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Lawrence A. ("Larry") Pile
File:LarryPile.jpg
BornMay 11, 1943
 United States
OccupationCult expert (research, workshops)
NationalityAmerican
GenreCult recovery
Subjectcults, Totalist Aberrant Christian Organizations
Literary movementAnti-cult movement

Lawrence A. ("Larry") Pile is a cult research specialist, archivist, and workshop leader at Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center. He received his bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois and has 5 ½ years experience within Great Commission International. He has been studying the cult phenomenon for more than 30 years. [1][2][3][4]

Background

Born on May 11, 1943, Larry Pile hails from Beachwood, Ohio. He holds a Bachelor's degree in German from Wheaton College, where he graduated in 1965. Pile served three years in West Berlin as a German translator for U.S. Army Security Agency. He was an interpreter of German, French and Russian on a fact-finding and assistance team visiting Christians in Iron Curtain countries in 1971. Following his experiences with Great Commission International, a group Larry left because he felt it had grown too "authoritarian,"[5] Larry and others staged several conferences for former members of GCI to help them "recover from the emotional and psychological damage they'd experienced" with in the movement.[6] He went on to become a cult counselor at the world's first accredited cult recovery center, the Wellspring Retreat, in 1988.[7][8][9][10]

Wellspring roles

Larry Pile acts as workshop developer and leader at Wellspring. He acts as resident cult and fringe group researcher and archivist. He also acts as a consultant for families and friends of cult victims. He is the editor of Wellspring Journal. Pile is a researcher for legal cases involving cults as well. [8]

Workshop process

Pile shows videos to Wellspring clients during group workshops to illustrate what it is like to be in a cult, to demonstrate how cults are formed, and to demystify his clients' experiences. [11] Pile also runs a theological workshop where debates over the Bible are deconstructed. [12]

Published works

Books

Articles

References

  1. ^ "Pile, Lawrence - profile". Retrieved 2007-04-29.
  2. ^ "Pile, Lawrence - profile". Retrieved 2007-04-29.
  3. ^ Pile, Larry (Summer, 2000). "Making of a Cult Counselor". Wellspring Journal. 9 (2). {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Organizations List Cult-Help". Retrieved 2007-04-30.
  5. ^ Jeff Truesdell (1991-10-17). "How The Sun Set". The Weekly (Orlando, Florida).
  6. ^ ""Just Who Is Jim McCotter?" North & South". New Zealand. April 2002. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ Pile, Lawrence (2002). MARCHING TO ZION: A Personal History and Analysis of the "Blitz Movement" aka Great Commission Association of Churches (2nd ed.). Albany, Ohio: Christians United to Remedy Error (CURE).
  8. ^ a b "Lawrence A. Pile". Retrieved 2007-05-02.
  9. ^ "Larry: Cult Research & Workshop Leader". Retrieved 2007-04-30.
  10. ^ Laura Withers (February 15, 2002). "Students susceptible to cults' lures". The Ohio State University Post. Retrieved 2007-04-30. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. ^ Laura Withers (February 14, 2002). "Cult recovery center product of experience". The Ohio State University Post. Retrieved 2007-04-30. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. ^ Philippe Boulet-Gercourt (November, 1999). "WELLSPRING, la clinique de l'âme pour les gens blessés par les sectes". Le Nouvel Observateur. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |accesssdate= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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