Samuel J. Hood
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Deacon & Youth Pastor at Apostles Anglican Church in Lexington, KY • Advocate for Survivors of Abuse in the Church • M.Div. from @AsburySeminary
Lexington, KY
Joined August 2015
After a long and hard year, I’m stepping away from all survivor advocacy (including the Advocacy Group) and taking a break from social media to heal. I am going to be off the grid for quite some time to focus on the things in my life that matter the most: . • healing my heart
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I know my father @allenshood. He is not a perfect man, but he is a good man. I have seen him at his best, and as all children do, I have seen him at his worst. He’s a sinner being saved by grace. But my father is not a liar. In 28 years of being his son, I have NEVER witnessed.
Today is a sad day for me. From the very beginning of this crisis, I have been working towards a peaceful solution to an agreed-upon, third-party investigation. Major General (Ret.) Kurt Fuller’s video last night was a new low-point in this heartbreaking situation. Kurt’s.
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Two women (Tammy Woods & TH) came forward this week and reported that Mike Bickle groomed and sexually abused them as minors. In light of this, a horrific truth needs to sink in. IHOPKC SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN FOUNDED, because its founder, Mike Bickle, should have been in.
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It is no secret that IHOPKC has been majorly influenced by right-wing politics for years. In many ways, it is a QAnon-adjacent religious community. Many in this stream of conservative, charismatic Christianity are deeply suspicious of people in power (in politics and Hollywood).
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Thank you @bozlawpa for sharing this. I wholeheartedly affirm that we need to do a better job of “welcoming and affirming” victims of sexual abuse who step forward. While I’m in agreement with other Advocate Group members that these victims are persons of character with.
Please take a few minutes to read this post and watch the linked videos. All of us must do a much better job of welcoming and affirming those who step forward and disclose being sexually victimized.
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@EricVolz @mistydedwards As a member of the Advocate Group, I condemn any behavior that has harmed the well-being of innocent persons! . Claiming that the Advocate Group has done this breaks my heart. No member of the AG has compromised the privacy of these women by publicly outting them. On their own.
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This is something that has really concerned me for 4-5 months, so I want to speak out. Why did @ihopkc remove my Dad @allenshood’s email access back in November without any communication? . Suspending a former executive leader and board member’s email without notice is not a.
This was sent out to all IHOPKC staff last week. So they will be deleting all emails from former staff sometime next week (around March 22, 2024). I am hearing that there is potential progress related to getting a third-party investigator soon that victims will trust. It is
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Had the world been more safe and more just, Mike Bickle would have never founded IHOPKC. Please feel the freedom to lament and grieve this reality. It has devastated countless lives—including my family. 💔.
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I appreciate IHOPKC essentially apologizing for invading Poland, but to use a WWII metaphor, they were bombing England yesterday and they are still stationed in France!. I want to see them apologize to Jane Doe and her family and all victims of sexual abuse!. And I want to see.
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@EricVolz @DWAYNEROBERTS Dean Briggs saying BS did not “ignite this fire.”. @mikebickle responding to allegations of sexual abuse by preaching to an audience of millions about betrayal, demonic accusation, and the dark horse prophecy is what lit this 🔥. @ihopkc director @stuartgreaves approved this!.
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I want to say this LOUD and CLEAR. IF you have made dismissive statements to others about @mikebickle’s alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse or have dismissive opinions about them… . …but you have REFUSED to read their stories in the newspapers (Jane Doe — the.
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I just asked one of Mike Bickle’s relatives to delete a comment where they outted one of Mike’s victims. This is the world we are living in. This has to STOP now!.
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GRACE REPORT — “HE MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY WHEN MINORS ARE PRESENT”. There are many alarming things about the GRACE report that Heaven Bent published tonight. 1/7
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@EricVolz this is the moment where a close friend or spouse tells you to “please shut the f*ck up!” so we don’t have to.
@Rpanozzo88 In my opinion, Tammy’s account is different than the first Jane Doe because Tammy is using her name and reported her story to the police. Additionally, if accurate, there were people who were aware of the inappropriate relationship with Mike while it was happening. ie. her own.
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If you’re above accountability, then you’re beneath trust.
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@EricVolz He did not issue a correction. He added additional information as a clarification.
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I want to hear the Advocacy Group CONDEMN this behavior. It is wrong. Being associated with it undermines any moral and pastoral credibility we have caring for survivors of sexual and spiritual abuse at IHOPKC.
How should the abused deal with trauma? Go to a rally and pray it away. Poof! No need for wolves to be accountable for years of unchecked abuse. Lord help us. This is not it. #EstherCall.#ihopkc.#Morningstar .#Gateway
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I am saddened that I haven’t seen many influential Charismatic leaders — like @LouEngle @che_ahn @BillJohnson2013 — clearly model that one of God’s main priorities right now is cleansing the church of all forms of abuse of power, especially sexual and spiritual abuse. 1/7.
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Official Advocate Group Statement. “Starting with the uncovering of credible sexual misconduct allegations in October 2023 related to Mike Bickle and subsequently other situations of sexual misconduct, the response of IHOPKC leadership has been a one of institutional preservation.
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Hey, @EricVolz, one of my family members in Kansas City reached out to my Dad back in February and asked him, “Is Samuel being paid by Boz???” This was right after they claimed that Boz’s intention was to tear IHOPKC down. My father @allenshood told them that neither myself, nor.
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I was 4 when I first started attending IHOPKC. I was 17 when I started attending IHOPU. As a child of this community, I consider this one of the greatest BETRAYALS of my trust in the leadership of IHOPKC (e.g., Mike Bickle, David Sliker, etc.). HOW DID THIS HAPPEN??? 💔 7/7.
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I don’t know what a healthy version of IHOPKC looks like after all of this. People of good faith may disagree about a permanent shutdown, but it is vital that victims of sexual abuse receive reparations for the irrecoverable damages they have experienced. I endorse.
🧵 It’s time. It’s time to permanently close the doors at IHOPKC.
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REFUGE (A Response to IHOPKC’s 25 Year Anniversary). I was raised in a monastery — a contemporary, evangelical, charismatic monastery. Somewhere on the spectrum between the mystics and the apocalypticists. Jesus was our friend. Jesus was coming again. And Jesus was not friends
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@benpanders0n @NKufeldt75984 See Dwayne’s updated statement. They were filmed on December 20, 2023. They were not made public because there was an intentional effort to cool temperatures as Boz built bridges with IHOPKC. In light of Eric’s recent escalating posts, this changed.
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I just want to say loudly and clearly that I believe @JustinWern1993. I believe that he was sexually abused when he was 16. I don’t trust the word of a man in his 30s who initiated sleepovers with minors, asked detailed questions about their sexual fantasies/pornography.
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Remember when @ihopkc hired @EricVolz as an independent crisis manager in response to allegations of sexual abuse going public related to IHOPKC’s founder, @mikebickle? . At the beginning of the crisis, Eric told us that he was uniquely positioned to empathize with both sides,
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For all those following the Mike Bickle sexual abuse allegations, please interview @ZionConsultTeam (Elizabeth Herder) alongside men like my Dad @allenshood. We need to hear the voices of WOMEN. They are the heroes!!.
@realprophetguy I am literally watching @TheRemnantRadio podcast right now, wondering why they didn't contact me for an interview. Ha! #whistleblowergroundzero.
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If you’re tracking with the @ihopkc situation, please read this👇🏻.
“The Executive Director and I met with members of the Advocate Group today on this very topic. This option is still on the table.” @EricVolz . This is what the IHOP attorney emailed to me just two days ago….you be the judge. 1/4.
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Name one person doing this. @allenshood? Is it @Samuel_Storms? What about @DrMichaelLBrown? Maybe @RonSCantor? @Ritaspringer recently weighed in. Maybe her?. If you were more involved, then you would know everyone speaking out has only great pain and sadness walking through this!.
Far too many are grifting off the tragedy & pain at IHOP to build their own platforms as the “trauma and abuse experts” who must police everyone else. You are not bringing healing to anyone but more division while driving attention to yourself. It’s sickening. Just stop.
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With all the negative emotions surrounding IHOPKC, I found myself hoping last night for a Kansas City Super Bowl like never before. Sitting in the happiness of that victory, I could feel the happiness of many friends and family. That made me deeply happy, and I cried happy tears.
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CHAMPIONING THE MAIN CHARACTERS OF THE IHOPKC STORY — WOMEN . Read below👇🏻1/6.
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“A Michigan woman has come forward with allegations that International House of Prayer founder Mike Bickle sexually abused her starting when she was 14 and before he formed the Kansas City ministry.” — @judylthomas .
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE, TH!. “As I testified to the Advocacy Group in October, in 1983 Mike explicitly told me of a prophecy regarding the death of his wife Diane. He believed Diane's death would happen in an earthquake in Saint Louis, and the implication of sharing the.
A statement by TH, one of the Jane Does who first shared her testimony with the advocacy group regarding Mike Bickle’s predatory behaviors. TH restates the need for a 3rd party investigation as the recent #ihopkc investigation report was “insufficient and woefully misleading”:
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Confession #1: For years, I’ve parroted that Kamala Harris is a bad politician. When people ask me for evidence, I tell them that many people I know (republicans and democrats) think she has a bad political track record and is not popular because of that. When I follow up and.
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@EricVolz, as a member of the Advocate Group, I condemn any behavior that has harmed the well-being of innocent persons! . Claiming that the Advocate Group has done this breaks my heart. No member of the AG has compromised the privacy of these women by publicly outting them. On.
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On Tuesday afternoon, Woods told The Star that when she first heard that IHOP University was closing, camps were being canceled and the ministry was being shut down, “I thought, ‘all hopeful developments.’”. “However, to close these doors and just rebrand for the sole purpose of.
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“As to the question of whether a pastor who had been found guilty of grooming and sexually abusing minors should ever lead a ministry in the future, even after repentance and restoration, my answer is absolutely no.” — @DrMichaelLBrown.
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If I repented of ungodly biases related to Donald Trump, then I would be praised by the vast majority of my social media following. But since I repented of ungodly biases related to Kamala Harris, I was thoroughly rebuked by my Twitter followers, who are almost entirely.
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Hello Friends,. The last several months I have been flooded with countless messages related to my advocacy for IHOPKC survivors. They have ranged from strong rebukes to sincere questions to heartfelt encouragements to borderline hate mail. 1/8.
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@zhuangcorp Many are making statements today, especially IHOPKC worship leaders (David Forlu, Jeremey Whitaker, Laura Park). I am really grateful they are speaking out. I just wish it would have come before Mike was exposed as a pedophile!.
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A small (yet significant) part of my heart experienced healing reading this. I was one of the “sincere persons” my Dad mentions that was met by “spiritual exhortations” and calls for “resisting bitterness.” . It was wrong. It harmed me. It is healing seeing genuine ownership.
@starcazm @blaiseforet Austin, thank you for posting this. After watching the videos of Mike and myself at the staff meeting, I am deeply pained for the ways you, your friends, and any others were mistreated. This is a classic example of a deep spiritual problem that I contributed to at IHOPKC.
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As a member of the Advocate Group, I am choosing my words carefully here, despite what IHOPKC leadership or other AG members may think. The AG has been laser-focused on fighting for victims of sexual abuse and misconduct — not only victims of MB, but all sexual abuse victims.
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“This is an absolute miscarriage of justice on behalf of the ELT. Mike Bickle, Allen Hood, and Dave Sliker were all there and they rubber-stamped him and said they would not discipline Stuart unless we brought out all the victims of the 20 stories that we had, so he could face.
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I went to youth group with @JustinWern1993 back in 2010. My heart breaks deeply for the abuse that he and the others experienced. The courage it requires to tell their story is beyond commendable.
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Another way of saying this is the way my friend put it: “Had the perpetrator of these heinous crimes [Mike Bickle] rightfully been convicted, he would have spent years in prison, been a registered sex offender for life, and IHOPKC would never have been founded.”.
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Ironically, reading the best literature on the resurrection of Jesus has neither increased my confidence in the historicity of Jesus’ resurrection, nor made it an untenable rational belief. If anything, it has made two realities more evident to me:.
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"Both @ihopkc leaders and former leaders will give account before the Lord for our words and actions during this time. I am truly sorry for the many who have experienced real pain and harm and regret the ways I was complicit in it." — @allenshood .
Hey, @BrumbackMike5, here's my response to your question below. Do I regret standing with victims? . @dwaynearoberts @wes_martin13.
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Something is rotten in the state of American Christianity. It needs a reformation.
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I’m celebrating tonight alone on my back porch by drinking a negroni (with Monkey 47 gin) and smoking a clove cigar. I could not be more proud of the advocacy community. Y’all are my heroes! . Keep up the good work. Raise your voice. Keep calling for the AG (and now Tikkun) to.
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@FatherTim My Dad told me an old adage he learned from his African-American homiletics professor: “Read yourself full, think yourself clear, pray yourself hot, and let yourself go.” To this day, I haven’t heard better advice so precisely articulated, even in seminary.
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My thoughts on Mark Driscoll preaching at a men's megachurch conference, standing in front of a massive LED screen of a motorcycle, and rebuking the conference for having a Jezebel spirit because it had a shirtless male acrobat climb a pole with a sword in his mouth…. …is the.
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I hope this does not become the case with @The_ACNA. Seeing more clergy sign a letter against women in ministry than clergy signing a letter calling for transparency related to abuse in our tradition is concerning to me. @esaumccaulley @BethMooreLPM.
This quote from @BethMooreLPM: "We were in the middle of the biggest sexual abuse scandal that has ever hit our denomination. And suddenly, the most important thing to talk about was whether or not a woman could stand at the pulpit and give a message.” .
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Thus, I will see you all in January. I have a feeling these weeks of intentional rest and celebrating time with family will fuel me much more effectively than pushing my margins beyond capacity. I hope you all have an amazing Christmas!. Much love and blessings,.Samuel Hood . 8/8.
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@ahailstone @ihopkc @allenshood Yes, this is true. And he will never give up his personal emails to an investigator. So…that’s why the Ihopkc email database needs to be preserved. We can’t just preserve the emails of known victims right now. We need to preserve all emails, so when other potential victims.
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“Should I not be married to my spouse and should my children not exist?”. I have received this question from people online and from friends as a way of pushing back against my claim that “IHOPKC should never have been founded.” So let me explain.
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@seanfeucht @andrewbullard15 As a member of the Advocate Group standing with victims of Mike Bickle, you are wrong about @blaiseforet and @ChristinaForet. They are not motivated by selfish gain; they are advocating for the oppressed. It breaks my heart to see you sin against them through your slander!.
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I wrote this exactly one year ago today on October 9, 2023. I had no idea it was the exact day Jane Doe’s husband first confronted Mike Bickle. I had no idea it was the exact day Jane Doe’s husband and @dwaynearoberts first brought these allegations to IHOPKC executive leaders,
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Thank you Beth and @matt_redman for sharing your story about the abuse you experienced under the leadership of Mike Pilavachi at Soul Survivor. My heart breaks hearing these stories, but I am inspired by your advocacy for victims of abuse in the church.
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OFFICIAL SAFE SPACE FOR IHOPKC SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE ��� PLEASE SHARE 📢. Boz Tchividjian @BozT is an experienced litigator who has handled hundreds of civil and criminal cases. 1/4
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If we are looking for heroes to champion, then look no further. WOMEN like Gracia Nope. WOMEN like Nancy Hester . 4/6.
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If you’ve been following the IHOPKC advocacy movement but are not aware of @kbohlender’s courageous story as a 16-year-old survivor of sexual abuse, then you need to follow her and listen to her story. @kbohlender is a former IHOPKC member. Her story sits right beside Jane Doe’s!.
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Thank you @blaiseforet and @ChristinaForet for having us on Wake Up and Win, which has been such a pivotal advocacy platform for IHOPKC survivors. This conversation was hard for me, but I hope it brings clarity and healing to hurting hearts.
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They represent many anonymous WOMEN OF COURAGE — both female survivors and advocates for survivors — that are driving this call for justice, accountability, healing, and change. They are ALL the main characters in this story! 5/6.
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The unfolding IHOPKC drama is a story about WOMEN of profound courage and compassion taking their stand, finding their voice, and speaking truth to power. 3/6.
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@Mariloveslions That degree has helped over a hundred alumni get accredited post-graduate degrees. Those transcripts do matter if one wants to be accepted as a non-traditional student to various seminaries. I am reaching out today to make sure all alumni are taken care well. This matters!.
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My Dad @allenshood just let me know that @joseph_a_taylor assured him that no emails at @ihopkc are being deleted and that if a former employee needs a document from their suspended email, they can reach out to HR to get their issue resolved. I am so glad to hear this!.
This is something that has really concerned me for 4-5 months, so I want to speak out. Why did @ihopkc remove my Dad @allenshood’s email access back in November without any communication? . Suspending a former executive leader and board member’s email without notice is not a.
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@rachaelannsteel “We have engaged with the three investigative legal teams that IHOPKC has brought in.” . 11/5/23 — @ihopkc announced @StinsonLLP . 11/10/23 — @ihopkc drops @StinsonLLP and announces new law firm. Do you believe any women were interviewed by Stinson LLP within those 5 days? 🤔.
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I am encouraged that Tikkun Global is overseeing an independent investigation—led by lead investigator Jim Holler and the Firefly Investigations team—into all allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse related to Mike Bickle and IHOPKC. The Advocacy.
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Some Christians consider it a badge of honor to be blocked by Mark Driscoll. Others like @seanfeucht are honored to be blocked by @BethMooreLPM. JESUS said his disciples would be known for their LOVE—not our Twitter blocks—something @realDonaldTrump has never been known for!.
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I have been deeply grieved learning more deeply this year from countless victims how IHOPKC leadership perpetuated abuse. This breaks my heart for survivors of emotional and spiritual abuse. Looking back, I know I witnessed this firsthand, and I experienced it personally too 💔.
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Is there an explanation for disliking a black woman animated by true joy that doesn’t use the words “racism and sexism”? If so, please let me know!.
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Seeing Advocacy Group participation in the #AMillionWomen event pained me, especially because of the harmful precedent it set related to clergy abuse in the church. Thank you @RonSCantor for responding this way. Repentance is the way.
11 Things I would have said about #ClergySexualAbuse if I had been asked to speak at yesterday's Esther rally:. Friends sent me clips from the "Esther Call" in DC yesterday. In the first, a woman is taking those who have been abused through a process of forgiving. Forgiving is.
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In 2024, it is hard to unravel the good and evil intertwined in the history of IHOPKC. But back in 1994, several years before Jane Doe was groomed and abused, it is simple. IHOPKC should not have been founded—and that is a painfully heavy truth for many of us when it sinks in.
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Thank you @kbohlender for the profound courage it took telling your story as a 16-year-old survivor of clergy sexual abuse. The church needs your voice more than ever before!.
This was and is a prophetic warning to the church. Very proud of @kbohlender for telling her story. Full video at
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Thank you, Gracia and Nancy, for telling this story. You both are my heroes! 6/6.
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IHOPKC Founder Mike Bickle Confessed to ‘Bad Judgments and Bad Mistakes’ with ‘Jane Doe,’ Ministry Leader Says
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Earlier this year, one of the AG members privately messaged Gracia that we were paving a pathway for survivors like her to tell their stories and find justice. They told Gracia this because since @bozlawpa started consulting the AG in November 2023, we have been laser-focused.
I never expected my story to be treated as credible by #IHOPKC. But why have some members of the AG/community held me to a different standard of proof than the JDs? 6 yrs of advocating. 9 mo of paying the whistleblower's price. Yet my story is still treated as less-than by some.
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I want to be clear. I am so grateful for the courageous former IHOPKC leaders that are standing with survivors and calling for accountability. But I want to be even more clear. These men are not the main characters in this story. 2/6.
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Brad was not only on the IHOPKC mission base when minors were present, but actively recruited 14-17 year olds to IHOPU — the same age range of Jennifer Roach when Brad groomed, fondled, and raped her. 6/7.
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In an alternative world, marriages would have been formed anyway. Beautiful lives would have been born anyway. But had the world been more safe and more just, Mike would have and should have gone to prison in the 80s and future children and women would not have been abused.
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Did I imply that my future children should not exist?. No. I am saying that all these ethical goods (marriage, children, etc.) do not change the fact that IHOPKC would not have been founded had the perpetrator of these heinous crimes been rightfully convicted and gone to prison.
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While it may be natural for us to philosophically abstract contingencies and take things personally — “Should I be married? Should my children exist?”— I would argue these are not good moral lines of thinking. They do not scale well for a just society.
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As an Anglican deacon, our tradition has a lot of work to do to become a safe space for victims of sexual abuse. The overall silence surrounding sandals of sexual abuse has concerned me (@ACNAtoo). I would be a hypocrite to call for accountability with @ihopkc and not @The_ACNA.
A prominent Anglican church in Virginia waited 16 yrs to investigate frmr youth pastor’s alleged sex abuse, a 3rd-party investigation found. Frmr youth dir. Jeff Taylor reportedly sexually abused 3 boys during 90s; no criminal charges have been filed yet.
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IHOPKC not only ignored the GRACE recommendations, but also blatantly defied their recommendations when they brought Brad Tebbutt back on staff and moved him from leading the Simeon Company (ministry to 50 and older) to overseeing recruitment at IHOPU. 5/7.
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“This case includes a relationship between a 42-year-old internationally renowned minister and a 19-year-old, a relationship that began with prophetic manipulation and became a 4-year sexualized relationship that lasted into the early years of IHOPKC.” .
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For over a decade now, I have not equated being a faithful follower of Jesus with voting for a specific American political party. The best part about this is that I absolutely love going to church with people on the right, the left, the middle, and everywhere in between. We.
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I find it strange that saying “Mike should have been in prison and not founding a ministry, so all these children and women were not sexually abused” causes people to feel invalidated in their own marriage or their own existence.
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Lord, please raise up an Archbishop in @The_ACNA that values protecting the wounded and abused more than preserving the customs of hierarchical authority. May our tradition become a safe place for laity and clergy to fully advocate for survivors of abuse—until abuse is no more!.
This evening @The_ACNA College of Bishops convenes for conclave to elect new Archbishop (no, I don't have insights or predictions to offer). Only "Bishops with jurisdiction" (diocesans) may participate. ⅔ vote required for the election of the new Archbishop. (1/3)
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… Should he be permitted to return to IHOP, he must never be allowed on the property when minors are present. In addition, he must never be allowed at, or granted participation in, any off-campus IHOP activities in which minors are present.” 3/7.
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Update: I messaged with the individual and they removed the original comment.
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@KellyClinger Hey, Kelly, I personally wrote the script for this trailer four years ago. I actually wanted it to be deeply scriptural (e.g., John 16:7, Luke 24:49, Acts 2:38) and avoid the “controversies and excesses” of the charismatic church. As a liturgical Christian, this 40-day journey.
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This is dangerous and false teaching.
“There’s no such thing as PTSD. There’s no such thing as OCD. There’s no such thing as ADHD.”.— John MacArthur
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@shaneholden1970 Hey, @shaneholden1970, I know that many in the older ranks of pastoral ministry will be pleased by this diplomacy and honoring tone. As a younger minister, this gutted me. I really thought your resignation letter would be more forthright. Jesus’ hurting Body needs transparency.
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@Jedidiahhartley Thank you for your courage and moral clarity. This is necessary. It’s time for charismatic Christians to realize that the problem doesn’t lie with those who “test prophecies” (I Thess. 5:21-22), but those who abuse them!.
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