Anchor Abuse - Anchor Missionary Cult Story Updated

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Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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We would like to wish our friends a Happy New Year! Speaking for myself, I am able to love those who have made themselves my enemies ,and forgive them ,while continuing to pray for God's best for them as the Bible says to do. Our prayers are still that their eyes would be opened, and they would see their abuses and the pain they have caused and turn from them. The Bible tells us when we see our brother committing a sin that could incur the wrath of God, we must warn them. We do this with fear and trembling!

It has been a great year for us in many ways! We have seen the Lord do wonderful things in the lives of some who have left cults. We have seen whole families put back together. We continue to have hope for those we love, caught in the Anchor Church cult.

In 2008 we have seen some escape from Anchor. We have talked with people associated with the cult who are in fear of losing their own homes and families. We have seen the Lord go deep inside the hearts and souls of others,cleaning out all the Anchor Cult teachings and indoctrination scraping away the left-overs of rotten fruit, exposing the deceptions, the bad advice ,and the falsehoods. He has removed what is unhealthy,and has taken away the old harmful dogma,restoring a sense of well-being, emotionally and spiritually; bringing health, and freshness, and making people new from the inside out. What a blessing to witness this! It gives us hope for others!

This is the beginning of the third New Year for the Anchorabuse.org website. This web-site was launched on Dec 31,2006. It began as a result of our whole family(nine souls)being excommunicated without explanation. We were slandered,and shunned and after begging to meet with Anchor leaders at least 20 times I was asked to leave the Anchor Christmas Eve Service of 2006. There was no other way of communication with people we loved. Writing rebuttals to Ardith Keef's Daily Devotionals was a way of getting deprogrammed day by day from 20 years of brainwashing,and the indoctrination of her hurtful,twisted, opinions and ideas, presented as Gospel. In reality it was poisen.The Deprogramming helped us and others to get free...

Two more families have left since New Year 2007, along with some individuals,who probably would not have, had we not stood our ground and spoken out the truth. We are honored for the privilege of serving the Lord in this way,and helping to set the captives free.We pray that the leaders of Anchor will get free as well.

What a blessing that even our heartaches can be used by Him to serve others! We praise Him for His Love and Mercy to all of us, and to those we have been blessed to help! We praise Him for other faithful Christians who have faithfully prayed for us, and for the release of those caught in the deceptive web of the Anchor Missionary Fellowship Church/Cult!

Calm Ministries was formed in January 2008. We have had the opportunity to serve the Lord, helping others harmed by cults through this ministry as well. We celebrate the Lord ,and His Faithfulness to us! In 2008 Bill and Ardith Keef and The Anchor Missionary Fellowship Church were listed on the Cult List of Rick Ross, well known International Cult Expert. We were encouraged and blessed by this,as it validated our experiences , as dealing with an actual Cult,and their cult abuses of our family and others as real.

In November 2008 ,Don won in court his First Amendment Right to stand on the corner across from the Anchor Missionary Fellowship Church and demonstrate. This is after Bill and Ardith Keef put harrassment charges against Don twice, and also against three of us who are Christians, and have been faithful friends to them for some twenty years. We are sad that it came to this. With communication, and had things been done by the Anchor Leaders the way the Bible directs,it never would have. But it is the nature of an abusive christian cult to pick and choose from God's Word whatever suits the current wind of doctrine,and omit the rest.

In October 2007 Don agreed voluntarily to stay off the corner for a whole year. He followed through and kept his word. On Oct 5, 2008 his year was up ,and they had done absolutely nothing to even try to make peace. He was back on the corner Oct 12, 2008 and the leaders of Anchor immediately served him with harrassment papers. Within 6 weeks Don had his positive answer from the Judge.

The Judge listened to two days of testimony ,and took six more days to take the case under advisement before making his decision to dismiss their case. The paperwork showing the Judges findings on the case are on our front page under "Photo Gallery." Ardith and Bill Keef even had three other witnesses against Don, but failed to convince the Judge of the validity of the charges. We thought this quite interesting ,as Ardith Keef is an Attorney at Law,and her husband Bill Keef is a "Pastor."

Don had one witness who testified, our daughter Becky. Even if Don had lost, he was ecstatic at the antics and victories in the courtroom as he watched the cult leaders squirm in their seats, hang their heads,and some were caught in outright lies before the Judge. Other witnesses encouraged us by not lieing under oath when push came to shove. Praise God, there may yet be hope!

The Lord has seen us through two court cases, and there is another one pending against us for "defamation",to take down this web-site. The Anchor cult leaders lost their injunction to remove the web-site until we go to court. Don is appealing another case where Bill Keef buried a listening device in the ground next to Don's truck early one Sunday before church,and Bill Keef was caught red-handed burying it by an off-duty Scarborough Police Officer. We trust the Lord for His help and support through these cases as well.

We have seen miracle after miracle during the past year. We have seen people at their lowest point healed and drawn to Christ. We anticipate more of the same in the New Year! Don and I have two young grandsons often in our home ages 12 and 5 who have tragically not seen their younger brother, now 2 and 1/2 since Dec 2007, and have never seen their new brother born July 2008 ,because of the bizarre teachings of the Anchor Cult.

They are not allowed to see their brothers because they see their real grandparents,Don and I on a regular basis. This supposedly makes them dirty,soiled,and unclean. They are considered Unworthy to be with the "adopted grandsons" of Anchor Cult leaders,their own little brothers. These heartbroken youngsters miss their family, even their stepmother who has abandoned them, and continue to suffer great emotional harm and loss from this evil seperation because of the Anchor Leader's cruel and abusive treatment. This alone exposes Anchor Missionary Fellowship Church as a cult,and Bill and Ardith Keef as cult-leaders. It is satan that hates children, not God!

We will fight in the courts with all we have and are,to bring the four of them together regularly during the coming year. These four children are only six miles apart. The "Pastor's" wife, Ardith Keef,is even supposedly a Guardian ad litem. How sick and utterly disgusting for someone like this to have the lives of innocent children in her hands! It is easy to recognize Anchor Missionary Fellowship Church as a cult because of the ongoing merciless treatment of children,and families in the name of "Jesus."

We wonder what will happen to the two younger brothers when the Judge gives an order for their father to have half custody or more,and they actually begin to see their older brothers? Maybe they'll see us, the real grandparents! Will they then be cast away without mercy as damaged goods the same way their brothers have been? Perhaps their own mother will be led to discard them as defiled! These things really happen in cults! Time will tell. May the Lord God break down the enemy's stronghold, and release Jezebel's strangle-hold in the Anchor Church. May He set the captives free!

We bow before our Maker, the One who loves children and who said, "Let the little children come unto me" our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Whom we worship and serve. We are reminded that one day in some New Year He will come for His Own. We desire to be ready with our lamps all filled! 2009 could be that year! "Even so, come Lord Jesus."

Anchor Missionary Cult Story Updated

Written by Cheryl Dobson
Friday, 26 September 2008
,CALM Ministries Board Members Speak Out The "Pastor" who abuses families Many folks think that cults are filled with people who are some kind of weird "cult material." But in reality cults and abusive churches are filled with good people, bright people, business people, lawyers, doctors, executives , pilots, moms, dads, dancers, musicians, teachers etc. Often the church becomes a cult with time ,and especially if there is no accountability on the part of the leaders. The truth is,sometimes a member has no clue it is a cult or abusive until it affects him personally. I was in a cult/abusive church whose beginnings appeared to be very much the same as a normal Christian Church. People from every walk of life can be found in cults. I am a wife and mother and grandmother who simply wanted to love and please the Lord. I also loved people. I met a woman who seemed to teach the truth about Jesus Christ, salvation by faith, and the Cross. Now 20 years later here I am with my whole family, eight of us (four children) put out of the "church" and shunned for questioning the leaders whom we thought to be our friends. The good part is that I was there serving for so long that I truly am still their friend ,and love them unconditionally. I love them enough to tell the truth loud and clear so no other families will ever have to suffer at the hands of these leaders like our family has. Perhaps the leaders of the abusive church will eventually see and hear the truth themselves. This is my earnest desire and heartfelt prayer. It is now Sept 27, 2008. The Web-site has been operating for twenty-one months. Below is the strange but honest truth about how the Anchor Missionary Fellowship Church began. My name is Cheryl Dobson. I'm 62 years old. I was there praying, serving the leadersip, being a "pillar" through it all. This is the story of Ardith Keef and her Pastor husband, Bill, how they got rid of their ex's and broke up both their families, virtually destroyed a church, started their own church, and much more all in the name of Jesus... Sadly ,I have seen profound abuse of families, even the Pastor's own family, cloaked in the guise of "spiritual authority" and "obedience" to the "law" of God. What an incredible deception we all came under! For years I supported what "seemed right", but was terribly wrong. Now myself and my whole family have been excommunicated for criticizing the bizarre behavior of Bill and Ardith Keef. This happened in the summer of 2006. My family asked for a chance to talk together with them at least 25 times with no response. Then in May 2007 my son-in-law reached out to Pastor Keef of The Anchor Missionary Fellowship in order to try to reason with him one last time; His wife,Ardith took control refusing to talk or have a meeting of any kind. On July 1, 2007 Pastor Bill Keef tried to hide an illegal listening devise in the ground where my husband had parked his truck, where Don had lawfully exercised his civil rights by demonstrating at the church for 49 weeks. The Pastor was caught red-handed, burying the device in the early hours of Sunday July 1, 2007, by a Police Officer in plain clothes . We are speaking out because it is the only thing we can do......... This is our story................ I have recently undergone the painful process of exiting an abusive church/ cult after 12 and a half years of faithful servce. I spent the previous 8 years under Ardith Keef's control within the confines of the previous church she and her 5th and former husband/pastor led. I've seen whole families abused, divided, and the two people who were married to the present pastor and his wife; cruely shunned for years. One of these folks was labeled 'possessed' and a "witch." the new "pastor",Bill Keef and Ardith's present husband, gave everyone code names at the time. He labeled his then wife,"Spider" when she was no longer wanted. My code name was,"The State Trooper." The other ex, Ardith Keef's pastor husband, a Professor, who had a code name that I cannot disclose, was slandered at the university before his professional peers and colleagues, and before his students, as well as before the church that he had pastored, clearly, and brutally stated that he was morally deficient. Rumors were spread through his workplace and his church that he suffered from a 'brain tumor' and" Alzheimers." The new church prayed for him to die! May I say that the man is 78 years old and in perfect health today, fourteen years later. He still holds down his job and his dignaty in spite of the abuse he has suffered.He prays for the group and he redily forgave me. The slandering and the shunning of this man and woman continues to this day with no evidence of such things! Such cruel abuse rivals the "witch hunts" , hangings and burnings of Salem. At least it was over quickly for those victims.; This is how it all began................. Christian Outreach Association was a small church started around 1983. I became a member in 1986. By early 1994 there were about 65 members. The Pastor was Ardith's husband, seventeen years her senior. He was loved by church members. He was a marvelous teacher ,and the church was growing steadily and thriving. Sometime before the fall of 1992 he began allowing a young married man with four young children,to do some of the preaching on Sundays. During those months before the defrocking of Ardiths husband/pastor, Ardith the former pastors wife was holding "marriage counseling" sessions with the wife of the young man Bill Keef. Ardith has never had any counseling credentials! The same woman/wife of Bill Keef was a few months later conveniently described as 'possessed', In late spring of 1994 everything was turned upside down in the church. Ardith (now Keef) and the young married man prayed alone together periodically in Ardith's university office for some time, and decided to disclose what they considered a moral flaw in the Pastor's character. The young married man, Bill Keef would "take down the pastor." and take over. For most of us it was very sudden and shocking. How long the two people who caused the pastor's demise had been "praying" and planning only God knows. Things had been weird in the church for about a year, but nothing you could put your finger on. The original Pastor was unjustly ousted, shamed, and disgraced before the whole church, he was then shunned and the shunning continues 14 years later. The young man took over as Pastor of the church immediately with no vote , and no authority, outside of the coaching of the former Pastor's wife, Ardith and step-son. This was the son of the ousted Pastor. Eventually they talked a pastor into "ordaining" the "new" pastor and he did it reluctantly. Bill Keef had no schooling or training of any kind to do pastoring duties. I then stayed in the defunct ,former Pastor's home nights with his wife Ardith and him for nine months. I felt that she needed protection from the former pastor , who was made out to be so evil that he was dangerous within five days time. In short, I believed what was said. I did think it strange however, that days and months went by without my ever seeing the former pastor and his wife speak to each other. They still lived together in the same house. I was told by Ardith in no uncertain terms, not to speak to her then defunct,shunned husband even though I was in his home every day. . The church floundered. Over the upcoming months, the sheep scattered until about 19 people remained. There was no help for the hurting flock. Within eight days of the defrocking of her husband, I knew that Ardith was in love with the young man who had in such a bizarre way become the new Pastor. My reason for staying nights also was because of the appearence of evil. They were both still married to their mates. I told Ardith with grave seriousness that she had better protect the members from finding out they were in love for the sake of the Church. I encouraged her to take things very slow. I was right, they were not wise. They were giddy and childish about their feelings while they were both still married to others and in front of Bill's children. The church was virtually destroyed, except for a few easily deceived, die-hard loyalists like myself. Ardith was in love with the very man whose wife she had 'counseled' , the wife who now was suddenly labeled "possessed" and a "witch." Within a year the new Pastor Bill Keef, and the former Pastor's wife, Ardith , now Keef were married to each other. I had moments of apprehension, but backed Ardith all the way. She had all the "spiritual answers." The two spouses who excommunicated the ex's got married to each other on June 5,1995. They became the Church Authority Figures. No one gave them any authority, they just took it on themselves. The former church was destroyed. The young man's four children were left wounded and without their father. Two of his girls were even called demonic and satanic. They are still recovering today from Ardith's and their father's abuse Two families were broken up. According to the church leadership, none of this is their doing. The others, their ex's , were at fault. Possessed. Brain Damaged. Rediculous! But I believed it. I watched it happen to others. I watched families torn and divided in the years since. Ardith's reasoning and teaching seemed so right , but was deceptive and defective, and the fruit of it has been disastrous. How like the enemy who keeps transforming himself into an angel of light! I was blind to what was really going on for twelve and a half years, until it happened to me...... I was called 'Bi-Polar' and evil when I questioned the actions of the leaders. I had worked for the pastor's wife for over seventeen years. I was faithful to her through thick and thin. Then was quickly discarded ,and began to be shunned. I was asked to go to all the services. Then when I went in I was asked to leave them. I have been shunned, slandered, and my whole family has been abused. Even my grandchildren have been seperated from each other and their family split apart. It began the day of our grandsons birth, July 28, 2006 The pastor decided that our daughter-in-law is his daughter and our grandson is his adopted grandson. They have put her on a pedestal as a "godly" woman. In truth she is a gullible woman, easily deceived as was I once. The young impressionable mother and wife has been divided from my son, her husband who dearly loves her. She lived with him until Dec 2007 but her heart and soul and whole mind was always with them. The pastor is the head of her household. nbsp; He has coveted another mans wife. Now as of Sept 2008 Bill and Ardith Keef have this young wife and mother along with her 26 month old son and a newborn boy, at their home ,away from her husband and two young stepsons. The two young boys ages 4 and 12 have not seen one brother since Dec, 2007, and both have never seen their new baby brother. These innocent children are emotionally pained and saddened by this horrendous and sick abuse. The four children live only six miles from one another. Bill and Attorney, Guardian Ad Litem, Ardith Keef have done nothing to help the family, they have only kept dividing the young woman from all who love her. First ,from her own extended family,(Christian missionaries for 25 years,) then from her husbands family, and now from her husband and young stepsons who love, deeply miss, and need her. As of Sept 25,2008 a divorce is nearly accomplished by the young wife against her Christian husband with no Biblical grounds, with the backing of the Anchor church leadership. The young man has done all he can to save his marriage ,and now there is another child between them. The young man has to agree to the divorce in order to get the court to give him time with his new infant son. All in my family have begged the Pastor to meet with us many times , to reason together as the Bible says, but apparently they only want the young woman and children for themselves for whatever reason. You can read about my husband Don, and articles written by my children, Becky, her husband Mike, and my son Brian by clicking onto "Family" on the Home Page. I still love these very deluded people. They are thoroughly deceived. If you are a Christian, please pray for the truth to be exposed so that those at the Anchor Church may be set free. It is my hope and prayer that the following verse does not apply to the leaders of the Anchor Missionary Fellowship Church. My earnest desire is that being faced with the truth , they will turn from their sin, repent, and apologise to those they have crushed and broken, divided, and abused for over 14 years. That they may ask forgiveness of those innocent people whom they have discarded, labeling us with these words ........... Unfortunately these very words seem to well describe the leaders of the Anchor Missionary Fellowship Church. " They have depraved and distorted minds, and are reprobate and counterfeit, and to be rejected as far as the faith is concerned. But they will not get very far, for their rash folly will become obvious to everybody." 2 Timothy 3 />

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Words Of Comfort

Often on this web-site we hear from folks who are looking for comfort either for themselves or for someone else who either knows someone who is gravely ill or has lost a loved one. For those , we hope we can bring a measure of peace, hope , and comfort. Speaking for myself, I have found the Lord Jesus to be a great comfort in the deaths of two children.

One was my own eight year old daughter ,who was hit by a car in front of my home. The other was a new-born grandchild who died in suspicious circumstances, where an answer to the reason will never be available. The first happened in 1973 when I was only 26 and unsaved. The second was in 2002 when I had been a Christian for 21 years. They were both painful, tragic, and life changing to say the least.

But the years have passed and we survived the losses. When my daughter died ,the most human comfort I found was in those who had also lost children. I was surprised how many older people, whom I had known for a number of years came to me and told me their child had died. One of pneumonia, one of Lukemia, and others. I was comforted because they had somehow made it past the grief, sorrow and shock and had become happy, healthy individuals.

Even though I wasn't saved as yet, when my daughter, Roxanne died, I saw the Lord working in our lives. Two weeks after her death I found out I was pregnant, and my son was born nine months and six days after Roxanne's death. I believe my son Brian was conceived as an answer to my prayer, a prayer offered up to the Almighty when I was in agony, grieving in desperate pain and sorrow. Although we had a beautiful little girl, Becky who was four years old, we were all empty, sad and mourning together; all three of us in our own way.

One day shortly after the tragic accident, I prayed to God for a baby, "not to take our dead little girl's place, but to fill our empty arms and hearts." Then I eraced my prayer, actually moving my arms as if eracing a blackboard. How shocked I was to find out I was pregnant, but inside my soul I remembered that prayer,whispered up during a wave of desperate grief and sorrow, and I knew beyond a doubt the Lord had answered. This brought such comfort, and kept me from getting bitter during the most difficult moments.

If this comfort and loving gift of God wasn't enough; One month after my childs death, He sent a young married woman into my life who had lost a friend in the same way my little Roxanne had died. She understood my pain in a way few of my close friends could. Patsy was such a comfort for the next three years. She helped me to care for my little girl, and cared for me while I was on bed-rest during my pregnancy.

That freezing January 1974, she would bundle up her two toddlers and pull them on a sled the mile or so it took to get to my home from hers. She also kept me looking well, cutting my hair and keeping high standards of personal care in front of me to attain to, when I felt like curling up in a ball and shutting out the world. She helped me care for my new baby and my little girl, as I was still grieving. She also simply, listened, even when she probably would like to have heard something else. the Lord always listens as well. He never tires of hearing us. I was not saved then, but I knew Almighty God was real. He comforted me in a real way.

So friend, I can only tell you that the Lord will bring you or your dear one through this pain and it will get better, and less acute. It will not always be right on the front,of the front ,of your mind. Draw close to Him and He will draw close to you. Look for Him in every circumstance. I know now that there were true Christians, whom I didn't even know, praying for me which I believe made a huge difference..

You will always miss the loved one ,and a part of you will hurt. Allow yourself to grieve, even if well-meaning people make you think it's "time to put it behind you." It took 3 years for me to even feel normal at all, and everyone is different. However, you can do much to comfort others along the way because you have suffered, and they can take comfort that you made it through, and you are whole. I hope this true story might be a help to someone. Jesus truly is the Great Physician, and He usually uses other loving, kind, and merciful human beings to do much of the loving for Him.

I would just like to add that right now we have two little grandsons in a cult along with our daughter-in-law. They are two and a half and 6 months old. We have not seen one for two years and have never seen the other one. The grief is much the same, but there is never closure. The prayer is the same, and goes up to the same God of comfort. He gets us through,day by day. He is still on His throne ,and He is still the One who answers prayer. We trust Him and have learned by experience that He cares, He Hears, and He will answer! We have no doubt!