Reply #10: That's how I do it

[Norquist Nemesis]

I don't need a building. I don't need a gathering of like-minded people. I don't need a man (or woman) standing in front of the faithful flock imposing his/her interpretations of what the Lord says we should do, think, believe...

I've been through watching a church be overtaken by 'leaders' who take good Christians and morph them into something that is a cult. Then, when it got too hot, he took off to Florida (surprise, surprise!) and started his own church.

http://www.watchman.org/cults/mckeanresigns.htm

I hear he's come back to his roots though...Missouri, IIRC.

(edit to add part about the church I was baptized in and belonged to:)
"McKean and Roger Lamb had both been fired from their jobs as campus ministers in Charleston, Ill., by their sponsoring church, the Memorial Church of Christ of Houston, Tex., in April 1977. This happened at a time when the media began reporting mounting evidence of cultic practices and emotional manipulation by the movement. From Charleston, McKean moved to the Lexington, Mass., and using the discipling methods, the church expanded rapidly" (Cult Awareness Network News, May 1989, p. 7).

http://www.watchman.org/profile/bostnpro.htm