Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches and the Jehovah's Witnesses

Are all Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches Fronts for the Jehovah's Witnesses?

There are many striking parallels between the ministry of James Knox and the Jehovah's Witnesses.  Do other Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches share similarities with the Jehovah's Witnesses?

The many "Cultish" Similarities between IFB Churches and the Jehovah's Witnesses

In the Reddit post, Does anyone here know about Independent Fundamental Baptists, a woman whose father was a Jehovah's Witness and whose husband attends an IFB church, exposed their many "cultish" similarities. 

Her husband told her the following of his Independent Fundamental Baptist Church:

- No Christmas, no birthdays, and no holidays are celebrated...

- Only religious books are allowed for children and nothing else.

- He [her husband] has a huge problem with RCC priests, but praises his pastor nonstop saying it isn't the same thing

- Only IFBs are Christians according to him...all other Christians are nuts.

- Everyone who is not an IFB goes to hell.

- Only IFB members believe in God. 

- His IFB church must get rid of dissenters.


This woman went on to say:

"To counterargue his points is useless because he just sticks to ''this is what the church says though'' even if his claim is crazy and it is clear that I have a point. Example: I asked about his ancestors (indigenous, never knew of IFB) and he says that they went to hell because only IFB can go to heaven."

"I admit I have become increasingly curious about this [her husband's IFB Church] over time because what started as me thinking that it's just Christianity, has led to me thinking it is very cult-ish like the Jehovah's Witnesses are. And I just want to be aware of what this religion [IFB] really is."

"Many of his [her husband's] family members are weirdly obsessed with Israel, naming their businesses after it like they have a ceramics store called Israel Ceramics, Israel flags in their home. I was so confused by this even until now, we live in Mexico in a village and basically no one here knows about Israel or has any opinion on it so it seemed very weird." 

(NoteJames Knox is also a Zionist very obsessed with Israel!)


Some of the comments to her post include the following:

"They [IFB Churches] are big into homeschooling their kids. Some are KJV Bible only."

"Unfortunately, many IFB churches are led by control-freaks who feel the need to persecute certain people for disagreeing on nonessential doctrines (like the timing of the rapture)." 

(James Knox will persecute anyone who opposes his Zionist doctrine.)


"Why I Left The IFB (Independent Fundamental Baptist) Movement to FOLLOW CHRIST!"

In the video below, a pastor explains why he left the IFB and well describes the same unbiblical and nasty traits we've seen in James Knox.   

This pastor describes many of the IFB pastors with the following.  IFB pastors are "brawlers who love to sew conflict and strife." They are often "mean and spiteful having no love."  They are "elevated above the congregation and controlling."  Their preaching is "man-centered with no biblical content."  Their theology is "works-based often demanding that the congregation follow unbiblical laws."  They often "take scripture out of context" and are "hypocrites having no respect for those who may disagree."  Lastly, their pastors even may say and believe, "If you aren't IFB, you are not right with God."