Episode notes
In 2013, the irresistible idealism and youthful energy of the Gladstone Community drew two older Christian believers named Ernie and June Stickler to fellowship with them. Both parties embraced one another readily in what seemed to be a "peaceable kingdom" where all was in a holy harmony. Four and a half years, the Sticklers exited after bearing witness to community discord that the group's sanctimonious posturing cloaked; a virtual and destructive cultism they could no longer justify. The Sticklers' gripping first person account of life within the community is featured in our podcast.