For those not in the know, BCF & MCF are an initially potentially really solid Christian move that’s gone ultra-insular and ultra-controlling. And ultimately cult. But what is it exactly that’s bad? Well, it’s several things. Primarily, BCF and MCF have got to the point that they trust the direction of a single leader, VicContinue reading “What’s wrong with BCF (and its new decree re communion/’the agape meal’)?”
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A plea to MCF congregants
We heard there’s new revelations coming from Vic Hall & BCF (Brisbane Christian Fellowship). About communion, that it should be done as a genuine meal or supper with discussion of the word. All to do with Christ being the bread of life, so maybe no need to have literal bread. These claims seem over theContinue reading “A plea to MCF congregants”
What you did to us MCF & BCF
I want to convey what it felt like to live in MCF under the BCF word direction during 1992-2016. It was hell on earth if you actually had any dreams in work or ministry. So the messenger word of Vic Hall made you feel guilty about having even the slightest ambitions. You actually gradually diedContinue reading “What you did to us MCF & BCF”
MCF & BCF vastly limited ministry by everyday congregants and destroyed our spirits
I’ve commented here and there before that MCF & BCF did away with Scriptural ‘priesthood of all believers’. But many still in these cult churches will deny it and say ‘no, we can contribute at communion meetings & home groups’. But how? Only via regurgitations of Vic Hall word direction in prophecies, testimonies & preaching.Continue reading “MCF & BCF vastly limited ministry by everyday congregants and destroyed our spirits”
Brisbane Christian Fellowship: The Big Bluff
Many of us ex-XCFers have noticed how nervous, cagey and guarded our overlords were at, eg, MCF (Melbourne Christian Fellowship) & Brisbane Christian Fellowship (BCF). Both when they were trampling us and when they were covering it up (or kicking us out). It’s because the whole thing was a big bluff. How much could BrisbaneContinue reading “Brisbane Christian Fellowship: The Big Bluff”
MCF, this is what God really yearns
MCF (Melbourne Christian Fellowship) – and all of us – what God really wants is actions of justice and kindness. I just read Isaiah 58 this morning. It couldn’t be clearer. In this case it was how you go about fasting. But for us it can be how to go about anything we do. FirstContinue reading “MCF, this is what God really yearns”
So why do I not blame myself?
I occasionally get asked this. Well, I sort-of grew up in MCF (Melbourne Christian Fellowship). My Dad got sucked in when I was 10 years old. And, although I didn’t start going regularly until I was 17, I had become a firm believer in its Bible-based reformationist teachings because of Dad and the books heContinue reading “So why do I not blame myself?”
Humanity was the forgotten variable at MCF
What MCF (Melbourne Christian Fellowship) forgot, as they taught their new theology and, dangerously, put it into practice, was the human factor. What I mean is that they thought that elders could just tell people to drop all their interests and plans (under threat of going to hell) and that we would all remain saneContinue reading “Humanity was the forgotten variable at MCF”
How are we supposed to hear from the Lord?
In the aftermath of my leaving MCF (Melbourne Christian Fellowship) in 2016, and its ‘guru headship‘ model of hearing from God, obviously I needed to get back to basics and hear from the Lord the way we are supposed to. Of course I had never stopped praying or reading the Bible. But, as most ChristiansContinue reading “How are we supposed to hear from the Lord?”
Open Letter to Melbourne Christian Fellowship (MCF) 