Welcome to…
Holiness Anonymous ®
Our
story: We
were founded 50 years ago in the early 21st century when the church
increasingly became an unsafe place for a Christian to confess victory over
sin. At that time “authenticity” was in vogue
and people assumed nobody could ever live a pure life. At the time it was
commonly believed that anyone who claimed to live a pure life was a prideful
liar and a hypocrite so testimonies for holiness disappeared or went
underground. One of our founders, Aaron Clark put it this way back in 2011: “In
the days of our founding it was easier to confess to an addiction to
pornography than to holiness… if you confessed to being addicted to porn the
church applauded you for being authentic, if you confessed to victory over sin
they accused you of being a Pharisee.” In that early-21st
century ethos the three founders (Aaron Clark, Karen Winters and Tim Stanford)
got together to start the first HA group which became the inception of the
now-worldwide Holiness Anonymous® movement which now provides a safe
place for testimonies to victory over sin.
Our
mission: Providing safe places
where Christians can confess to being victorious over sin by God’s grace
without being accused of self-deception, lying, pride, or hypocrisy.
Our
Ministry: We organize off-the record meetings in neutral
places where believers who have experienced cleansing and empowerment from God
that has enabled them to gain victory over purposeful sin. In a sense we are a
“support group” for a small minority of Christians who have experienced a
“second work of grace” from God enabling them to love God so much that they
obey him likewise. Since most churches reject this possibility we founded an
organization where like-minded Christians can affirm and encourage one another
in holiness.
Our four rules:
1. We do not use last names—we only use first names in order to
protect those who testify.
2. Nobody is required to confess victory—we are open to those who
hunger for victory over sin but have not yet found that victory providing they
keep secret any testimonies they hear.
3. We begin any voluntary confessions of victory the same way—“Hi
I’m _insert first name_
and I confess that I have been victorious over sin for __insert
number of days/months.__.”
4. All confessions of victory are strictly confidential and we
covenant to never repeat any testimonies outside of our group—you can confess
without the fear of judgment or reprisal.
Holiness Anonymous… a safe place for Christians to confess victory.
We’ll soon be
starting a group near you.
So what do you think?
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Keith Drury January 19, 2010