April 24, 2014

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The Destructive Effects of ATI & IBLP

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The Package: Bill Gothard and His Children

Bill Gothard and His Children: The Unauthorized Short Biography Image of envelope copyright: kchung / 123RF Stock Photo

January 1, 2015

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Upon Further Review--Twisted Scriptures

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Waiting on Theological Clarification from IBLP

After Bill Gothard was deemed disqualified from ministry by his Board of Directors in 2014, a number of theologians and church leaders called on the Institute in Bas...

December 31, 2014

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What Now? Life After ATI

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Why is that Person your Friend?

A commenter recently asked an obvious question of another: “Why do you think that person is your friend?” That rang a bell in me. There are times, when reading the s...

October 23, 2014

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When the Umbrella Breaks: Sexual Abuse in ATI

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Speaking Up Late in the Day

Over the past two weeks and previous two Aprils, Recovering Grace has focused on personal narratives by former Advanced Training Institute (ATI) alumni who endured s...

May 3, 2014

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