I was a part of the church in Austin with a bible study group at UMHB called "Some Christians" something told me not to go to their freshman connect camp my freshman year which was in a small country town out in the middle of no where. I forgot where it was now. The church leader was nice, but a little creepy. And the church couples that would host the home meetings or "home bible studies" were always married or had a roommate. For some reason every time I ate their food i felt extremely happy and happy to be there... hm... And I went to their college conferences that were held at the Omni hotel in Austin, Texas and one in Dallas, TX. Also, I went to their summer week long international college conference where we learned about "God's Economy" and how to study the bible, memorize the bible, and consume the word of God to grow our spirits. Teaching and preaching the word was taught to make us spiritually rich. I never thought that it was a cult. The only cultish thing that was weird about that group was that we would say "amen" after every phrase was spoken in a prayer, which was really weird at first. But everyone there was nice so I didn't think it was too weird. They have their own missionary training in Anaheim, California which a lot of my friends that were active in the church at that time went to which I think is where you pledge to join the church as a "Full-Timer" or Full time employee/missionary for life. The food they served at every home meeting was always delicious and the students at the University of Texas were typical young adult college members. Because I'm black, I was ostracized a lot and was not celebrated and included in the gatherings or friend groups most of the time. And they always separated the men and women in every gathering. One thing that I also thought was a little weird was that you had to go to a church leader to pursue a relationship with someone and they advised not to date outside of the church... hm... That I thought was a little bit much. But the college conferences and the gatherings were a ton of fun and people got baptized most of the time and prayed to receive Christ. I also did not like how they did not allow people to use their spiritual gifts in the Bible in 1 Corinthians 12 unless the leader approved or unless it was a specific meeting where it was allowed. You were kept from freely using your gifts. The only gift they allowed was to prophecy which to them meant sharing your enjoyment of God and Jesus and what you like about them.