Monday, September 06, 2010
Women, men, and Mike Peters
writen by a concerned friend

If you value your marriage and place a high value on family, then beware before you join the church of Indianapolis or Columbus or buy into the allathisfeet.com theology.


If you are already a member – please, for the sake of your family – read on.

Within the group, there is a very manipulative cycle that is built on guilt and a contortion of the word of God.

The women of this group are very close – they share child rearing, home schooling and cooking duties. No woman may go shopping alone without a male escort. Generally it is not the husband, as husbands and wives are discouraged from time alone. Everything is very controlled – even at the
grocery story. A male at the checkout counter will be avoided and the woman, along with her male escort, will find a female staffed checkout line.


During the day there is much conversation back and forth and the "sins of the husband" are revealed regularly. The senior male members of the group meet with the women every couple weeks, where those sins are openly shared.
The senior leader then confronts the man with his sin and the man is expected to repent – often publicly. These are not always major sins, but sometimes the smallest of deviancies that should be handled in a much gentler way.


The woman – who thinks she is building her man up – actually is destroying him through this process. She watches him being humiliated – which plants a seed of doubt of the husband’s worth. Then during the humiliation, he gives in, “broken” by the group guilt, which further diminishes his strength in her eyes.


God put the need for a man within her soul – but the woman of this church is left with a gaping hole. Because her man has made mistakes in the past – and continues to make them, this grace-less group of guilt and shame leaves the woman empty.  So she finds solace, relief, comfort, and shelter in Mike Peters.  He is the last true man standing. He is smooth. He is spiritual. He is the security. While no sex or tenderness or affections are exchanged, an emotional affair of sorts springs up.


Peters does nothing to discourage this. In fact, he feeds the beast with even more accusations of the husband, even encouraging women to ‘withhold affection’ until he repents. From this, a powerful ego-fueled trip is borne that extends to dozens of women.


Unfulfilled by their men, some of the women even sleep in different bedrooms. They avert their eyes. They choose to stay in the homes of the more spiritual. They train their children to ‘not listen to daddy until he repents.’ Inside, however, they are broken. They know that God has established marriage as a model of his church and woe to those who tear it asunder.


So finally, as a man, you are broken. Your wife no longer loves you. Your leaders have emasculated you of your authority. But you stay, because you want the marriage to work. You stay because you think you’re not holy enough, you’re not deep enough; you’re not yet God’s man. You think that somehow, someway, you’ll get back on track. But there is always another new sin that you must crush, another weakness to control. And meanwhile, the
wife of your youth has left you emotionally for another.


It’s not too late.  Shake the grips of guilt, shame, exposure, and pride.

If you are woman in this group, encourage your husband to leave. Save your marriage. Save your soul. Don’t be fooled. Mike Peters has mangled your sense of perception and in turn you have unfairly manipulated your man.


If you are a man, don’t be broken. Stand up for what you know is right. You must for the sake of your marriage and your family, leave now. Don’t wait for things to get settled or for the storm to pass. Pack up this weekend. Leave what you don’t need.  Start the car up and DRIVE TO FREEDOM!



---from concerned friends who have found life, who have found freedom