Master's Commission

Special Guest: Remy Attig

Remy Attig grew up in the Assemblies of God church and joined Master’s Commission days before his 17th birthday. After years of self-loathing he left MC and the AG church at age 20 with no external support network. Remy, a queer man, has often felt that friends would judge him if they knew his history. To cope with the feelings of shame, he buried many of these memories and tried to forget them. He is telling his story now to heal, leave blame with his abusers, come out of the cult-survivor closet, and to feel proud of how far he’s come.

EPISODE DETAILS

Special Guest: Remy Attig

Written and Hosted by Sarah Steel

Music by Joe Gould

Edited by Corey Green of Transducer Audio

February 17th, 2021

1 hr 13 mins 43 secs

Season 4

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE

As he was about to turn 17, Remy Attig was keen to get away from his parents’ fracturing marriage, and ready for something to give his life purpose. The Master’s Commission program seemed like just the thing to set him up for a life of travel and spreading the word of God. Instead, it ran him ragged, instilled fear, built on his internalised homophobia, and set him up for unhealthy relationships and trust issues. In hindsight, he believes that the Master’s Commission was a cult.

EPISODE LINKS

Master’s Commission International Network (MCIN) — official website
Athletes International Ministry — official website
Phoenix Megachurch Hosting Trump Rally Says It Has Special Coronavirus-Killing Air System — by Ray Stern, Phoenix New Times, 22 June 2020
AG Warns Phoenix Megachurch and Air-System Firm About Fraudulent COVID Statements — by Ray Stern, Phoenix New Times, 26 June 2020
Without a Vision, You Perish — Trivita profile of Larry Kerychuck, unknown date
Lloyd Zeigler — Jim Bakker Show profile, accessed January 2021
Statement of Fundamental Truths — Assemblies of God
Master’s Commission USA — official website
My Cult Life — blog by Lisa Kerr, archived January 2014
How Cults Gain Power Over an Individual: a True Story — by Lisa Kerr, Huffpost blog, 26 September 2013
Demand Assemblies of God to Take a Stand Against Jeanne Mayo's Abuse — Change.org petition, accessed January 2021
When Church Leaders Abuse Their Position — by Jill Sonsteby, Be Present | Be Love blog, 18 October 2019
My Cult Experience — Lefty in Her Write Mind blog, 28 June 2011
An American Christian Chapter III — Master’s Commission and Generation Training Center — by An American Christian, Medium, 27 October 2020
Is there anyone here who went to Master's Comission? — Reddit thread, May 2020
I Spent a Decade Working for Churches (and It Was the Worst) — by Rob Fee, Vice, 26 November 2013
The AoG's "Master's Commission" -- The most organized, well-funded, fastest growing, thought reform scheme in America? Have a look for yourself. — Reddit thread, November 2020

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