Christian Open Door Church: Difference between revisions

In the 1990s, the church was criticized by former members, their families, anti-cult associations and by the [[Catholic Church]]. In 1993, the group "Religious Evolution and New Spiritualities" ("Évolution Religieuses et Nouvelles Spiritualités"), led by the Catholic Church, added to the criticisms. Then, in 1996, the anti-cult association [[Centre contre les manipulations mentales|CCMM]], received the first complaints from former members. In 1999, Claude Omnibus, the husband of a deceased follower, accused the movement of having killed his wife after her refusal of an [[organ transplant]], and created an association of victims named Association of Victims of the Christian Open Door (Association des Victimes de la Porte Ouverte Chrétienne, AVIPOC).<ref>{{cite journal |title=Les "miracles" de la POC – Fonds de commerce de cette enterprise familiale pentecôtiste: la guérison divine. Des associations et une Église protestante parlent de dérives sectaires |url=http://www.avipoc.org/presse/express.pdf |journal=[[L'Express]] |language=French |accessdate=14 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415053009/http://avipoc.org/presse/express.pdf |archive-date=15 April 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He participated in many television programs to warn against the COD, and was supported by the [[Union nationale des associations de défense des familles et de l'individu|ADFI]] and CCMM, two anti-cult associations (the CCMM asked the [[MIVILUDES|Mission interministérielle de vigilance et de lutte contre les dérives sectaires]] to add the COD in the [[Governmental lists of cults and sects#French parliamentary commission report (1995)|1995 list of cult]]s). The COD was described as "a dangerous cult" in a book by two journalists<ref>{{cite book |title=Les Sectes dans l'Est de la France |first=Jean-Pierre |last=Stucki |page=8 |url=http://www.actu-sectarisme.com/IMG/pdf/l_etat_des_lieux_dans_l_Est_cle043a2a.pdf |publisher=Actu-sectarisme |language=French |accessdate=14 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707081700/http://www.actu-sectarisme.com/IMG/pdf/l_etat_des_lieux_dans_l_Est_cle043a2a.pdf |archive-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in many press articles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Porte ouverte aux excès – D'anciens fidèles de la Porte ouverte chrétienne évoquent des dérives sectaires |page=4 |url=http://cuej.u-strasbg.fr/archives/ndi/ndi_pdf/ndi49.pdf |publisher=News d'Ill |date=September 1999 |language=French |accessdate=14 August 2009 |archive-date=10 September 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040910193511/http://cuej.u-strasbg.fr/archives/ndi/ndi_pdf/ndi49.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Activities of the group that are criticized include anti-social speech, family breakdowns, false promises of healing which led to abandonment of medical treatments, theological deviances and financial disclosures. Meanwhile, the COD sought support from French Evangelical Association (Association Évangélique Française [AEF]) and unsuccessfully tried to integrate the Protestant Federation of France.<ref>[[#Willaine|Willaime, Amiotte-Suchet, 2004]], pp. 128–63.</ref>

* [http://www.avipoc.org/ AVIPOC, official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009081741/http://www.avipoc.org/ |date=9 October 2009 }}