[Braven]

Hi everyone,

I became involved in the wmscog at my campus. I was approached by two young Korean missionaries who asked if I knew of god the mother. Being overly pro-feminist, I was eager to hear of this. These meetings lasted for a long time, and they always asked me to get baptized. I consistently researched their group, skeptical, but this church was not like the ones I had seen described. This branch never lied to me and they told me who Ahnsahnhong was before I was baptized.

Along the way I learned my friend was also involved with this same branch and she pushed me a little too hard to take passover. My boyfriend – who I knew long before I even heard of this church – is Korean and he researched the church heavily on Korean websites for me. He told me that if I kept with the church, he would break up with me and that I should not take passover. So, my friend and my mentor texted me furiously on Passover day, saying that it was okay and that my boyfriend wouldn’t leave me.

I became nervous about the church when my friend essentially said “screw your boyfriend, Passover is more important “. I understand them – they are so involved that they are fearful of me not being protected by passover.

Yet, I feel very happy with the church and I am ashamed that I missed passover, so I have not been involved with them since. Still, I wonder if my branch is different? They don’t act like I’ve seen described. I made several studies and while I don’t like that they say they can’t answer some of my questions until I meet certain study requirements, a lot if what they say makes sense to me.

Is this group known for expressing disapproval when you can’t make certain church events or services? I do work a lot, and whenever I said I couldn’t go to something they seemed that way and I always felt horrible. But I always think people are mad at me so I’m not sure if that was just me…

Part of me wants to go back because my branch seems much better than what I have read. But I wanted to check what others had to say about their behavior and if I should really listen to my boyfriend.