Reflections on Death of the Pastor’s Wife
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on September 1, 2026. The morning after receiving word that his wife, Mica, had died by a gunshot wound to the head, pastor John-Paul Miller declared with excitement to his congregation, “I wrote a new parody for you all today!” Cheers erupted as Miller announced that his “best […]
When a church’s sexual abuse is so pernicious the church should close
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on February 11, 2025. “The nation of Israel was born because Joseph went to prison,” former IHOPKC pastor Mike Bickle told the congregation in what would become his final sermon in October,2023. “He’s thrown in prison because of the betrayal of his brothers.” Then he concluded, “The nation […]
For Our Daughters tells the stories of clergy sexual abuse survivors in their own words
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on September 26, 2024. “Nothing draws fire like drawing attention to sexual abuse and coverups in white evangelical churches. Nothing even comes close.” These are the words Kristin Du Mez chose to reflect on as she prepared herself on the eve of the release of her film For Our […]
A controversial horror film embodies the real-life horrors of church abuse
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on May 22, 2024. There’s a thin line between reading a memoir written by somebody who grew up in conservative Christianity and watching a horror movie. As Christa Brown, a frequent contributor to Baptist News Global, releases her new memoir Baptistland: A Memoir of Abuse, Betrayal, and Transformation, it’s […]
What is IHOPKC? Who is Mike Bickle? And what do I need to know?
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on January 2, 2024. It’s ironic that in a movement built on prophetic dreams where God supposedly reveals the secrets of the world, apparently nobody ever receives a dream about the credible allegations of sexual abuse going on in the church. Mike Bickle is the latest example of […]