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  • I Fired God: My Life Inside—and Escape from—the Secret World of the Independent Fundamental Baptist Cult

    (By Jocelyn R. Zichterman)

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    Author Jocelyn R. Zichterman
    “Book Descriptions: A compelling memoir and investigation into the Independent Fundamental Baptist church and its shocking history of religious abuse.
      
    Jocelyn Zichterman was born, raised, married into, and finally, with her family, fled the Independent Fundamental Baptist church. Founded by the fiery preacher Bob Jones, with several hundred thousand, IFB members are told they must not associate with members of other Baptist denominations and evangelicals, with an emphasis on secrecy, insular marriages within the church, a subservience for women, and unusual child raising practices.

    In I Fired God, Jocelyn Zichterman blows the lid off the IFB's disturbing history, exposing a cult-like atmosphere of corruption, greed, and abuse. Having been initiated into its innermost circles, Zichterman knows that the gentle demeanor America sees in the form of the Duggar clan on 19 Kids and Counting disguises the truth about the darker side of the church.

    With written documentation and sources so thorough that law enforcement has used her work as a foundation for criminal prosecutions, Zichterman exposes the IFB with revelations including:

    The disturbing world of abuse within the IFB and doctors and teachers who cater exclusively to church members and fail to report physical and sexual abuse
    The IFB-controlled Bob Jones University, which issues worthless degrees while making vast sums of money for its founders
    The way the IFB influences politics on the local, state, and national level, and protects its abusive culture under the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion”

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