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Sorry, Mom and Dad. We DO Have Regrets
January 22, 2015 // 219 Comments -
An Open Letter to ATI Parents
January 12, 2015 // 20 Comments -
IBYC Board Minutes 1977-1980
January 4, 2015 // 12 Comments -
The Package: Bill Gothard and His Children
January 1, 2015 // 14 Comments -
Waiting on Theological Clarification from IBLP
December 31, 2014 // 18 Comments
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Charlotte's Story
February 5, 2014 // 587 Comments -
Bill’s Cabin: Uncovering Sin
May 21, 2014 // 460 Comments -
How the Teachings of Emotional Purity and Courtship Dam ...
July 22, 2011 // 408 Comments -
Sacred Grooming, Part Six: A Secretary's Account of Lif ...
January 31, 2014 // 403 Comments -
Trapped in the Shadow of 'God's Anointed': Breaking fre ...
May 5, 2014 // 378 Comments
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".we are ADOPTED as children" Absolutely! The G ...
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"Which rabbit from what hat did B G pull his anti- ...
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Thank you, Don. That was beautifully put!
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BTW, we can add Romans 8:14-17. Which rabbit fro ...
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Well written David. For BG to think that he knows ...
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Gothard's twisted and ugly teachings on adoption a ...
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Amen, Heather and Rob! I find it ironic that BG o ...
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Todd, your question is appropriate, but I would li ...
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Heather, you are exactly right. I wish to add, how ...
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There is no REAL oversight of lawyers because they ...
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sometimes I think adoption is a bigger miracle tha ...
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Beautifully said! My heart is so saddened by the t ...
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Rob said, "Emphasizing "spiritual experiences" ove ...
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There is always a concern when a group comes up wi ...
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Hello Grace M., I took some time to reread some o ...
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His seminars are going strong in Taiwan. Pray for ...
February 19, 2015
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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, sexual sins, temptations, “wasted” years and the like. All of which we would to avoid because of our sheltered, carefully controlled upbringing. We don’t know if our parents honestly […]
An Open Letter to ATI Parents
You wanted us to grow up strong and mature and capable and effective Christians, above all else. Thank you. You wanted us to love Jesus more than the world, you wanted to protect us from the failures your experienced at our age. Thank you. You wanted the absolute best for us and were willing to […]
You Cannot Pay With Words
My story is about a leader maintaining a double life for decades and then demanding to pay for his deeds with words and tears. He is outwardly sorrowful that his words and favor are no longer valid currency. My parents were regional and state leaders in the homeschooling movement for years before we joined the […]
ATI Failed Me
Life was normal before ATI. Better than normal, in fact. I was homeschooled, sure, and there was some resulting friction with extended family who didn’t agree with that choice, but for the most part my childhood was happy. I had friends in the neighborhood, made forts in the woods, rode bikes, sledded, skated, played with […]
Living by Principles
If you died with the Messiah to the elemental forces of this world, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations: “Don’t handle, don’t taste, don’t touch”? All these regulations refer to what is destroyed by being used up; they are commands and doctrines of […]
Heather’s Story
The following is a list of all currently published allegations (that we know of) of Bill Gothard’s behavior. Megan’s Story, published April 3, 2014 (external link) Robin’s Story, published March 10, 2014 Rachel’s Story, published February 17, 2014 Ruth’s Story, published February 12, 2014 Charlotte’s Story, published February 5, 2014 Meg’s Story, published January 20, 2014 […]
Dear Mom and Dad
Dear Mom and Dad, I do not write this out of vindictiveness or anger; rather, I write it out of an inquiring and puzzled mind. I do not fault you for putting our family into the Advanced Training Institute (ATI) program. You wanted the best for our family, and I believe you sincerely thought you […]
Twelve Characteristics of Fundamentalist Societies that Shelter Sexual Abuse
How could he have fooled so many people, so thoroughly? How did the abuse go on for so many years, unacknowledged? Whenever a leader at this level is ousted or steps down, questions like these come to mind. In the wake of revelations of sexual harassment and abuse pouring in from survivors of Bill Gothard’s […]
Finding the Words to Say, “No More”
When I was fourteen years old I was diagnosed with a very rare, very aggressive cancer. To be able to start my treatment, we learned, I would need to go to a hospital in a different city. There we met the oncologist responsible for heading up my treatment protocol. He was my future abuser. At […]
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 five different Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) training centers run by Bill Gothard and his staff, as well as working at IBLP Headquarters in Oak Brook, […]