Summary of Mitch Weiss & Holbrook Mohr'S Broken faith

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The couple had planned their escape for months. On a Wednesday or a Sunday night, when everyone was in church for the 6:30 p. m. service, they would leave the house and start loading up their car. They had only ten minutes to get out.
#2 The Coopers were members of Word of Faith Fellowship, an independent evangelical Christian church in North Carolina. The church was brutal, but escaping was risky, as they would be cut out of the lives of the faithful if they left.
#3 The Coopers were moving to North Carolina, where her husband would become a pastor. Suzanne was apprehensive about the move, as her husband never thought things through and always made decisions without consulting her.
#4 The church that the Coopers joined, Word of Faith, was another independent Protestant church. It was led by Jane Whaley, a charismatic woman preacher, who claimed to have turned around many troubled lives. Their doctrine was clear and easy to understand: Satan employed an army of invisible demons on the earth to manipulate humans into addiction, illness, and wrongdoing. But believers were not helpless. They had the Bible, strong mutual ties, and frequent worship services to keep their minds trained on higher things.

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• Con Artists

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• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 27 avril 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669393450
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Mitch Weiss & Holbrook Mohr's Broken Faith
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The couple had planned their escape for months. On a Wednesday or a Sunday night, when everyone was in church for the 6:30 p. m. service, they would leave the house and start loading up their car. They had only ten minutes to get out.

#2

The Coopers were members of Word of Faith Fellowship, an independent evangelical Christian church in North Carolina. The church was brutal, but escaping was risky, as they would be cut out of the lives of the faithful if they left.

#3

The Coopers were moving to North Carolina, where her husband would become a pastor. Suzanne was apprehensive about the move, as her husband never thought things through and always made decisions without consulting her.

#4

The church that the Coopers joined, Word of Faith, was another independent Protestant church. It was led by Jane Whaley, a charismatic woman preacher, who claimed to have turned around many troubled lives. Their doctrine was clear and easy to understand: Satan employed an army of invisible demons on the earth to manipulate humans into addiction, illness, and wrongdoing. But believers were not helpless. They had the Bible, strong mutual ties, and frequent worship services to keep their minds trained on higher things.

#5

Rick tried to explain to his wife, Suzanne, why he wanted to leave Darien. He wanted to open a Bible school in Spindale, and eventually a church, when the time was right. But Suzanne knew better. If she had to leave Darien, she’d rather go home to Florida, to be nearer to her sisters and mother.

#6

Suzanne had told her mother everything, and found her sympathetic. Let Rick go on to his Bible school. You get those children in the van and come back to Ocala, Wanda told her daughter. But Suzanne knew from the moment she said I do that marrying Rick was a mistake.

#7

Word of Faith Fellowship, a small Christian church, took in the Coopers and gave them a new home. The children were enrolled in the church’s Christian school and nursery programs, and Suzanne found she was pregnant again.

#8

The Whaleys had bought the property in the mid-1980s. Everything was neat and clean, just the way Jane Whaley liked it. Sam and Jane had preached all over the world, and forged ties with similar churches overseas. Slowly, over time, Suzanne began to agree with them more and more.

#9

Wanda went to see Jane Whaley, the preacher, and was shocked at how her church was run. It was more of a public shaming than a sermon. She felt evil in that room.

#10

Wanda had a difficult time sleeping that night, as she was constantly thinking about her daughter and grandchildren who were still in Word of Faith Fellowship. She felt that the church was not right, and that Jane was trying to control everyone.

#11

When Wanda returned from the Fellowship, she was horrified to find that her daughter was being brainwashed. She didn’t know what to do, so she decided not to say anything else about the Fellowship.

#12

When he heard the voice, he was struck unconscious by a power outside of himself. When he woke up, he was a new man. He began to purge all the sin from his life, starting with the beer, whiskey, and girlie magazines in his apartment.

#13

As Rick absorbed the teachings of the Word of Faith Fellowship, he fought with his mother more and more. In May 1994, Suzanne shared her burden with an assistant pastor, saying she would have to leave if the fighting didn’t stop soon.

#14

The Coopers were asked to attend the church’s leadership meetings, where they would be counseling other couples. They were asked to undergo marriage counseling with a church minister and get their relationship back on track.

#15

When Rick and Suzanne married, they moved into her mother’s house, which they felt was not suitable for a married couple. They needed to find their own place, but they didn’t have the money.

#16

The Trinity Foundation was a Dallas, Texas, watchdog group that investigated allegations of religious abuse. It was created in the early 1970s by Ole Anthony, a charismatic minister in the evangelical Jesus Movement. It began as a small Bible study group and grew into a witty Christian humor magazine and a ministry to the city’s homeless population.

#17

Trinity Foundation began investigating Tilton in 1991. They found that his ministry was fleecing his followers, and that he had ties to a secretive North Carolina church called Word of Faith Fellowship.

#18

Evans eventually joined the church, and was subjected to the church’s practice of peer pressure and emotional manipulation. He was taken to a chair near the front of the sanctuary, where a bucket was placed by his feet. The people around him began screaming and groaning, and he was expected to participate.

#19

Evans fit in well at the auto-repair shop. His boss liked him, and eventually let him use one of their cars. He began volunteering at the church, cleaning, painting, and whatever was needed. One evening, Whaley pulled Evans aside and scolded him about his clothing. God’s children should always wear priestly garments, she said.

#20

Joe English was a drummer in the band Wings, and he was addicted to drugs.