Comment on 'Fountain of Life' Seminar, 1982
Hearing stories like Kristin's causes me to see more clearly the damage done to all of us, both men and women, by the scam known as the Geftakys ministry. I too was impressed by the Assembly during my initial contacts. I too was taken in by George's portrayal of himself as a godly man, whose words were to be received with utmost seriousness.
In 1982 George preached a seminar called "The Fountain of Life", taken from the first epistle of John, in which he basically said that those who had not perfectly and decidedly turned their back on old sins were probably not saved.
At that time I was struggling with my relationship with my family and the fact that I frequently lost my patience with them. As a result of George's "wonderfully anointed preaching" I spent three and a half years after that seminar doubting my salvation.
George drove people to suicide with his preaching - his way of portraying himself as the only one who is successfully living the overcoming, deeper Christian life. And all this while forcing himself on single women.