The church that is the subject of this website is the result of a church split originated by Merie Weiss, who was “withdrawn from” by East San Diego Church of Christ in 1958 for sowing seeds of discord and causing division. She became very good at that throughout the rest of her life.

While her home church eventually became Spring Valley Church of Christ on Grand Avenue, very few churches that have “Church of Christ” on the
door are affiliated with this sect. I call it the “Stanton Church of Christ” only because the Stanton congregation is where I grew up. It was the first “church plant” of Spring Valley, started about the time I was born.

While many mainline Churches of Christ still struggle with legalism at some level, it is important not to paint them all with this brush. This is a particularly divisive and militant sect, more like a cult, given their leadership style of control, fear and intimidation.

This blog is purely about this small network of churches started by Merie Weiss in Spring Valley, California that largely exists off the radar of mainline Churches of Christ. The Stanton church still exists today (although I hear they meet in Westminster, California now), but my reference to the “Stanton Churches of Christ” is used broadly to include all 30 or so affiliated churches.

So how do you know if you or a family member are part of this cult?

Check out the blog (www.stantonblog.com) and the videos posted here!

Welcome to StantonBlog.com - Info about the Merie Weiss sect of the Church of Christ

In this podcast episode, I summary Stanton's founding documents. These consists of various letters and writings of a fallible human named Merie Weiss—something the sect heavily criticizes other religions for doing. The documents represent Merie's "manifesto" for her divisive beliefs, and that divisiveness was passed on successfully to her students.

A Summary Of Stanton's Founding Documents - Episode #2

The authoritarian church that is the subject of this Stanton Blog Podcast was the result of a church split originated by Merie Weiss, who was “withdrawn from” by East San Diego Church of Christ in 1958 for sowing seeds of discord and causing division. She became very good at that throughout the rest of her life.

I call it the “Stanton Church of Christ” only because the Stanton congregation is where I grew up. It was the first “church plant” of Spring Valley, started by my parents at the urging of Merie about the time I was born.

I hope that learning about the divisive history and teachings of this sect will help readers recover (or discover) a relationship with a loving God.

God bless!

Kevin Harper
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StantonBlog.com Podcast