Baptist Taliban: Part 4

June 28, 2012 By 2 Comments

by Cindy Foster PARTY TIME It was the end of the 1900’s. There was much uncertainty in the air everywhere, about what the next millennium would bring. Would our computer-dependent world come to a screeching halt? Would there be a shortage of food, water and electricity? Should we be stockpiling goods in preparation? If the [...]

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Baptist Taliban: Part 3

June 18, 2012 By 7 Comments

by Cindy Foster THE CHURCH WE WERE The Preacher and his wife graduated from Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. At the time he attended there, the college was quite conservative. There were strict rules about dress, dating, curfews, entertainment, music and much more. The Preacher actually grew up in Springfield and was a member [...]

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Baptist Taliban Part 2

June 15, 2012 By 2 Comments

by Cindy Foster FAMILY AS NEIGHBORS At first we lived in duplexes right next door to each other.  Then, both families jointly purchased five acres, divided them equally and each built a house on their two and a half acres. As more children came, naturally there would be conflicts between theirs and ours which produced [...]

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Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network New Member: Cindy – Baptist Taliban and Beyond

June 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network welcomes new member, Cindy Foster, who blogs at Baptist Taliban and Beyond. By way of introduction, Cindy writes: I was born and raised in Houston, Texas. My family were members of a wonderful Baptist church that started a Christian school in my Junior year of high school.  I graduated [...]

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Baptist Taliban Part 1 – Introduction

June 12, 2012 By 13 Comments

by Cindy Foster Editors note: Please welcome Baptist Taliban to our Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network! She will be writing a new series for us. REASONS In order to add some context to the articles I have written on this blog I want to designate a page to summarize our story from beginning to end. [...]

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