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"If I have prophecy,
   and fathom all mysteries
     and all knowledge,
  and if I have faith
     to remove mountains...

  ...but do not have love....

      ...I am nothing."

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Sunrise breaking through ragged low clouds...

In 1970 George and Betty Geftakys launched their Assembly ministry in Fullerton, California, in the wake of Chuck Smith’s burgeoning Calvary Chapel. It was based on early Plymouth Brethren concepts, and fueled by the enthusiasm of the Jesus movement and the spiritual awakening that was sweeping across America at that time. The Geftakys ministry imploded in 2003 after “Brother George” was excommunicated from the Fullerton Assembly for serious moral lapses. This exposed underlying problems, which opened people’s eyes to the abuses that had developed in the Assembly system.

Articles on this website detail the Geftakys ministry, and provide many resources for identifying and recovering from the bullying, legalistic control, perfectionism, misuse and misinterpretation of Scripture, etc. Articles and links on this site are particularly relevant to “New Testament”-style Fundamentalist, authoritarian, high-performance Christian groups, but the similarities to other varieties of spiritually abusive Christian organizations are amazing.

The Home page announces new articles and resources, and news of former and current Assembly members, continuing Assemblies, George and Betty Geftakys, etc.

The editor's blog "Post-Assembly Musings" records thoughts related to the Assembly experience.

[Note: The word 'cult' is used on this website in the sociological sense, referring to the practice and conduct of groups, not their beliefs or doctrine. For more about the use of this word, read here ».]

"God will wipe away every tear and heal the pain...He will make all things new."  Revelation 21

New Song at 1970's tent meeting

The "Assemblyboard" is a separate entity from this website, having no administrative connection. It is run by Brian Tucker, formerly of the Charleston Assembly in Illinois.