Grew up in a conservative evangelical family filled with ministers and church leaders. My family got involved in IBLP when it was still IBYC when I was about 5 years old. We joined ATI when I was 8 and were in for 11 years. I married at 19 through ATI style courtship and had 8 children. I’m now divorced and host a podcast about my experience with leaving cult life called Leaving The Village.
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