The Counterfeit Coin
- ISBN-10
- 1452505594
- ISBN-13
- 9781452505596
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 260
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Author
- Ngapaki Rose
Description
To date, this book is the only record and firsthand account of the religious cult that existed in North Canterbury, New Zealand, from the early 1970s to the late 1990s. Known as "Camp David Christian Cooperative Community" or "The God Squad," the property was a prominent landmark. Its block-walled castellations, and turrets from which heraldic flags and banners were flown provided the passerby with quite a spectacular view. A carefully cultivated religious facade was presented to the public, one which many members themselves believed was genuine. The close-knit community existed side by side with locals within the Amberley and Waipara townships, and other areas further afield. However, the community disintegrated amidst revelations of sexual deviancy and impropriety by the man who had been the founder and spiritual leader of the cult. Now, the author gives the reader an inside glimpse into her life within those walls, and the invisible prison bars which kept her there, up until the death of the founder, Douglas Alexander Metcalf. True to its title, "The Counterfeit Coin "reveals both the positive aspects of the Community, along with the flipside, so carefully concealed from both members and the general public."
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