Lisa Kendall received a BA in International Studies and a Master's in Public Relations from Portland State University. She was raised with limited education in “The Move of God” from the ages of nine to nineteen. She has published articles in newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and blogs including Ms. Magazine and CHILD, Inc., and done radio interviews and given presentations on cultic issues.
The main focus of Lisa's work has been gaining protections for vulnerable people harmed in coercive groups. In addition, she has worked with families across the US in custody battles over relatives isolated cultic communities. She can be reached at countercultcoalition@mail.com.
In this episode, Lisa and Maxwell discuss cults, The Catholic Church, coercive groups, Sam Fife’s “The Move of God”, having an unwanted child in the 1960’s, rape, violence and poverty are reasons for joining a cult, difficult to leave a cult, abortion, Mennonites, the world will end in 5 years, receiving a limited education, dropping out of high school, being sent to a work camp, labor trafficking, “farms” within the cult, no tv, no secular books, no friends outside the cult, King James Bible, Revelations, tax-exempt status, sharing a home with 27 people, day to day activities, babies being beaten with spoons, escaping, Scientology, and Jehovah’s Witnesses.
