Jan Groenveld

Jan Groenveld (1945 – 22 October 2002) was a former member of the LDS Church and the Jehovah's Witnesses. She spent a total of fifteen years in these organizations before leaving them in 1975. After her negative experiences in these organizations, she resolved to make more information about what she saw as "cults" available to the general public. Her personal experiences involving these groups were featured in Richard Guilliatt's book, Talk of the Devil. Groenveld coined the often quoted phrase: Groenveld first began providing information about what she referred to as cults to the public and helping affected individuals in 1979. In 1980, she founded the Freedom In Christ ministry, whose purpose was to counsel former members of...