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Arsenio Ferriol cannot make any money unless he has others who are foolish enough to give it to him. So in order to find victims, he had to promote his religion and sell others on the idea of his true apostleship. He succeeded, and as of today, he has victimized thousands of persons who have bought into his scam. Today, the church continues to prey on the weak-minded by promoting their church and luring unsuspecting persons into a cultic organization.
The main purpose of non-cultic churches in promoting a religion is to teach others about God and to save their souls from damnation. This is mainly done by sending out representatives of such churches to spread God's word and to teach the Gospel. This is called evangelizing, and the representatives are called evangelists. However, cultic churches are a little different. Most cults when promoting their religion do teach about God and salvation, but the intent is not to save their souls, but to acquire new members for their church. This is not evangelizing, but recruitment; And with cults, recruitment is often a requirement of membership, and more pressure is placed on members to recruit than just about any other practice other than tithing. In many cults, just like tithing, recruitment is more important than salvation.
The 4th Watch also promotes their church. They also say they do this to teach others about God and to save souls. They also send out representatives called evangelists, and they too call this evangelizing. However, the 4th Watch is a cult, and such evangelical efforts are of a deceitful nature. The main purpose of promotion for the 4th Watch church is not about saving souls, it's about enslaving them. All the church really cares about is gaining new members. This is not evangelizing, it's recruiting. In the PMCC 4th Watch cult, members are tirelessly pushed to recruit new members, almost as much as giving their tithes, but more so than just about any other duty; And just like tithing, 4th Watch members are threatened if they do not try to recruit others.
Jonathon Ferriol, sub-cult leader of the 4th Watch expands on this idea:
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God won't judge us for not having a convert, but for not having an "effort" to have a convert! (Mark 8:38). Sooner or later, the believer who seeks to bring others to Christ would find one, but the believer who does not seek the lost at all, himself will be at a loss - lecture on "Evangelism & Barriers"
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So as you can see, in order to achieve salvation in the 4th Watch cult, you not only have to pay them money; you have to recruit others to do the same. In truth, tithing and recruitment in the 4th Watch are focused more on than the actual issue of salvation itself.
And that is exactly why recruitment is so important to the 4th Watch. The more persons who are added to the membership, the more persons there are to give the church money, and the more persons there are to recruit more persons to give more money. Now, you might wonder that by accepting a new member, you now have another mouth to feed, and you have more training to perform, and you have to pay all of their salaries for the work that they do for the church; but the cult does not have to worry about this at all. The leader has a perfect business plan in place, and everything is taken care of by its own members' stupidity. Having new members is only an advantage to the cult and is never a burden. How so?
Remember that the cult leaders provide nothing for their followers. Everything that is needed is already paid for by them through their "donations" and tithes. All the food is paid for by the followers. All plane tickets purchased to fly new members to training camps must be bought by the followers themselves; And as the cult grows and new members are assigned specific jobs within the cult, the leaders never pay them. So as you can see, it is absolutely no burden to the leaders or to the cult. The more persons that they get, the more slaves they own, and the more Arsenio and his family grow in money and power. In fact, the only time it is not good for the cult to acquire a new member, is when that new member is someone like us, who can see what's really going on and who will educate others about how the 4th Watch is a dangerous cult.
Now, with the members doing all of the work and getting nothing in return, and with all of their ridiculous claims and their dangerous lifestyle, what would cause someone to join such an organization? You have to remember that few persons know when they are entering and joining a cult. An organization will often certainly look good in the beginning, and if you were to know all the truth before hand, then many would not want to join. But they first suck you in through many techniques, such as love bombing, while lying to you about their true intentions. As time goes by, they slowly introduce you to new teachings, all while at the same time, programming you to be a true 4th Watch cult member. After a while, you accept everything they are and will find yourself being proud to be a member of the 4th Watch. While this does not always work for everyone, that is the general plan, and it has worked for a lot of foolish members. So how exactly is this promotion executed?
First off, there are specific persons that the 4th Watch likes to target when promoting their cult. Just like when the military recruits new soldiers, it wants persons who meet certain requirements, such as being strong enough, having an affirmative attitude, and being physically fit. In actuality, the 4th Watch will accept just about anyone, because everyone's money is worth the same, and even if you have no money, you might know others that do. But even with this being the case, the 4th Watch does have certain properties that they look for in persons first, because they are the easiest to target and to manipulate. Firstly the 4th Watch knows it can be more successful recruiting those who are very young and those with weak minds. They often target persons who are going through traumatic times, and they bring with them all of their promises of love and forgiveness, and false hope. They know that these types of persons are the most easily programmable. Of course, other characteristics help with this, such as being uneducated, naive, and passive. In addition to this, the 4th Watch aggressively goes after family members, as they too are easier to capture due to their trusting and loving nature towards family members who are already in the cult. And of course, the 4th Watch always targets the rich, as they have the most money to give. About the only persons they won't accept into their cult are persons like us who won't be fooled by their nonsense and who would learn about their true ways and expose them to the public.
But in any case, the 4th Watch uses typical cultic methods to promote their cult, but they are fierce in carrying them out. These usually include walking the streets and knocking on persons' doors, and approaching strangers in public places. They'll go to super markets, colleges, parks, and any place where persons carry wallets. They do not care where they bring their hatred. They carry with them flyers and brochures known as "tracts" that talk about their religion. They will leave these tracts in grocery stores and what not, and will lovingly hand them out to the persons that they talk to. They will even sometimes set up a little concert right there on the street where they can annoy anyone who walks by, singing about their god, and of course having a donation bag nearby; And while it is easier to recruit some over others, they will go after anybody. They will try to recruit your kids and they will try to get your kids to recruit you. They can be very aggressive in their ways, and even if you tell them that you are not interested, they still might not leave you alone, or they might send someone else to pester you.
4th Watchers never tell you the whole truth about their church when promoting it to potentially new members. They certainly don't reveal that it is a cult that they are trying to get you to join. In stead, they try to glorify it as much as they can, by telling as many lies as they believe they can get away with. The tracts themselves often portraya glorified version of the church. They will tell you many great things about it, but they don't reveal how they have a cult leader, or how they are required to give him money, or that they are required to recruit others like what they're doing now in order to make even more money for their leaders.
When a 4th Watcher does talk to you about their religion, they will always invite you to their local church. They of course give every impression that it's a real church. And of course, if and when you go, you'll most likely have no idea at first that you're entering a church of a cult. It is only after you've been there a few times, do most persons start to understand, even though it only takes one visit to become suspicious.
One of their favorite things to do in addition to inviting someone to their church, is inviting them to meet up with the pastor and another church member at a popular place of conversation, such as Starbucks or McDonald's. The pastor might buy the new member a cup of coffee and for the next hour or so, talks about their religion and gives the potential member a Bible lesson. This technique is good because it is more personal than just meeting in the church, and gives a way for the cult members to "break" into the new guy, and make them more comfortable. After the pastor himself, who's so important, takes time out of their busy schedule to talk to you, and then buys you coffee, it's difficult to not say no. You'll at least want to go to their church then.
If they know you, and you seem not to be going to their church, they prove to be very relentless and they will even come uninvited to persons' homes. You could be at home minding your own business, when cult members pull up on your driveway, ring the door bell, and march into your house after you open the door. Then they start praying for you and conduct a bible study in the middle of whatever you're doing. We've seen it happen. You try not to match their rudeness, so you often let them do it.
Something else that they do to recruit new members is engaging in special events that they disguise as charities but are really sad ways to promote their church. In fact, 4th Watchers will use any such activities to gain recruits and promote their religion. As an example, they might initiate an event to give persons free medicine for those need it. It sounds noble, but while doing this, they are actively promoting their religion and leader to those who they are trying to help, ultimately deceiving them through what appeared to be a legitimate event to help those in need, but was merely an attempt to recruit new members for their church.
The Philippines is also known for having a very corrupt government. There is no doubt that the 4th Watch takes advantage of this in order to spread their cultic messages. The 4th Watch even has a member, named Abigail Ferriol, in the Philippine Congress, who is no doubt used to promote her cultic church.
And of course, the best way for 4th Watchers to obtain new recruits is to simply skip all of those painstaking techniques and just breed new members. Of course, this is really the easiest way to add to their cultic family, and it is much more guaranteed to be successful. Despite being the "one true church", it's only been around for a couple generations now, but with the rapid expansion of family, this could definitely be one of the main reasons for growth that they have.
When the cult is successful with their promotion, and they acquire a fool who wishes to join, the initiation step is next.
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