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And to think this young lady will not be the next victim of a useless degree from IBC married at 20. All because her parents and her decided to debunk religion and gain a relationship.

The same church women criticizing others for wearing makeup, can be found in the ladies bathroom curling their eyelashes, putting on clear mascara and, lipgloss and enhancing facial cream.

Ugh I was one of TWO upc students in a large high school. I’ll never forget it snowed once (which it rarely snowed where I grew up) and I wore a knee length blue jean skirt to school because in my head that looked less stupid than the long blue jean skirt. And this girl looked at me in disbelief and said “it’s snowing outside! Why are you wearing that?” I was as confused as she was. Core memory.

That was an excellent interview! Thank you for sharing, Aubrynn. My daughter is your age, and we left around the same time. I'm sure there is a lot that she can relate to, and I know there are likely many others.

We realize that scriptures are subject to misinterpretation even by you. But I don’t see how you can skirt around the fact that the Bible teaches a woman should wear a covering on her head whether it be her own uncut hair or a special covering of some sort.

Whatever it means, the scripture teaches that women should wear a covering. (Church culture). For this reason, and because the angels are watching, a woman should wear a covering on her head to show she is under authority.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭11‬:‭10‬ ‭NLT‬‬

My church has never put out rules for those in the congregation. We do have a higher standard for those in leadership roles. But If obeying scripture is “rules” I guess that’s what we do.

The practice of long hair on women and short hair on men has nothing to do with Greek or American culture. It has everything to do with CHURCH culture. “But if anyone wants to argue about this, I simply say that we have no other custom than this, and neither do God’s other churches.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭11‬:‭16‬ ‭NLT‬‬

7:37 Amen and amen. Religion tries to project issues on other vs. the issue within their own heart! That was a time for that man to fervently seek Jesus for a new heart on how to see women. Especially younger children!

This happens more often than people know. Thank you for your courage and strength in sharing your story.

We are sick of seeing your sexuality all day everyday

Just went through this over the weekend with my grandpa.

Thank you for sharing this. I personally saw the actions of predators destroy the church and the congregation. Geronimo Aguilar, Jack Schaap, and Lloyd Davis were all predators; Davis' victims were male.

responsible faith ... great channel name ... and great video. i would add some comment about RESPONSIBLE FAITH operating in true shepherds: col 1 - i now rejoice in MY SUFFERINGS FOR YOU ... eph 3 - therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at MY TRIBULATIONS FOR YOU, which is your glory. acts 20 - i have coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel. yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me. I HAVE SHOWN YOU IN EVERY WAY, BY LABORING LIKE THIS, THAT YOU MUST SUPPORT THE WEAK sadly, this has been replace by "i'm an awesome expositor of the word, therefore you must assume i am pure in my motives and pay attention only to my right hand and don't think about what i'm doing with my left even though i obviously have a high net worth, enjoy owning multiple homes ON YOUR DIME, while i craft an approach by which any one of you can be kicked out of the camp."

Thank you for this video clip. Former UPCI here.

I appreciate your story. I have a UPC background as well. I broke away from them later in life, however, the name of Jesus is still working for me. I am a 57 year old woman who played hookie from school at 9-10 yr old, and found myself reading my bible in moms bed while she was at work. I asked God about "these three". I found out God is all in all, and these three are all in Him. Im not in UPC anymore, but Jesus is still my God. I wear pants because I should at my job. God keeps me young and beautiful without stuff. He has kept me very young looking. I cover my body tho. Im at peace in a very wonderful way. THANK YOU for this clip.

The indoctrination of upci is highly controlling, very abusive. 😢😢❤Bless her for the feelings she had cutting her hair.

Deana Jo thankyou for such a beautiful video, young lady Aubrynn is beautiful, x ❤what weight to carry. Praying you all can have peace ❤Jess

So I want to start by saying I don't disagree with almost anything you say. But I do want to offer a single disagreement that isn't even a complete disagreement. You have to stop saying it's easy on the guys, "they don't have to do anything" some of us carry a lot of emotional damage from the upci. As a guy who played sports and loved swimming, who eventually went on to work in construction, much of my life was ripped away as a young man because of dress standards. And being mocked by co-workers every day in the summer for being in long pants and sleeves while the other guys had on shorts and tanks. It was very emotionally damaging. As young people we don't rate our trauma on a sliding scale. We don't feel better about being mocked in front of large groups because "at least we weren't a girl". It actually feels like you are disregarding the men In the same way the upc does when you say that stuff. Having said all that. I know the girls had a horrible time, and I hate that I saw almost my entire generation get destroyed emotionally and socially. I grew up in one of the most prominent churches in the country. People come here for help. I've been out a long time now and I'm at peace with it all but many are not yet

Reminds me of Jim Jones

AND MANY SHALL FOLLOW THEIR PERNICIOUS WAYS; BY REASON OF WHOM THE WAY OF TRUTH SHALL BE EVIL SPOKEN OF. {2 PETER 2:2}. I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME ANY PEOPLE STARTS TALKING ABOUT THEM LEAVING A CHURCH THAT PREACHES THE TRUTH {I AM APOSTOLIC BUT NOT UPC) THEY START THEIR CONVERSATIONS BY TALKING ABOUT THE OUTWARD HOLINESS STANDARDS!! THEN IT GOES FROM THERE, AND THEY START SPEAKING AGAINST SPEAKING IN TONGUES!! IT IS SO SAD THAT YOU SPEND SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME SPEAKING AGAINST THE UPC. I ALSO NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE A HABIT OF PUTTING WORDS IN PEOPLE'S MOUTHS AS THEY ARE TALKING. WOMEN LIVED WITH THESE HOLINESS STANDARDS FOR MANY MANY YEARS.

I’ve been in the UPCI my entire life going on 27 years now and for the first 7 years I was part of a WPF church (at the time they were UPCI as the WPF was not yet formed). And I WILL say one thing. Uncut hair IS FALSE DOCTRINE PERIOD! But just because they’re wrong about that I can’t leave the organization where else would I go that preaches the oneness truth?

Wow I'm so sorry you experienced things like that. Those experiences should be between you and the Lord! I pray Jesus is using you in his kingdom.

Why don't yall just be truthful and realize that you have slacked off in your prayer life you let yourself get weak and the world. Your flesh was pulling on you and you left

40 years adopted at birth and raised in an “old time apostolic Pentecostal” church . Left 2 years ago now. These stories are all so similar. Control, manipulation, removal of fathers and replacement by pastors in Gods plan. Dictator style life. Expected to ask to go to the next town if it was overnight. So very sad. Thank you God for realization and a closer walk with you.

Aubrynn, you have a beautiful heart and love for God. You don't know me, but your parents, Katie and Clay, can tell you about me. It is so freeing to be delivered from religion and to walk in relationship with Jesus. Keep walking one on one with Him and He will direct your steps. Pray for those who are still held captive in the UPCI.

'Tyranny of the Weaker Brother' by RC Sproul is a great teaching to listen to regarding this too! My hubby shared it with me during his rabbit hole research...

Wow!! This totally hits home for me!! My story is a little more crazier but similar to Andrew's!! Thanks for sharing your story!!

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Powerful story

Excellent interview and this young lady now has a beautiful testimony! I have granddaughters… I hope their parents study things out too!!! 🥺

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thanks for sharing your story.i was in upci for 48 years and came out you can see alot better looking from the outside .God wants us to walk with him in freedom.

I wasn’t ever even allowed to swim with girls no matter what they had on dress long shorts it didn’t matter

Yay so excited when I saw the notification about this just starting the video❤

Not all Oneness Apostolics are UPCI churches and the rules are different.

Alicia, thank you for sharing your story. ❤

Aubrynn, Thank you for being so strong and brave. You will for sure be helping many parents and young ladies and teens your age so very much. Your love for God is clearly strong and your love for people as well. Keep up the faith and never let that go. Never lose who you are and how you treat others. I am nothing but proud of the beautiful, loving, caring and truly wonderful person you are.❤❤❤❤

Aubrynn, you are so well spoken. You articulated your experience so well! Thank you for being so brave. Watching this made me so grateful that my little girl will be able to live in freedom for her entire childhood. We left when she was only 2. Wonderful interview!

She did such an amazing job and spoke from her heart. This will definitely help other teens and also parents deciding to leave the UPCI or stay for their children. Thank you for being so brave and speaking your truth. I know one day, this will help my daughter as she struggles to blend into both worlds right now too. God bless ❤

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It's funny how UPCI pastors see girls cut their after leaving and preach about how it's the first thing they do... They have no idea how long any of them wait to cut their hair before leaving. They just see them months later with shorter hair and act like they just didn't experience passage of time in between. I have yet to hear a testimony of a woman who left and immediately cut her hair.

Hi Deanna Jo This young lady's story is really amazing. She has a lot of wisdom at a young age. Bless her heart and keep going strong. My daughter is 23 and still upc because of her mom. They both look so sad. But moving on, growing up upc in the 70s-90s for us guys, we were not allowed to wear shorts, wear short sleeve shirts, no organized sports, no theaters etc... I have friends and family members still in upc and seeing them in public, the guys are in shorts, tshirts. Now days licensed ministers are attending pro sport games, going on cruises etc.... a lot of Pentecostal Apostolic churches are so relaxed on what was a major no go when we were young. I myself have a clearer and such a strong relationship with Jesus now more than I ever did attending a Pentecostal Church. Great video Deanna Jo! Blessings

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Dear Aubry, I married my husband, who was raised in UPCI. I was only 18 years old when I was led into that church. I can totally relate. I had four sons. I would pray that I wouldn't have a baby girl. I wanted a girl, but I didn't want her to have to live through that!'😢 I had four sons and was relieved. That was so sad. My hair also reached the floor and thick. I suffered a lot. I smiled throughout this video. I knew exactly how you felt! My husband and I moved away in our 30s, for work and God slowly showed us to be free from that bondage. We love God and serve Him after learning so much was unnecessary. May God bless you and your family!❤ And...thanks so much Deanna Jo!❤

This makes me so sad. I’m so sorry

Hey this is Jeff, the guy in the interview. I look at the comments every so often here. I attend a wonderful church now and I have met some of the strongest, emotionally and mentally healthy Christians outside of the UPC. I have met and spoken with several people who have left the UPC and have blossomed and grown in their faith in ways that they never did in that denomination. God hasn't cursed their life, and God hasn't smote them with wrath. I still experience trials and tests of my faith. I still experience moments of despair and I still experience the joy of knowing Jesus. God is not my enemy and I am not His enemy. I stand redeemed by the blood of the lamb. Every step I have made regarding my faith has been carefully and prayerfully taken over the past six years. My faith is a serious and personal matter to me and I am not the kind of man that makes serious moves on a whim. I believe in being Spirit filled. There are only three times in the book of Acts where it's recorded that people had the "speaking in tongues" experience and every time it was actual human languages. Acts 2 is descriptive of the initial outpouring of the Spirit. It's not prescriptive. Up until the early 20th century, there were no Pentecostals. There is only ONE time in the New Testament where someone asked the question "What must I do to be saved?" You probably know the passage and the answer that the apostle gave. I digress. I am deeply grateful God reached me in the darkest place of despair and depression back in 2018. I have been able to share the Gospel and I have even been able to lead a couple of people to Jesus since then. The UPC experience was a part of my past, but it is not a part of my future. My hope is that if you watch this, you will find the peace and mercy of God in Jesus Christ and the finished work of the cross. If God can reach and heal me, he can reach and heal anybody.

I personally find that DJ, is only a anti Oneness person with hate and a axe to grind. She thinks that she is doing God's work attacking UPIC, ONENESS ass a whole, when in fact she forgets to remove the beam out of the eye of her church (if she attends). Sin is always present and why Paul says we must die daily to sin, repent and endure. Men have a problem that they are visually simulated, it is something in many men and Spiritual men can fall prey to it as well as the outright sinner. I also know some of these court cases that have come up of false attacks on men of God, but I don't go around seeking these stories as this woman who isn't serving God. Im all for prosecuting people who commit these sorts of sins, but the handful of these cases over many years is not even remotely a widespread problem amongst Oneness. But to hear or see this site, DJ thinks it's near every Oneness and they are all in on it. I don't know enough of you and I do know of similar one's who backslid or couldn't hold standards or wouldnt pay tithes or had a axe to grind. God will deal with you and if you heart is right, I don't think so.

Is not the bible they my mental illness for 26 year there have been time when the bible thought of " My grace is sufficion my power is perfect in weakness. God's love in good health or bad never leaves " US".

I’m so emotional right now watching this. You have told my story without even knowing me!! Im 48 and very broken.

When I pray, the voice of God sounds like James Earl Jones. Either I’m following Darth Vader or living in Field of Dreams…