Growing Up In An Amish Jewish Cult Deception

"Book one, Delusion is a record of how her parents met, married, and decided to follow The Elder. It details the trauma she experienced between the ages of four and six. It shows why the colony moved from their 2,005 acres in Tennessee. Deception begins in Mississippi where the colony moved to a cotton plantation in the delta. It records her childhood from age six to sixteen. Deliverance will show what transpired in the summer of 1964 when she was forced from the isolated cult environment--all she knew--and cast into a foreign world of culture shock all right here in America."--Book two, p. 4 of cover.

"Book one, Delusion is a record of how her parents met, married, and decided to follow The Elder. It details the trauma she experienced between the ages of four and six. It shows why the colony moved from their 2,005 acres in Tennessee. Deception begins in Mississippi where the colony moved to a cotton plantation in the delta. It records her childhood from age six to sixteen. Deliverance will show what transpired in the summer of 1964 when she was forced from the isolated cult environment--all she knew--and cast into a foreign world of culture shock all right here in America."--Book two, p. 4 of cover.

For nearly five centuries, communities in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition have affirmed a high view of Scripture, a life shaped by strict ethical practices, and a visible church whose disciplined members are separated from the world. Such Christian virtues can also have a shadowy side. In this fascinating and troubling narrative, Patricia Hochstetler tells of her life in an Old Order splinter group where these traditional Anabaptist themes - in the manipulative hands of a power-hungry leader - led an Amish community into a downward spiral of isolation, fear, amd emotional violence. Told from a child's perspective, this gripping story leaves readers hungry to see how it will conclude in subsequent volumes.

Built on Kraybill’s deep knowledge of Amish life and his contacts within many Amish communities, Renegade Amish highlights one of the strangest and most publicized sagas in contemporary Amish history.

The unbelievable but true story of how Wil Hochstetler, a young, innocent Amish teen and his family, were unwittingly lured into the clutches of a smooth-talking cult leader. Wil's family was searching for something deeper, and what seemed at first like fresh water for a thirsty heart soon turned bitter and poisonous. By the grace of God, Wil's devotion to his leader slowly turned to doubt. Finally, sick and tired of being manipulated, controlled, abused, molested, and deceived, Wil made his break and escaped his leader's grasp-or so he thought. This is a disturbing story of Satan's gross deceptions and a beautiful story of the power of God's grace and deliverance.

The incredible true story of an inquisitive Amish family and the smooth-talking cult leader who deceives them. Discouraged by his parents' lukewarm attitude toward God, teenage Wil Hochstetler is intrigued when they begin visiting a local ex-Amishman who claims to receive revelations from God. Soon several people are meeting weekly at Wilbur Lee Eash's home, dazzled by reports of his spiritual experiences and enthralled by his scriptural-sounding teachings. The deceptive but charismatic leader soon becomes controlling. He blames his unfulfilled prophecies on his followers' disobedience, and he threatens that those who don't follow him wholeheartedly will suffer eternal condemnation. When he convinces his tiny flock to sell their possessions ("the end is near!") but then requests that they give him increasingly large sums of money, Wil finally makes his escape--or so he thinks. This fast-paced account vividly displays the power of deception and the redemptive grace of God.

"Winging It" is a delightful story about three pre-teens from Florida who spend a summer together in Laredo, Texas, a border town with a reputation for intrigue. Eddie, Jack, and Victoria hook-up with Cody, an old barnstorming pilot and his thirteen year old amigo, Luis. They teach our trio how to fly, and steer them into an adventure they will never forget, filled with mystery and deception. They learn about many "Critters" as well: Armadillos, Javelina, Rattlesnakes, Tarantulas, Scorpions, and the worst critter of all...a real live Terrorist. The story finds our heroes learning many of life''''s teachings, including lessons about growing-up and how boys know when girls like them.

The unbelievable but true story of how Wil, a young, innocent Amish teen and his family, were unwittingly lured into the clutches of a smooth-talking cult leader. Wil?s family was searching for something deeper, and what seemed at first like fresh water for a thirsty heart soon turned bitterly poisonous. By the grace of God, Wil?s devotion to his leader, who was an excommunicated Amsihman, slowly turned to doubt. Finally, sick and tired of being manipulated, controlled, molested, and deceived, Wil made his break and escaped his leader?s grasp. Or so he thought. This is a disturbing story of Satan?s deceptions and a beautiful story of the power of God?s grace and deliverance.

Girls in the Cult is a journey into understanding the Old Order Mennonite religion. The book provides answers for "free thinkers" who ask: Why would people of a religion systematically program their children to fear the outside world? Why would the people of a religion limit a child's education to eighth grade? Why would people of a religion make their members live in the past? What could prominent Dr. Erik Erikson and his "Eight Stages in Life" say about the people of my childhood religion? How does the “Amish in the City” television show fit into this book? Girls in the Cult is a first-hand account of my Old Order Mennonite childhood. As a little girl, I asked my mother who I was. Her reply that we were just pilgrims passing through this world on our way to our heavenly home didn't satisfy me. Years later I searched to learn the answer, which comprises this book. My surprising self-discovery is told with clarity, honesty, and in good old-fashioned storytelling.

A moving and revealing exploration of ultra-Orthodox Judaism and one man's loss of faith Shulem Deen was raised to believe that questions are dangerous. As a member of the Skverers, one of the most insular Hasidic sects in the US, he knows little about the outside world—only that it is to be shunned. His marriage at eighteen is arranged and several children soon follow. Deen's first transgression—turning on the radio—is small, but his curiosity leads him to the library, and later the Internet. Soon he begins a feverish inquiry into the tenets of his religious beliefs, until, several years later, his faith unravels entirely. Now a heretic, he fears being discovered and ostracized from the only world he knows. His relationship with his family at stake, he is forced into a life of deception, and begins a long struggle to hold on to those he loves most: his five children. In All Who Go Do Not Return, Deen bravely traces his harrowing loss of faith, while offering an illuminating look at a highly secretive world.