Daniel Rodriguez, Author/Teacher
Daniel Rodriguez was born in La Junta, Colorado in 1960. From 1965 - 1981, Daniel grew up in Compton and south east Los Angeles where his father served as senior pastor. Daniel attended LIFE Bible College in Los Angeles, CA (1979 - 1981), and entered the full-time ministry in 1987. He was ordained in 1995 with the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (ICFG) and served as a Minister of Music in San Diego, California and as an Associate Pastor in Portland, Oregon. He holds a degree in psychology and specializes in cult thought reform.
Aside from his association with ICFG, Daniel’s family background is unique in that five generations of his family have been active in the Watchtower organization as Jehovah’s Witnesses since the 1920's. His knowledge of the Jehovah's Witnesses comes from just under 50 years of in-depth research of the Watchtower Organization and by being personally touched by its influence. He owns an extensive library of Watchtower literature dated from July, 1879 to present day - which is used to research the Watchtower organization's interpretive and historic claims.
Daniel's research and work has also been endorsed by Mr. Don Nelson who was one of Jehovah's Witnesses for 35-years. Mr. Nelson served as a Bethelite at the Watchtower Society's Headquarters in Brooklyn, New York, a Congregation Overseer, and as a senior Watchtower official as a Circuit Overseer in Brazil.
Today, Daniel resides in Texas. He continues to research, write and conduct seminars nationwide on the subject of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, and cult thought reform. Since 1985, he has worked as a Cult Exit Counselor, and is the author of Winning The Witnesses, and The Watchtower’s Coming Crisis, published by Chick Publications.
Daniel is also a U.S. Army veteran who served during the Cold War era and reenlisted after the events of 9/11 under Operation Enduring Freedom, Clear Skies & Noble Eagle.
Apart from his research, writing and conducting seminars, Daniel was a piano performance major and also studied orchestral composition. Daniel is a concert musician and enjoys making digital recordings of his own piano and orchestral arrangements. Daniel is also a prolific reader and his interests and hobbies include learning foreign languages. He speaks, reads and writes in Spanish, Japanese, German and is presently learning Hebrew.