Since escaping the Watchtower twenty-five years ago, Candy Gwen Lopitz has had a heart for people seeking freedom from religious cults. Candy knows first-hand how cult indoctrination and abuses produce long-term effects in adherents. "What has always motivated me to reach out to people coming out of the cults," she says, "is a strong desire not to see others struggle all alone to find freedom and identity within outer society." When Candy founded Freedom Beacon Ministries in 2006, her intention was to offer support to such individuals and to help them to achieve a solid Scriptural foundation. However, it was not long before other weary souls in search of spiritual rest and nourishment began to flock to Freedom Beacon Ministries. Candy says that she is very pleased that she and the like-minded staff at Freedom Beacon Ministries have never turned away anyone in need of God's solace and grace. "It is very disturbing to see so many people in our society today laboring beneath such spiritual, emotional, and psychological devastation," she says. "I am absolutely delighted to be able to offer my experience, my education in the Behavioral Sciences, and solid Biblical teaching to any one who can benefit. I wholeheartedly believe in this cause and I would not trade what I do for anything in the world. To see people break the chains of spiritual, emotional, and mental bondage is an indescribably rewarding feeling. To witness such profound spiritual healing is to experience confirmation of God's loving grace on a daily basis." This book is for the spiritual captives of the world and for anyone seeking to assist them in their journey to recovery.
