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Tough topic. I say this because it typically turns into Jim Jones = cult and everything else is not. That is a false dichotomy.

Jim Jones (suicide cults) are an extreme subset of cults. At the very soft end of the spectrum, we noted back in the late 80s/early 90s that if you we running late on Sunday morning and noted that some people were already leaving, you could expect that someone would say that the Senior pastor was not there that morning and someone else was preaching. For these people, their commitment was (marginally) as members of a personality cult. (That was not characteristic of the group, but of certain members and the group would not actually be a cult). The ground in between is full of nuances and therefore varying reasons to possibly be wary of the group.

Where is the so-called Local Church? I suggest that 6 out of 10 signs is probably more than something to worry about.