Former fundamentalist support group?

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If you want to talk about fringe groups, include some Messianic Jewish congregations and some members of the hebrew roots movement. I spent several years of my life in one. I did meet some good people, but the catholic bashing, us vs. them attitudes, and strict adherence to Old Testament laws eventually caused me to leave. It broke my heart because after I left I stopped getting calls and texts from people that I knew from the group. That really hurt. But I have the freedom to eat bacon and not be bound by the law. Also, I guess I found out who my friends really were through this process.

I’m still discerning my path and right now I am attending a much more mainstream/relaxed Protestant church. It’s very refreshing.
 
EqualinHim said:
If you want to talk about fringe groups, include some Messianic Jewish congregations and some members of the hebrew roots movement. I spent several years of my life in one. I did meet some good people, but the catholic bashing, us vs. them attitudes, and strict adherence to Old Testament laws eventually caused me to leave. It broke my heart because after I left I stopped getting calls and texts from people that I knew from the group. That really hurt. But I have the freedom to eat bacon and not be bound by the law. Also, I guess I found out who my friends really were through this process.

I’m still discerning my path and right now I am attending a much more mainstream/relaxed Protestant church. It’s very refreshing.
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Refreshing is the very word I felt when I came out of my sect and back into the Episcopal Church (from which I later joined the Catholic Church). I no longer had to answer for my every word, dress, “attitude,” etc. I could just be a human being, once again. And the same in the Catholic Church.

Large parishes give a person autonomy–something I craved after all the close scrutiny by fellow members of my sect, in which everyone thought it his business to gauge others spirituality. How wonderful it was to be the master of my own conscience at long last. It felt like being able to breath again, after being suffocated for so many years.
 
Incandesio said:
Good morning, hopefully I’m posting this in the right forum.
I was wondering if anyone knew of a Catholic support group or ministry for those of us coming from an Evangelical/Quiverfull/Purity Culture/Fundamentalist background. After coming home to the Catholic Church last October I am finding that there are so many issues cropping up for me; things that I think have been inculcated so deeply into me that coming to terms with each one feels like a spiritual crisis.

My church is amazing, but is mostly full of cradle Catholics who (through no fault of their own) can only offer shock and sympathy. I would love to discuss some of these issues with a person or people who understand the extremity of what we were taught.

Thanks.
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Try the The Journey Home:chnetwork.org/journey-home/

I think they have support groups that you are looking for and they could help you contact them.
 
Thank you all for the warm responses; I especially appreciate the prayers and the resources you recommended.
 
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