Not a prophet, not a guy — but some of you sure listened when you thought I was. Argues on Twitter, Memes on Insta. Music under Good Lemons.
#IHOPKCtoo
Sometimes, when I think about the collapse of my faith, I think about the children of Job—how they were all gathered together at the table in a house their father built, when the roof caved right onto their heads and buried them where they sat.
I think that could be me, and I…
An Open Letter to the Charismatic Church:
Hear me out. Remember Woodstock '69?
Hailed as counter-cultural—three days of "Peace, Love, and Music?" In the midst of the horror of Vietnam, it touched on deep longings: the need for hope, for connection, and for something, somehow, to…
To every single “Spirit Filled” leader in the USA:
I’ve heard you boast for YEARS about your special revelation—Strategies from Heaven! Prophetic Utterance! Divine Wisdom! Apostolic Authority! Some of you claim to see secret sin!
How is it then, that in two decades, I have yet…
An Open Letter to
@IHOPKC
leadership:
In the months since this began, you’ve had every opportunity to pursue a confidential, trauma informed processes with vetted third parties led by experts in Adult Clergy Sexual Abuse. It would have protected survivors and preserved their…
Sean’s been running his mouth, and as someone whose pain got out front this week, I want to say this:
In the moments when I have been drowning in an ocean of grief, the hands that have pulled me out have always been ones that still bear the mark of grief themselves.
So in all…
I just want to say to all the IHOPKC folks transitioning: I know it’s hard and I’m sorry.
I am 17 years post IHOPKC (and another church trauma too). There was a lot of unraveling I had to do. It came in waves.
When Isaac Meyer said he was “a son of the prayer movement, and…
Temporarily changing my photo. A profile pic that’s a joke about needing to be a man to be heard feels a little over the top on International Women’s Day.
I want to speak as myself today. 😅
This has been a hard few days, and I know we've all felt divided on a lot of details. But I want to take a moment to publicly acknowledge the whistleblowers who have carried this recent piece of the story for so long—
@brent_steeno
and
@Joel7Richardson
in particular.
I've spoken…
Maybe it’s time we petition every single major church network, one by one, to support legislation making Clergy S*xual abuse a crime & implement real safeguards.
Maybe we start withholding tithes from any church unwilling to pledge public support.
Maybe we hold the entire…
Jack Deere leads call to stop financially supporting
#IHOPKC
, calls for full investigation & scrutiny on prophetic history.
"However, given that we now know that three of its prominent contributors: Mike Bickle, Paul Cain and Bob Jones, where involved in sex clergy sexual abuse,…
The idea of ministering to the heart of Jesus is what brought a lot of us to IHOPKC—but you know what?
It’s totally backwards.
You aren’t meant to be in a room singing gsongs 24/7. It’s cathartic, yes. It feels meaningful. But guess what? We did that for YEARS.
The God of…
House of Bethany is a place where passionate worshippers can be equipped to go to deeper levels of ministering to the heart of Jesus.
Applications are now open for the 2024 school year.
🧵Both Joanna and I were approached at 19 and told we were “another Misty”— she was the 2002 edition, and I was 2004. (If we can find the 2003 edition, we could have some sort of club!)
It’s an alarming pattern, and I know of at least two other women who were told this at around…
@peace_got
@jude22_23
I initially shared these posts through Instagram stories. I think
@blaiseforet
mentioned it at some point as I started getting tagged by other people. Susan & I also know each and talked about it before.
“By their fruit you will know them.”
Bob Jones: prophetic & clergy sexual abuse
Paul Cain: prophetic & clergy sexual abuse
Mike Bickle: prophetic & clergy sexual abuse
“Bad company corrupts good morals.”
I’ve been out of IHOP and processing for a LONG, LONG time, but I think I didn’t know I was in the middle of a new wave of grief til it knocked me over this week. There were a lot of other factors that played into it too, but I feel like I woke up this morning and stuck my head…
If you follow me and noticed the name change, there’s a reason for it.
It’s always been a bit of an open secret, but part of the commentary wrapped up and using Twitter handle was working in a nod to the way that male voices are often seen as more authoritative and inherently…
Here’s what it looks like when a leader clearly addresses a situation like the one IHOPKC is facing now.
Why didn’t take so long? Why haven’t the leaders closest to Mike spoken up?
Thank you Johnny & Elizabeth Enlow, for addressing this and fully acknowledging the weight of…
“By the end of this, the title will be “THE WOMEN WHO TOOK DOWN MIKE BICKLE .”🔥
— E. Herder (
@ZionConsultTeam
) on women who have paved the path towards accountability & justice
Listening now — might process my observations along the way in a thread below.…
🧵 Reading through Bob Jones’ discipline by Bickle under Vineyard’s leadership, & two things stand out: Pastoral Care (for victims/congregation/Bob) + how opposite IHOPKC’s response to Bickle’s abuses has been. In no particular order, examples:
#ihopkc
@isaacbennet
@ericvolz
@kvministries
Thank you for this apology. As former IHOPKC staff, I appreciate your acknowledgment of the pain that was unintentionally caused.
I also appreciate that you didn’t simply block all of us. That has been an action that most current IHOPKC leadership has taken when they are given…
BREAKING: Embattled
@ihopkc
announces it's closing & starting new org to limit liability.
But
@bozlawpa
says IHOPKC is in "fantasyland" if it thinks plan will limit liability. Trying to do so would be "fraudulent," he says. 1/2
Trying to teach your kids the prophetic history? Need inspiration for entirely new backdated prophecies?!
INTRODUCING THE LIMITED EDITION BOB JONES AND ANGEL EMMA PLAYSET!
#ihopkc
#bobjones
#prophetichistory
#mikebickle
IHOPKC leadership did two things here:
1. They broke news of the story before the survivor even got to speak.
2. They washed their hands of it.
You can cover people in love, or cover your own ass.
You can’t do both.
🧵One of the hardest parts about leaving
#IHOPKC
was how difficult and lonely it was to process a whole WORLD that absolutely no one else understood….unless they’d been there.
What’s so harmful about the Prophetic History?
One aspect is the “new breed” language from Branham/Cain, and how that pairs with dominionist theology.
There’s an expectation that this generation will “rule and reign” with Christ here on earth and actually be responsible for…
I just want to call out how offensive it is that women who were NOT victimized and who have identified themselves have formed a group called the “Jane Doe Group.”
You weren’t victims.
You told us your names.
Now you’re claiming the name of victims?
This is the height of DARVO.…
@EricVolz
@EricVolz
Here's the issue—leadership had full knowledge of his behavior for YEARS and still chose to let him prayer lead. The survivors of his harassment and assault deserve a full apology from IHOPKC for not taking them seriously before now. This was reported in the past.!
🧵IHOPKC FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION:
When I was at IHOPKC, around 90% of the employees were NOT paid by IHOP. We raised support and filed as independent contractors. ⬇️
This morning
@ihopkc
’s Isaac Bennett rehashed all the same prophetic BS as his sexual predator mentor Mike Bickle. Watch how he engages in all the same doublespeak (“we’re doing this bc it’s in the word of God”) and manipulation (“we can’t back down from this”). Unconscionable!!!
@mistydedwards
@mistydedwards
You are accusing dear friends who you’ve known for decades of hatching a plot to destroy a place they build with their own hands. It makes no sense!
How does investigating Mike’s actions equate a plot to take down IHOP? And why would they want to do that?
We DO…
Here’s to the Jezebels: rebuked in side rooms, shamed in prayer lines, and told you were “dark but lovely” at the altar by some man, or a woman who should have seen you and been awed at what you were becoming—all the beauty of that unrestrainable potential. You were golden,…
Turns out the Prophetic History was actually just and end times themed MLM—you have to buy in up front, but it only benefits the guys at the top, while everyone at the bottom wastes their time and money.
Every prophet was a whistleblower.
Nathan was the whistleblower in David’s time. Amos and Isaiah both called out exploitation of the poor. Jeremiah exposed that the “prophets” were faking prophecies.
But Ezekiel is my favorite because he was so dramatic about it.
- cooking…
Today, since I'm showing up as myself on here more than I've done before, I want to share a little.
We're all processing out loud together, in this big common space. And it's a tricky space for a lot of us. It's tied to people, and a place, and HUGE ideas. Those are tangled up…
‼️THE ENTIRE ELT KNEW MIKE WAS ALONE WITH A WOMAN WHO WASNT HIS WIFE FOR HOURS, DAILY, WITH THE DOOR LOCKED?!‼️
The level of WTAF I am experiencing rn is a little wild.
When I was at IHOPKC, I had a dream that I was walking through the neighborhood and came upon the scene of a catastrophic accident.
There are so many bodies in the streets that emergency workers couldn’t get to them all.
I turned to one of the EMTs and said, “People who…
I was never a victim like the brave women who have stepped forward. I was collateral damage of
#ihopkc
‘s culture of “mission over people” though. I was lured in by the message of Mary of Bethany and than when the hyper busy lifestyle…
@jburn
was 🔥 last night on Open Spaces.
The lack of a true third party at
#ihopkc
has been so damaging: women who put their trust in IHOPKC leadership have had their stories twisted and were made out to be abusers in situations where they themselves were abused.
I echo…
I think my favorite part of the April Rose video is where she’s like, “Actually, God told me six years ago that this isn’t even the *real* IHOP that Bob and Paul prophesied. The *TRUE* IHOPKC is going to be raised up now.”
So don’t worry guys: you weren’t in a cult, that was the…
@DarrenHibbs
Facts. My husband was offered a very enticing paid role at IHOPKC. His response was, “Why would I want to work here? I’ve seen how you treat people.”
@kvministries
Here’s my challenge to you Kris:
1. Vocally back a bill to make Adult Clergy Sexual Abuse a crime.
2. Speak up on behalf of the women and children Mike Bickle abused and call for a third party investigation.
3. Have GRACE evaluate Bethel’s sexual abuse reporting safeguards.…
@Ritaspringer
Our immediate response is to bind up the wounded and advocate for transparency, accountability, and safeguards.
Anger is an appropriate, biblical part of grief. It’s ok to be angry.
However, if your first response is to tone police survivors and advocates instead of help hold…
🧵 Dreams, Kingmakers, and False Prophecy
Jeremiah Johnson released a dream this morning Re: Mike Bickle.
False prophecy played a huge role in securing the “kingdom” of IHOPKC and exploiting the vulnerable, it seems this might be good to
#testeverything
moving forward. (dream…
“’These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.”
Agree to a full investigation of the organization by an unbiased third party,
@ihopkc
— it’s the only honorable way forward.
Eight years ago I picked a random KC psychologist off a list and asked what she knew about Religious trauma, and said I had been at a place called IHOP.
She said, “Oh, I’m absolutely familiar with IHOP. I’ve been talking to people who have trauma from there for two decades.”…
@DunningAwen
@_bytheirfruit
I think you’d be hard pressed to find any therapist in KC who can’t bear witness to the trail of bodies in IHOP’s wake. It’s such a tragedy.
A true “culture of honor” doesn’t require you to carry your story in silence.
It bears witness to it.
It weeps with the weeping, and sits with the hurting—it makes room for all the overwhelming emotions that come with trauma and creates a safe place for healing.
A true…
@seanfeucht
Weep with those who weep, Sean.
The fellowship of suffering is what connected the early church to each other, and to Jesus in his suffering.
Perhaps you’re not understanding the “way of the cross.”
That’s exactly what it is—a commitment to “bear one another’s burdens” and…
I am hearing this morning that the “lies” General Fuller is referring to in relationship to the AG are related to a question that he supposedly asked which was “Are you guys making a video?” I spoke to General Fuller and that was NOT the question he asked me - he asked “Are you…
Shane calls IHOPKC’s mindset “horrific leadership.”
“IHOPKC is in the situation it is now in…solely because of the decisions made by this board and leadership team.”
Absolutely accurate.
This is where the church is at—rampant spiritual abuse by narcissistic men. Here’s Alan Scott at Dwelling Place Anaheim, demeaning certain body types and saying he doesn’t hire them because he can tell by their body that they “have an agenda.”
He’s telling his whole staff to…
One fun thing I learned today was that Eric forgot to nuke his replies when he erased his history. So I both archived them and screen recorded them for posterity. 🫶🏻
Cheers Eric! So glad to have recovered these memories. Feels like I recovered a whole family photo album! 🎞️
I want to remind everyone what good leadership looks like:
As a leader or elder in the body of Christ, when you become aware of another leader or elder who has done great harm, you DO have a responsibility to rebuke them in a way that’s “commensurate with their visibility and…
Some Easter thoughts from someone who doesn’t do church:
Do you know why God chose women to witness Jesus’ resurrection from the dead? Because we’re the ones who tend the bodies.
And not just the dead ones—we’re the primary ones who carry, nurture, and instruct immature bodies…
Watch Matt Candler confuse a millstone with a loaf of bread and then jump into the ocean of his own years.
When will IHOPKC leaders center the experience and needs of victims?
#ihopkctoo
#MikeBickle
#clergyabuse
#ihopkc
It may be about to get messy and loud.
If you see me being loud, know this: I will always stand with survivors. Part of that means that I will always hold that their story of abuse is only theirs to tell.
For many survivors, the telling is worse than the abuse because of how…
@JaneDoeGroup
You should change your handle if you are not victims, and acknowledge how deeply hurtful it is to claim the Jane Doe moniker in this situation.
I’m deeply sorry you were falsely indicated as victims. That was harmful, even if the harm wasn’t intended—impact matters.
It still…
One thing I’ve really started to ask is, “What made Christians so susceptible to such obvious lies?”
The “Prophetic History” was always deeply suspect. Paul Cain and Bob Jones led double lives from the beginning! And even after that was revealed, the show went on. ➡️
If you're a man thinking of making a podcast about the abuse of women, try listening to women. We've been speaking for decades. If there's not a single woman speaking, you're part of the problem.
The marginalization of women is why this got as far as it did.
The white blood…
For months, I’ve felt the wrongness and rage and ugliness of it all.
But today, I’m so grateful for the beauty I can see—that of so many women who have been silent for so long finally finding their voice.
When I was on IHOPKC staff, I worked the teen interns.
At one point, I was over 12 teens by myself, all crammed in a one bedroom apartment in Herrnhut. It was impossible to watch them 24/7 and they got into all sorts of trouble ➡️
When I say all of IHOPKC needs to be investigated, I mean ALL of it.
We have barely heard about the youth age groups or the teenager summer camps yet or the schools for the kids.
Now that I’ve live tweeted nearly every thought in my head as I’ve listened:
I want to say how deeply I appreciated this interview—it was candid, humble, informative, thoughtful and encouraging.
Tipping my hat to
@blaiseforet
,
@ChristinaForet
and
@ZionConsultTeam
for their…
This is Richy Bickle’s threatening text to a whistleblower. This is emblematic of the mafia like intimidation tactics that the Bickle family has used.
@ihopkc
#dowekeepsmilingandsaynothing
If you haven’t listened to a podcast, or read an in-depth article by an expert on the complexities of narcissistic abuse and abusive relationships, it might be wise to challenge your own perspectives.
A few months ago if I had said to a lot of you, that I knew for a fact that…
I don’t have a lot to say right now—which doesn’t happen often. I used a lot of my words before all this, discussing these very subjects.
Thank you
@thearmchaircom
for speaking on the ME/Prosch article with such clarity.
#ihopkc
#mikebickle
I need to talk a minute: for the last couple months, I’ve been really struggling. The reason I’m struggling is pretty simple: there’s been nonstop attack.
I want to say this:
Calling out abuse is important. Recognizing power dynamics—that’s really important. Trying to be…
There’s an account (I won’t bother tagging) that claims to represent 12 prophets—who apparently have nothing better to do than churn out words in defense of Mike BickIe.
If there was ever a clearer example of a narcissist writing their own hype, I’m not sure what it is. 💀
@LouEngle
I challenge you to make THIS the next Call.
Call the church to account. Call it to TRUE repentance: justice for survivors of Clergy Abuse and accountability for perpetrators.
You want to back the Esther Generation? I’m one of them: a woman crying out for justice for…
As a child of the charismatic movement—and others like it—I think one of the most painful things has been to feel rejected when we were crushed, instead of being cradled. If you make it to the end of this post, there's a very scrappily recorded song about that.
There’s this…
“The Book of Esther is actually about a woman who entered a sex contest to win the heart of a divorced king.”
This is a quote from
@kvministries
of
@BethelRedding
.
Esther was forced to endure the dehumanizing horror of a harem to save her people. It was *sex trafficking* not a…
And in case you didn’t catch it, that’s really what they called it: Summer Teen Internship. STI
Want to know what they renamed it after I told them what that meant?
Summer Teen Discipleship. 💀
Why did
#ihopkc
put these women through THREE investigations before even agreeing to terms with Boz? That's horrific! Please, IHOPKC, do the right thing: get trauma informed guidance and hire a true third party.
A woman came forward last week with her story, accusing
@IHOPKC
Founder
@MikeBickle
of sexually abusing her, beginning at age 14
Now, that woman, identified by maiden name Tammy Woods, has released an open letter addressed to Mike (and Diane) Bickle. 1/2
If you’re looking at the Prophetic History and wondering if there’s anything to glean, remember:
Paul Cain: prophetic & sexual abuse
Bob Jones: prophetic & sexual abuse
Mike Bickle: prophetic & sexual abuse
“Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?”
#ihopkc
…
There’s a reason so many churches are railing against the “woke agenda of the
#metoo
movement.”
It’s not because they’re afraid that “any woman anywhere can just make up an accusation and ruin a man’s reputation.” We know false reports are insanely rare.
If 975/1000 of ACTUAL…
@realprophetguy
@fatdave54867475
A senior Prophet of the Charismatic Spiritual Oligarchy is never in error: they write the rules: the rest is appeasement and damage control. That bothersome Bill Cosby. First the
#metoo
movement and then the sheep catch onto the idea and /
I think what my generation would like to see, more than anything, is real accountability.
I’d like to see leaders refuse to platform those who abused prophecy or committed clergy abuse—permanently. We have to prioritize the wounded. Church has to be safe pasture.
As I am reading the suffering of the children of leaders who have abused the prophetic, I feel so badly for them. Praying that God will heal their broken hearts.
@mistydedwards
I would love some clarity because I don't support bullying and I think the community deeply cares about all people involved—I just don't understand how you would be investigated at all if you are not a Jane Doe?
🧵 When we left IHOPKC, the first church we landed in was a well known non-denominational in Kansas City. It felt like a safe haven, because the leadership was able to acknowledge that IHOPKC had cultlike tendencies and an abusive leadership style.
@joelsorge
I’m not sure exactly what the answer is. But I feel for people who are completely disillusioned, and will be potentially make an even greater mistake by leaving one cult leader and falling into the arms of a narcissist.
I have a little history with Paul Cain—not a lot, but enough to leave a mark. So I've been thinking out him for awhile, trying to put words to what he was.
I think I’d say he was a man who "called things were not, as though they were." What I mean by that is pretty simple: Paul…
It’s spiritually abusive to send people to Jesus to give comfort for the things we are willfully withholding from them.
“If one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?
In the same way, faith by…
One of the greatest invitations that we have right now is to know Jesus as the Man of Sorrows. When Jesus stepped down into our humanity, He made the way for us to know Him as the one who's acquainted with our sin and grief more than any other.
When He came close to sin, sorrow,…
Sometimes I hear preachers talk about how soft Christianity has gotten, and how people love the baby Jesus, but they don’t want the Ruling Risen Lord.
And I think about abuse, and trauma, and which Jesus I would be able to let near me.
I wonder if it’s possible God looked down…
It isn’t just IHOP—it’s Dwelling Place Anaheim, and Bethel, and Morningstar too.
The bodies behind the bus have come back to life, and now they’re here to hold these leaders accountable.
Last week, Radiant removed Riddle from their conference lineup after public pressure related to spiritual abuse allegations at Dwelling Place Anaheim.
Notably, neither
@leemcummings
or
@calebculver
announced it on Twitter, and the allegations brought by
@noahsebolt
and…