Reply #5: More info about that Cult at this link... [View All]

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Not as dangerous as some other cults, but still a concern: <http://www.rickross.com/groups/youth.html>

Youth with a Mission

Rick Ross
October 1990
Founded by a California Assemblies of God minister, Loren Cunningham, in 1961. The organization reportedly has claimed (1982) more than 1,500 long-term and 10,000 short-term missionaries. Youth with a Mission (YWAM), with numerous bases internationally, Discipleship Training Schools throughout the United States and outside America, is one of the largest evangelistic missionary organizations in the world. Certainly, millions of dollars flow through its accounts yearly. YWAM does have substantial influence within the Evangelical Christian community....

(more at link) <http://www.rickross.com/reference/youth/youth6.html>

Mission Statement

<http://www.rickross.com/aboutus.html>
The Rick A. Ross Institute (RRI) of New Jersey is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization devoted to public education and research. RRI's mission is to study destructive cults, controversial groups and movements and to provide a broad range of information and services easily accessible to the public for assistance and educational purposes.

RRI maintains a large archive on the Internet and is available to assist researchers, the media, professionals and those concerned with accurate information about various cults, groups and movements and related issues of interest.

An Advisory Board of well-recognized experts assists the Institute; one of the most prestigious yet assembled in the field.

(more at link) <http://www.rickross.com/aboutus.html>