Is there a Negative Star Review rating I can give? I attended FBC under cult leader Durwood Kemp Young for 19 years. He is the most narcissistic maniac of a person I've ever met. I had my name called from the pulpit on multiple occasions, once in recognition for how much money I gave to the church (along with telling the entire congregation how much I gave) and the rest of the times were due to something I wore (or didn't wear) that he didn't like. He often used public shaming to keep people in line with what he wanted. As a child, I heard many horror stories of his discipline methods... Fortunately for me, he had my parents under his thumb so he left my discipline to them, he only "spanked" me once, 1 swat, just to say he had disciplined me himself. My parents method of discipline was at least perceived to be less abusive than the stories I had heard of DKY. I watched my family get torn apart while we attended there, I assign him 99.9% of the blame for that. He would interject himself as the ultimate authority into marriages so the wives would be more afraid of him and obedient to him than they would be to their own husbands. My mother would have (and still would) followed him to the ends of the earth, fortunately my dad finally broke free of his grip but I had already left on my own accord prior to that. The only way to leave the church as a young adult was to marry outside the church, that would force them to kick you out but it also meant you jumped into a marriage that you may not have even wanted just to get away. Children were taught from birth that you were only allowed to leave home if you were married and they did their dead-level best to get people to marry only within the church membership so they wouldn't go anywhere. It took an additional 10+ years to get the rest of my family out of this hell hole. People weren't allowed to speak to anyone that had previously left the church in an effort to keep insiders from finding out just how horrible this place really was. I recently considered going back to college to get a particular degree and requested my High School transcript from the school there. I had even included a prepaid return envelope and they completely ignored it. I don't regret my education at the school, my mom was the administrator and she made us memorize a LOT of Scripture. We also used the PACE Christian Education program which the cult leader wasn't able to manipulate. I'm still thankful for that, but I have absolutely nothing good to say about the "church" or it's cult leader. Many families have been ruined, many lives have been destroyed, and many of those people will never recover from their experiences at this cult center. I left over 27 years ago and I can still tell you first hand accounts of things I personally witnessed that will make your jaw drop... DKY ruled through fear, manipulation, and overwhelming "discipline"... That being said, God can still have mercy on him should he choose to accept the free gift of eternal life instead of relying on his own merit to enter Heaven. God is a God of compassionate love and mercy, He loves us with an everlasting love and He desires that we follow His plan for our lives. Call on Him today while He is near, seek Him while He may be found. read more

Blessed by the revival this week. Glorifying God with great preaching, blessed by the singing and wonderful christan fellowship. God's word being preached to direct the souls of those who attended to return to God for revival in America. read more