Feet of Clay—Confessions of the Cult Sisters
Feet of Clay – Confessions of the Cult Sisters – What's it like to live in a Christian cult commune? How the hell do smart people get brainwashed into crazy beliefs and behaviors? Tracey & Sharon share their parallel journeys into and out of Last Days Ministries, led by Christian music super-star Keith Green (and later his wife Melody Green). Plus they interview others who also got out of high-control groups and toxic churches. Arranged marriages? Purity culture virgins? Religious trauma? Submission of women and misogyny? Child abuse? Sexual assault? Power hungry patriarchy? Heinous homophobia? Christian nationalism and politics? Yep, we touch on it all. Hear stories of escaping evangelicalism, surviving spiritual manipulation, deconstructing fundamentalism and so much more! Former cult sisters, now turned Exvangelical, tell all with humor and healing, compassion and comedy. Bi-weekly.
Feet of Clay—Confessions of the Cult Sisters
023 - Keith Green Acres: Our Crazy Cult Commune "Last Days Ministries"
WARNING!!!!!!!! This episode contains accounts of animal cruelty. Listener discretion is advised.
ORIGINAL "Green Acres" television show intro and theme song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrbPAt1_vc4
(You can stream episodes on various platforms)
Lyrics to OUR version of (Keith) Green Acres!
KEITH GREEN Acres is the place to be
Ranch house livin' is the life for me
Texas spreadin' out so far and wide
Keep Southern Cal, we're in for a crazy ride
God's cause! Our flaws!
The Spin! Your Sin!
We are Keith's slaves!
Die to self and dig our graves!
KEITH GREEN Acres we are there!
Links to interview with Dawn Green (foster daughter of Keith & Melody), Parts 1 & 2:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12962275
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12962632
"No Compromise - The Life Story of Keith Green" by Melody Green. If you feel you must read this book, please do us a favor and buy a USED copy!
Links to Sharon’s story on IWATF:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12748728
Links to our series on Purity Culture, "Virgins & Volcanos"
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12790634
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12825513
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12890425
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12900524
“DBA” means “doing business as.” - The legal name of the non-profit entity was “Last Days Evangelical Association,” but in all our publications we were known as “Last Days Ministries.”
“ROI” means “return on investment” --- does the time and money spent yield a big enough return (profit) to make it worthwhile? In the LDM farming ventures, that answer was FUCK NO!
Canton Fair - World’s Largest Flea Market!
https://www.firstmondaycanton.com/
The song Sharon sang while working in the prison kitchen grating potatoes:
His ways are greater than mine
His ways are greater than mine
His ways are greater than mine, MUCH greater!
Greater, greater, much much greater!
Greater, greater, much greater!
“The Burn” - when everyone in the ministry had to work almost 24/7 to typeset, print, collate and mail out our publication, “The Last Days Magazine.”
“Witnessing” - talking to people, trying to persuade them to “give their lives to Jesus.”
https://www.instagram.com/feetofclay.cultsisters
https://feetofclayconfessionsofthecultsisters.buzzsprout.com
We love acronyms -- and we aren't afraid to use them! Here are some common ones that we might forget to explain:
LDM - Last Days Ministries (organization)
ICT - Intensive Christian Training School (at LDM)
YWAM - Youth With A Mission (organization)
CCM - Contemporary Christian Music
