THERE IS A DEVIL LOOSE, AND THE DEVIL IS A LIE IN THE CHURCH! International House of Prayer Founder and Pastor MIKE BICKLE is Accused of SEXUAL MISCONDUCT FOR DECADES.
Daniel Whyte III, President of Gospel Light Society International, says the Evangelical Church, the Protestant Church, the Charismatic Church, the Mainline Church, the Independent Church, and most other churches have forgotten the simple truth we all learned many years ago: GOD IS OMNIPRESENT, GOD IS OMNISCIENT, and GOD IS OMNIPOTENT; therefore, God is well aware of every detail of the decades of Sexual Abuse in the Church, fornication in the Church, Adultery in the Church, Homosexuality in the Church, and all other sins in the Church, often-times perpetrated by pastors, pastors’ wives, assistant pastors, deacons, trustees, and other so-called church leaders, and yet, people in the Church wonder what’s wrong with the Church? Well, according to the Words of Jesus Christ, He has “spewed you out of His mouth,” and He is chastising those who are born-again-saved. The Church needs to do what the old black Church used to sing: “GET RIGHT, CHURCH, AND LET’S GO HOME!”
Mike Bickle, the founder of the International House of Prayer based in Kansas City (IHOPKC), has been accused of longstanding sexual abuse and predation by former senior leaders of the organization, citing “serious allegations spanning several decades.”
Bickle, closely associated with the New Apostolic Reformation and the Latter Rain Movement, founded IHOPKC in 1999, where prayer intercessors and musicians have been worshiping and praying 24/7 for nearly 15 years. The group and ministry ethos has a focus on apostles, prophecies, tongue speaking, visions, dreams, signs, and wonders, with the rotating teams frequently whipping up folks into an ecstatic state with repetitive, droning songs that can last for hours. Along with IHOPKC, Bickle founded the International House of Prayer University, which includes full-time ministry, music, and media schools and boasts over 2000 students, staff members, missionaries, and volunteers.
“Without going into details to protect the privacy of the victims’ identities, we have found these allegations of clergy sexual abuse by Mike Bickle to be credible and long-standing. The credibility of these allegations is not based on any one experience or any one victim, but on the collective and corroborating testimony of the experiences of several victims.”
The statement was crafted by Dwayne Roberts, Brian Kim and Wes Martin, all former members of the IHOPKC Executive leadership team:
Prior to meeting with the leadership team of IHOP, we attempted to bring the allegations and the testimony of one of the victims directly to Mike Bickle in the spirit of Matthew 18:15-17. However, we were repeatedly rebuffed by Mike Bickle and we were refused any sort of meeting. Instead, Mike used manipulating and intimidating tactics towards the victims to isolate them and discredit them. To avoid further wounding of victims, we met with several members of IHOPKC’s Executive Leadership Team. There, we shared testimonies of these victims of Mike‘s inappropriate words and actions.
They were, as one might expect, completely shocked:
When these allegations were brought to our attention, we were shocked. We could never have imagined that inappropriate conduct with women as something we would ever need to be concerned about. The allegations seemed out of character to the man we thought we knew, but they were so serious we could not ignore them.
Getting a bit more specific, they explain:
We believe that Mike Bickle’s actions were not above reproach and fall short of biblical standards for leaders in the church. To be clear, the allegations made about Mike Bickle’s misconduct were sexual in nature where the marriage covenant was not honored. Furthermore, the allegations made also reveal that Mike Bickle used his position of spiritual authority over the victims to manipulate them.
They conclude:
Source: Protestia
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