Factors that caused our confidence to be destroyed and leave
Dishonest accounts of doctrine or history; avoidance or lying to all questions
Inadequate dealing with questions; fallacious replies to questions.
Workers using fear and guilt to keep people from examining their behavior and doctrines
Lack of understanding of the deity of Jesus and the complete effectiveness of his sacrificial atonement
Lack of preaching/teaching emphasis on nature of sin and repentance
Lack of understanding the deity, work of the Holy Spirit and redemption.
Lack of accurate teaching regarding prayer for natural things.
Absence of God-centered worship
Lack of spiritual food
Idolization of workers
Idolization of the manmade 2×2 belief system and methodology
Presence of Exclusivism – Living Witness Doctrine- salvation only through the workers
Absence of spiritual bread in workers’ messages
Inaccurate, allegorical and twisted use of scripture
Presence of women preachers
Presence of antifeminism
Incompetent advice and counsel
Indifference of workers towards members
Indifference of head workers and members to the needs of subordinate workers
Unscriptural withholding of baptism
Unscriptural withholding of the emblems
Unscriptural reasons given to keep people from giving testimonies in meeting
Absence of good fruit among workers or members
Inappropriate remarks during funeral messages or at funerals
Lack of unity among friends and workers, yet refusal to admit it
Lack of joy, warm friendships or trust
Refusal to give a written statement of faith
Refusal to examine or teach scriptural doctrines and a denial of some of them
Presence of immorality among workers, elders and professing people
Presence of judgment and scorn for outsiders and for members as well
Presence of hypocrites
Secrecy regarding money
Ignoring the needs of ex-workers. Workers who leave the work have money taken from them.
Secrecy regarding decisions and lack of protection against bad decisions
Abuse of power and authority among workers
Little emphasis on repentance
Little understanding of the gospel, doctrinal ambiguity
Excommunication without any scriptural grounds
Misplaced emphasis on human appearance
Inconsistency in building for conventions and owning property, while condemning others for buildings and property
Refusal to admit the organizational structure within the group
Refusal to admit the names of the group
Members have little to no understanding of scripture or the workers’ beliefs
Lack of teaching for adults and especially for children
No scriptural education for workers, children or members
No warning about sin, no teaching about how to find true salvation through faith in Jesus
Presence of extreme legalism
Misplaced emphasis on works.
Lack of charitable works/activities towards outsiders or insiders
Lack of teaching on finances or the importance of honesty in business matters for members
Unscriptural requirement for workers to be unmarried puts everyone at risk for sexual deviancy and immorality
Moving workers from one field to another to hide sexual immorality
Questioning or disagreeing with workers’ decisions may result in excommunication
Misplaced emphasis on submission, sacrifice and suffering
Worker imposed emotional and mental alienation from society in order to be “sanctified and set apart”
Lack of joy and love
Lack of converts
Indifference to errors.
Not allowing Holy Spirit to guide members. Obedience is mandatory (not a free choice. Conformity is required at the risk of excommunication
Workers too slow in changing traditions; stay too far behind “the world”