Harold Busséll

{{short description|American pastor and author}} '''Harold L. Busséll''' is a pastor and author. He has a M.A. in psychology from Santa Clara University and a Doctorate of Divinity from Andover Newton Theological Seminary.<ref name="CSJ"> {{cite web |title=Bussell, Harold, Rev. Dr. |url=http://www.csj.org/infoserv_profile/bussell_harold.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425124912/http://csj.org/infoserv_profile/bussell_harold.htm |archive-date=25 April 2015 |access-date=7 August 2022 |website=ICSA |publisher=Cultic Studies Journal}}</ref> Between 1968 and 1970 he served with Teen Challenge Paris, a Christian outreach program that works with drug addicts in Paris, France.<ref name="CSJ"/> His book ''Unholy Devotion – Why Cults Lure Christians'', (later renamed, ''By Hook or by Crook: How Cults Lure Christians'') talks about his experiences while in Europe. Busséll has written, "my wife and I were involved with an Evangelical youth mission based in Switzerland. We were with the group only six weeks, but it was almost seven years before I had overcome the psychological damage caused by their cult-like control and spiritualization... Questioning a leader was considered an act of rebellion against God and His chain of command." Busséll went on to become a pastor in Saratoga, California.<ref name="CSJ"/> He also served as one of the Deans at Gordon College.<ref name="CSJ"/><ref name="BG"/> Busséll served as senior pastor from 1984 to 1996 at the First Congregational Church in Hamilton, Massachusetts, a mainline church affiliated with the United Church of Christ.<ref name="CSJ"/><ref name="BG"> {{cite news | title = Quietly, America's faith in religion is born again | author = James L. Franklin | publisher = Boston Globe | date = April 3, 1994 }}</ref> The ''New York Times'' recognizes Busséll as an author who has written books about mind control and religious groups.<ref name="NYT062286"> {{cite news | title = Isolated, strongly led sects growing in U.S. | author = Robert Lindsey | work = New York Times | date = June 22, 1986 | url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50711FC38540C718EDDAF0894DE484D81 | accessdate = 2008-03-14 }}</ref> ''Christianity Today'' noted Busséll as a pastor who has "experienced spiritual warfare."<ref name="CT"> {{cite news | title = Facing the wreckage | author = | publisher = Christianity Today | date = October 1, 1986 | url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/le/1986/fall/86l4132.html }}</ref> Paul R. Martin has noted Busséll's opinion on recovery from what they refer to as cults, that "a clear understanding of the gospel is the single most important issue in a cultist's recovery and future immunity from further cultic involvement."<ref>Paul R. Martin, "Dispelling the Myths" ''Christian Research Journal'', 1989 Winter/Spring [http://www.geftakysassembly.com/Articles/Recovery/ElementsOfRecovery.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422041541/http://www.geftakysassembly.com/Articles/Recovery/ElementsOfRecovery.htm |date=2008-04-22 }}</ref>

==Books== *{{cite book |title=Thoughtful Prayers For Serious Believers |year=2016 |location=Nashville |publisher=Westbow |isbn=978-1512739534}} *{{cite book |title=Unholy Devotion – Why Cults Lure Christians |year=1983 |location=Grand Rapids |publisher=Zondervan |isbn=0-310-37251-8}} :Later published as: *{{cite book |title=By Hook or by Crook : How Cults Lure Christians |year=1993 |location=New York |publisher=McCracken |isbn=1-56977-585-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/byhookorbycrook00haro}} *{{cite book | title = Lord, I Can Resist Anything But Temptation | year = 1985 | location = Grand Rapids | publisher = Zondervan | isbn = 0-310-37271-2 | url = https://archive.org/details/lordicanresistan0000buss }}

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==External links== *{{Cite journal |last=Busséll |first=Harold |title=Why Evangelicals are Vulnerable to Cults |url=http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_articles/bussell_harold_whyevangelicalsvulnerable.htm |url-status=dead |journal=Cultic Studies Journal |volume=2 |issue=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401095153/http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_articles/bussell_harold_whyevangelicalsvulnerable.htm |archive-date=April 1, 2008 |via=International Cultic Studies Association}} *{{Cite journal |last=Busséll |first=Harold |date=September 2004 |title=Checks on Power and Authority in the New Testament |url=http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_articles/bussell_harold_checkson_powerand_authority_newtestament_en0302.htm |url-status=dead |journal=Cultic Studies Journal |volume=3 |issue=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401094427/http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_articles/bussell_harold_checkson_powerand_authority_newtestament_en0302.htm |archive-date=April 1, 2008 |via=International Cultic Studies Association}}

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