Expected to Leave My Wife in Labor For Church | OUR DESCENT INTO WMSCOG

What happens when a church becomes more important than your marriage, your chiIdren, and even the birth of your baby? Adam and Kayleen Stillman share their experience inside the World Mission Society Church of God, also known as WMSCOG. Kayleen was first approached on a college campus, and Adam joined after the couple met. Together, they spent years immersed in a community they believed held the truth.

They dive into their experiences around parenting, finances, holidays, and the group’s end-times beliefs. When Kayleen began researching the church’s history, she found information that made her question everything. But leaving wasn’t something they were immediately able to do together.

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YT: https://www.youtube.com/@FindingtheAlternative95
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Chapter Marks

00:00:00 INTRO
00:01:51 Introduction
00:03:11 Adam’s YouTube channel and Finding an Alternative
00:04:26 Their Mormon backgrounds
00:08:52 How Adam and Kayleen met
00:09:06 Kayleen is approached on a college campus
00:13:45 Introducing Adam to the church
00:17:00 The Bible studies and Adam’s doubts
00:20:00 Love bombing and family concerns
00:21:00 The birthday request that brought Adam back
00:23:00 Baptism and life as a couple in WMSCOG
00:23:20 End-times beliefs and having chiIdren
00:26:00 How much time the church demanded
00:27:00 Marriage and parenting inside the church
00:29:00 Their daughter is injured at church
00:31:00 Fasting and concerns for chiIdren
00:34:00 Adam leaves Kayleen at the hospital during labor
00:36:00 Kayleen describes being alone in the hospital
00:37:00 Holidays and the effect on their chiIdren
00:40:00 Tithing and the financial demands
00:43:00 Visiting “God the Mother” in Korea
00:44:00 Having three chiIdren and pressure on parents
00:46:00 A mother’s instincts versus church expectations
00:50:00 Their family’s weekly schedule
00:53:00 What first made Kayleen question the church
00:55:00 The book that raised more questions
00:57:00 Discovering alleged failed prophecies
01:00:00 Adam struggles to accept what Kayleen found
01:02:00 Testing the church’s changing beliefs
01:04:00 Kayleen sends an anonymous message
01:06:00 The leader’s response to the message
01:09:00 A close call with a church member’s phone
01:12:00 Kayleen confronts a leader
01:15:58 Kayleen leaves, but Adam stays
01:17:31 Adam faces a choice between church and family
01:18:42 Adam decides to leave
01:19:22 Rediscovering joy and creativity
01:22:00 Adam on the freedom to put his family first
01:23:27 Their “Linda, Listen” moments
01:25:12 Where to find Adam
01:25:39 Their beliefs today
01:26:28 Closing thoughts

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