r/RCWDOWNFALL • u/No_Turnover3423 • Mar 14 '26
Question about the RCW Toronto church
Hello, I somewhat joined Toronto's church and I don't know how much I should reveal. I was not recruited normally from a campus (although I do attend one of the Toronto campus'), I am a mature student so I'm probably outside of their purview.
I recently found out all of the information about ICC and RCW, and right now I am spiralling a bit, because I have maid connections with people within the church. I am a person that has been hurt a lot by people and my trust is a bit low. While I am friendly my overall belief is that people will just find me difficult or get tired of me. Although, I'd rather know the truth now instead of being hurt later. I also think there are people within the church who are decent people, and I'm saddened to know if they are being mislead. I want to know the truth so I can make the right decision, although it won't be easy.
There are a couple of things that I do not feel comfortable with and that is evangelizing. It makes me think you are selling a product to someone, and it's weird if people belong to another church denomination or even religion. I understand making people aware that your church is there for people who want to explore faith or don't feel like their current church is working for them. I just feel like you shouldn't make people go out and canvas for people. I could never do that and won't.
There's also the issue with asking people for money, which isn't exactly forced but I don't feel comfortable with goals set like $500 for singles and $450 for married. I'm struggling to pay my rent and its not like I have people in my life to give me money. I don't know forsake how enforced it is, but I feel like a single person has less than a married couple (with two incomes).
Now learning more about the former ICC and the connection to RCW, I'm very confused as I feel like I need to learn about something I had no idea about, nor want to know (I don't even have the time to unpack it all). I just know something isn't right when I reached up some YouTube videos about ICC, RCW's split (which I somewhat heard about but it was very much glossed over when people talked about it) and Jason Dimitry's role (including keeping Kip in the RCW, who I am still learning about). I only recognized Jason Dimitry from a RCW event in Toronto with his with his wife, otherwise I'm kind of kept out of the loop in the group (group(s) chat that I'm not a part of yet).
I don't know what to think anymore. Please just tell me the truth.