@ihopkc
Stuart, Misty, and David all need held accountable for their consistent praise of Mike while Jane Doe was ignored and dismissed publicly. Misty put more energy into advocating for the not Jane Doe’s than she did the actual victims.
Today I was called a leftist because I said social justice was a cause in God’s heart. Social justice issues should be a care for anyone claiming to be a Christ Follower - right, left, and in between.
It’s sad that so many use “leftist” as an insult.
Regardless of how pissed I am about the Misty Edwards information, I hope there are people making sure she is ok. As much as I believe she is perpetrator, I also believe she was victim. It's so layered and not black and white. I am angry, sad, and struggling to process.
#ihopkc
*waiting for Misty Edward’s to enter the chat*
She was so vocal for the non Jane Doe’s, I hope she puts more energy into advocating for the ACTUAL victims.
#ihopkc
Eric Volz and General Fuller,
Disrespectfully, we don’t know you. But we do know Dwayne, Allen, and the rest of the AG group. Allen helped me understand the love of God as a Father.
These men and women have decades of history with past and present
#ihopkc
ppl. I BELIEVE THEM.
Watching people defending
#IHOPKC
& Mike Bickle has angered me. I was a child when I was molested for 5 years by someone who should have been safe. There was no evidence. Just the word of a traumatized and broken 12 year old girl. At 37, I still can't sleep in the dark. (1)
Dwayne Roberts. Allen Hood. Brian Kim. Wes Martin. Jono Hall. Corey Russel.
All speaking up for Jane Doe's and 3rd party investigation.
And,
#IHOPKC
is backing Mike.
Choosing the voice of ONE MAN over the voices of a MULTITUDE from the exact same organization.
Cult behavior.
I’m shocked at the amount of people more concerned with “keeping the fire on the alter burning” over the path of devastation, abuse, and destruction its burning has cost. God doesn’t need a house of prayer or worship at the cost of people’s lives, hearts, or bodies.
#ihopkc
#IHOPKC
better be calling Allen, Dwayne, Elizabeth, and the rest of the AG to personally apologize.
Stuart and Sliker need held accountable.
Get an agreed upon 3rd party investigation NOW.
Enough words, it’s time for action.
So interesting how all these “prophets” had dreams and words from the Lord about the situation at IHOP “months ago” but only felt led to share them now.
#ihopkc
My thoughts: IHOP is worried about what might happen on the mic in the next 72 hours while people are processing. This is why they’re cutting the livestream. It’s hard to control grief and mourning. They are worried about what will be stated, prayed, or sung publicly.
#ihopkc
So far we have a 14, 15, and 19 year old girls.
#MikeBickle
fooled most of us.
It’s ok to grieve and have big feelings about this. A man who fathered and mentored a movement built on the backs of young adults is not who you thought he was.
#ihopkc
The last 10 years have turned me into a skeptic when it comes to the church - and I hate that. I used to love going to church, leading worship, and discussing the Bible with friends. I started deconstructing in '15 and nothing has been the same. My eyes are open - maybe too open.
David Sliker deleted his post and literally ignored every single comment calling for a 3rd party investigation.
Do any of these leaders mean what they say? Misty, David, Lenny…all deleting big statements after people push back.
#ihopkc
Please stop referring to ACCOUNTABILITY as “cancel culture”. I’m so sick of it. Holding leaders and abusers accountable for their harm is BIBLICAL.
#ihopkc
So…
What happened to General Fuller?
He came out with his belt and yelled at us and told us to go sit in the corner and then we never heard from him again.
#ihopkc
How many women thought they were “the only one”? How many women are defending Mike to prove their loyalty? How many women are still being spiritually and emotionally manipulated?
This is a terrifying reality.
#ihopkc
#mikebickle
The videos released today should give EVERY SINGLE PERSON who has spoken against the "Advocate Group" a reason to step back and listen without bias and with open ears and hearts. This is a time for pause, prayer, and discernment not vile hot takes against the AG.
#ihopkc
#IHOPKC
🧵: Narcissism in the Church
Narcissistic and sociopathic men thrive in the church because of poor biblical teachings in submission, authority, and anointing. Too many have no accountability because their platform has made them untouchable. /1
You can’t spend years telling God to “shake what can be shaken” and then Get mad when He does and call it an “attack of the enemy”.
Let it all come into the light so it can be healed and God can work.
That’s my final thought for the night.
#ihopkc
If you’re still defending
#MikeBickle
at this point, you don’t WANT to see the truth. You’re defending a pedophile and serial abuser.
Mike needs to be removed from the public. He is not a safe person.
#ihopkc
#ihopkctoo
#shewas14
When I was at IHOP, Audra was someone I looked up to. To see her response through this whole ordeal has been sickening and heartbreaking. The people deep in IHOP culture are NOT getting truth, I don’t trust them to truly and without bias hear Gods voice at this point.
Many victims of abuse don’t realize they’re being abused until way later. I’ve worked with many women in abusive marriages who excuse away their husband’s abusive behavior because “they love him” or “I wouldn’t call it abuse”.
More women will come forward.
#ihopkc
Stop. Engaging. Mike. Brown.
The more you interact, the more it pushes him into the algorithm. He baits with “I know things” and “just wait untils” like he knows things and has evidence - but has never produced anything of substance.
Mike is a distraction. Block, move on.
Genuine question -
Why are you so easily able to believe Misty speaking up for some JD’s but not Dwayne, Allen, and Wes doing the same thing?
Not looking for snarky responses, honestly asking because I don’t understand.
#ihopkc
There has been a lot of dismissing and downplaying the severity of sexual abuse this past week.
Victims are watching. They’re learning who will believe them and who will not - this includes parents, siblings, friends, teachers, pastors, etc.
Some of y’all are unsafe.
#ihopkc
IHOP is burying themselves.
The AG came out in humility and grief.
IHOP’s response (again) to the very ones who built this place, fathered it, and supported it was cold and aggressive.
AG: communicating from the heart
IHOP: working with a PR manager
#ihopkc
Just a reminder -
We still need a 3rd party investigation.
IHOP still needs to shut down.
Mike Bickle is a predator and abuser.
The “prophetic history” is crap.
That is all.
#ihopkc
If your 19 year old daughter started dating a man in his 40’s - would you not, logically, wonder what his angle is or if he is using or manipulating her? 19 is barely out of high school…
they’re barely a legal, consenting adult.
Use your heads.
#ihopkc
So apparently
#IHOPKC
is selling the strip mall (including the prayer room). Here’s what’s crazy to me: a worship team refused to leave the stage during a bomb threat because ThE fIrE oN tHE aLtaR but selling the building is fine and moving “the fire” to another facility.
No one is out to “get” IHOP.
We are calling for a truthful and unbiased investigation by an agreed upon 3rd party.
Since IHOPKC is dragging their feet - the Armchair Investigators ™️ have made it our goal to do as much uncovering as possible to push things along.
#ihopkc
Anyone else find it super sus that the 2 major leaders at IHOPKC have removed themselves from the organization before the investigation even starts? (Greaves/Sliker)
How do you investigate when the major players are all separating, resigning, and leaving?
#ihopkc
It's great and all that some of you are JUST NOW deciding to step over into "Mike Bickle is a predator" territory. But, I remember some of you calling us awful names, slandering us, and reolling us.
Your willful ignorance hurt people.
#ihopkc
#mikebickle
Jane Doe is being doxxed.
If you see it, don’t interact with it so it doesn’t get pushed out further into the algorithm.
JUST REPORT IT.
#IHOPKC
#MikeBickle
Just a reminder that just because a person doesn’t think they’re a victim of abuse - doesn’t meant that aren’t.
The amount of women I’ve spoken to who are in abusive relationships but cannot or will acknowledge it as such is alarming.
#ihopkc
Organizations that tell their people that public journalism and news statements are filled with lies and to ONLY listen to what their leaders tell them…
…yes, that’s a cult.
#ihopkc
Misty Edward’s wrote a post and then deleted it it seems.
IHOP is not interested in an unbiased investigation- they’ve decided what is truth. This proves it.
#ihopkc
#mikebickle
@ihopkc
I want to remind you all that MB said he didn’t realize he needed to publicly repent because it was “under the blood already” (therefore, it’s gone and nonexistent).
THAT should terrify us all.
What else is “under the blood” and not being spoken about…?
#ihopkc
THREAD
#IHOPKC
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Decades of abuse. I’m learning of rapes, abuse, etc that happened to staff/interns while at IHOPKC that were brought to leadership over the years that were dismissed and the victims literally kicked out or shunned by IHOP leaders.
My husband made me a gin and cranberry to work on while he is in therapy for an hour and then he's taking me to dinner so I can process all of my anger at the ihopkc shenanigans while eating a crap ton of mashed potatoes and possibly a steak.
I am blessed. ☺️
Another thread ||
#IHOPKC
Martyrdom is glorified at IHOP. You are trained that the most beautiful sacrifice you can make is to lay your life down for Jesus. THAT is why the team didn't leave the stage yesterday DURING A BOMB THREAT - what is their life in comparison to Christ?
Misty never met me, but her worship and music had a massive impact on me while I was at
#ihopkc
and since. It is so awful watching her response to this whole mess. It's anti-Christ. It's not the Jesus I know and serve.
Ok, thanks for coming to my external processing ceremony.
14 year old me. 8th grade.
Just starting to heal from abuse.
If a man I admired had hit on me and told me I would marry him someday I’d be writing his name all over my notebooks and telling people I had a boyfriend - because that’s what young girls do.
Tammy was 14.
#ihopkc
@dwaynearoberts
Also, Misty has deleted her statement from yesterday off of all her social media this morning. It’s not a good look for IHOPKC.
I value your transparency. Thank you for continuing to speak truth to darkness.
"Fearless Five": we're being abused and bullied by the AG!
Twitter: where is the evidence?
Them: I am telling you
Twitter: Jane Doe was abused by Mike Bickle
Them: prove it
Make it make sense.
#IHOPKC
I’ve been quiet. Ever since the Misty article came out I feel like I’ve been in a weird place with all of this. It’s like, I knew it was going to get worse but when it did, it was a lot for my brain/heart. I’ve heard there are over 15 women/victims. And I just, cannot. 🤷🏽♀️
It's so interesting how the loudest people offering criticism and insults at the AG are mostly the following: a slum lord who lives out of the country, a close friend of the Bickle's, and people who have never been part of IHOP staff, internships, or leadership.
#ihopkc
Someone tell Josh Rainwater than he can’t treat me like crap, block me, and then screenshot my Facebook post about my experience at IHOPKC and share it on his twitter.
Don’t use my story if you’re going to treat me the way that you did.
Send tweet.
Steve Strang on
@charismamag
bringing the truth today. Yes. He said this. ☠️🤷♂️
“If a ministry needs to clean up its a**”
Clean up in the back please! 😅
#IHOPKC
#MIKEBICKLE
The amount of work people are doing to defend IHOPKC ELT and Mike Bickle as well as victim blame Jane Doe is sickening. After everything that has come out with celebrity pastors found guilty of abuse and sexual misconduct, I don't understand why this is hard to believe.
When you show more care and concern for a predator and abuser than you do his victims - you show exactly who you are and you are under a spirit that is not of God.
I said what I said and I’d say it again.
#ihopkc
#MikeBickle
When I tell you it isn't easy speaking unhighly of Misty Edwards, I mean it. It's awful watching one of your hero's respond to abuse the way she is. It's heartbreaking. I hate it. I hate that she is hurting victims and selling conspircy theories about the AG.
I’m still wondering what it was that caused the ELT to sever Mike from IHOP officially in December and then made Stuart step down. I just remember them saying more information came to light. I don’t remember seeing this public? Did I miss it?
#ihopkc
Some of y’all need to shut your mouths and spend time learning about how trauma affects the brain and body, how abusers manipulate victims into thinking they’re consenting, and power dynamics in cases of abuse.
Some of you have big opinions with no knowledge of trauma.
#ihopkc
I was quiet on twitter today because I needed an emotional health day and a B R E A K from the crazy. My golden retriever husband and I had a lovely day ♥️
Dear
#ericvolz
,
Jane Doe has a name. She was public to the people that needed to know. She was never hidden from anyone except the wider public for her safety.
Please
j u s t
g o
a w a y.
#ihopkc
IHOPKC, Misty Edwards | A thread
I started leading worship at 16. My friend Derek Loux suggested I attend IHOP's FITN internship and then be a first year at the new music school they were about to launch. I was 19 at the time and desperate for more of God and worship, so I went.
Something positive to break up the chaos of the
#IHOPKC
mess.
Here’s my husband and I are on wedding day! I married a man who loves Jesus, cares about equality, and sings like Andrea Bocelli ♥️
#ValentinesDay
Ahem.
#IHOPKC
, your PR guy just doxxed a bunch of the AG without their consent.
I highlighted your own words so you can refer to them before you block Eric for breaking your own rules of engagement.
#ericvolz
I have been feeling fatigue and deep emotions the past week and my husband asked me, "What is God doing? Focus on what God is doing and not simply what the enemy is doing".
So, today, I am remembering that God HAS this. I am focusing on what He is doing.
Just a reminder: this isn’t The Maury Show.
These are real people with traumatic and painful experiences and the public has to stop acting like this is “juicy gossip”.
These are victims of abuse. And some of y’all are circling for the tea like vultures and it’s gross.
#ihopkc
Interesting how people will believe Mike Bickle but won’t believe the very men and women who served with him and alongside him on the same platform for decades.
Many against 1 and y’all are choosing the 1.
What makes them liars and Mike truthful?
#ihopkc
2 things…
Humans don’t have the power or authority to “put the fire on the altar out”. Prayer and worship is already happening 24/7 worldwide.
A prayer movement with rotten roots will still have rotten roots even if you rebrand and put a new name on it.
#ihopkc
Today rant /
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🧵
Just a reminder that in IHOP's trash "investigation" they did not talk to the actual Jane Doe, the Advocate Group, Mike Bickle, or others directly affected by Mike's actions. Apparently, they had a few emails with Mike - and that's it. (1/5)
The
#MeToo
movement gave women avoice and shone a light on a deep evil in the world - and the church is picking THIS to fight now?
What is even happening. Why are y’all coming after organizations advocating for women victims of abuse!?
You continue showing you care more for a man/ministry than you do the body of Christ. May the Lord have mercy because I do not have it right now. I need to let Him deal with my heightened anger and triggered state before I can think about mercy for those on the wrong side. (4/4)
Them: …but Misty said they’re victims and being abused by the AG group- why don’t you believe her?
Me: Women have said they’re victims and been abused by Mike- why don’t you believe them?
Them: it’s NoT tHe SaMe 🤡
#ihopkc
#milebickle
#ihopkctoo
Let’s join together and block the accounts that cause us stress, anxiety, or anger in regard to the
#IHOPKC
mess.
I’ve already blocked a few and as I see them now n my timeline, I’m blocking them too. Let’s shut them down by ignoring them and not feeding them.
"If you had to leave ministry for abuse, then you should not be back in ministry. Period. You are disqualified. Repentance and forgiveness are wonderful gifts from God available to everyone. Working in ministry is not available to everyone. "
- Kelly Ladd Bishop
#ihopkc
God does not NEED
#ihopkc
. His fire burns just fine with or without their help.
A ministry built on lies, abuse, and deception is not a ministry that needs to be sustained.
Me: so what would it take for you to believe that Mike actually abused?
Y’all: 10-15 eye witnesses, a blood sample time and date stamped, a video, 8 maids a milking and a partridge in a pear tree. And Mike has to freely admit everything on his own in a blood oath.
#ihopkc
@starcazm
I get where you are coming from. I do. And I support that. But, she as a grown ass woman, has also made choices and continued being part of the ELT. She is not just a victim of a cult, she is an active part of it's enablement.
#ihopkc
#mikebickle
For those saying we’re “judging” Mike Bickle:
I’m not going to say Mike Bickle and IHOP are “evil” because only God can make that call. But, Mike and IHOP leaderships actions are wicked and evil and they must be condemned and there must be accountability.
Too many leaders have shown to be predators, grifters, and narcissists. Too many have used prophecy for money and fame. Too many have abused and harmed the sheep. And now, I just feel like "is any of this real"? I am completely disillusioned by the church as a whole right now.
My brother confessed and then abused another child and went to jail for 3 years because he was only 17. There was no justice for me. It is what is it. Watching people be so cold and claiming "we need due process" (while Jane Doe's and Tammy need our love/support) is awful. (3)
Hi - Jesus died and rose again, the veil was torn. God no longer needs temples - He lives inside you. YOU are the temple.
#IHOPKC
is a scam, full stop.