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Broken faith : inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, one of America's most dangerous cults

Weiss, Mitch. (Author). Mohr, Holbrook. (Added Author).

In 1979, a fiery preacher named Jane Whaley attracted a small group of followers with a promise that she could turn their lives around. In the years since, Whaley's following has expanded to include thousands of congregants across three continents. In their eyes she's a prophet. And to disobey her means eternal damnation. The control Whaley exerts is absolute: she decides what her followers study, where they work, whom they can marry--even when they can have sex. Based on hundreds of interviews, secretly recorded conversations, and thousands of pages of documents, this is a terrifying portrait life inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, and the harrowing account of one family who escaped after two decades.

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  • ISBN: 9781335145239
  • Physical Description 411 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2020.

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Broken Faith : Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, America's Most Dangerous Cult
Broken Faith : Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, America's Most Dangerous Cult
by Weiss, Mitch; Mohr, Holbrook
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Broken Faith : Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, America's Most Dangerous Cult

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Quotep. 17
Introductionp. 19
Part 1In the Beginningp. 21
    Prologue: The Escapep. 23
1    Moving Day, September 19, 1993p. 27
2    Settling Inp. 35
3    A Fox in the Flockp. 52
4    Bustedp. 64
5    The Attackp. 76
6    The Investigationp. 90
7    Little House in the Countryp. 104
Part 2Children of the Damnedp. 117
8    Doubting the Wordp. 119
9    No Escapep. 127
10    The Five Boysp. 138
11    "Happy Are the Children"p. 147
12    Surrogate Parentsp. 153
13    Money and Influencep. 160
14    Religious Freedomp. 173
15    "We Won. We Won!"p. 180
16    The "Slaves"p. 190
17    The Loneliest Dayp. 207
Part 3The Advocatesp. 227
18    Saving Michael Lowryp. 229
19    A Little Help from His Friendsp. 243
20    The Rusep. 257
21    Matthew Fennerp. 273
22    Danielle's Salvationp. 288
23    The Weddingp. 298
24    The Fight for Justicep. 306
25    The Escapep. 316
26    Perseverance and Redemptionp. 333
27    The Reunionp. 348
Epiloguep. 358
Acknowledgmentsp. 383
Glossaryp. 385
Notes on Sourcesp. 387
Booksp. 407
Newspapersp. 409