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EDIT: You may notice that comments are turned off on this post. I didn't do this. I think it is automatically happening because Todd White disabled comments on the video I am sharing here shortly after they started seeing what people thought about it.
It's been three weeks of silence from Todd White since I made my video on sharing many eye witness accounts of his disqualifying, manipulative, blasphemous, and harmful behavior.
Yesterday he finally said something and while some will think this is a real apology and accounting for what has happened I think most people will see right through it.
Keep in mind that Todd still hasn't dropped the NDAs, hasn't stepped down from ministry, has not answered a single specific accusation, and has not made any serious attempts to reconcile with the witnesses I have spoken to (to the best of my knowledge).
The "apology" is laced with minimizing, euphemisms, boasting, denial, misdirection, passive "people felt hurt" language, and no concrete examples of anything specific being repented of or steps being taken to reckon with and rectify things. If anything, he's apologizing for running too hard after God's glory.
He also used this "apology" video as a fundraiser and advertisement for his ministry.
https://youtu.be/oSwa7MjFyOw?si=5p31S...
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Another Shawn Bolz testimony. In this video they talk about something really important. A kind of hypnotic effect of Bethel that brought them, in their words, to a psychosis-like state.
Perhaps this is part of the reason Kris Vallotton still insists Shawn had a real gift and that many of his words were from God.
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This is an important video for those who have abuse related issues you want to report to the church. The third-party reporting Bethel recently announced may not function the way that you thought, or the way they implied.
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Over the last year I asked a number of people, “Who do you think is a legit guy that has outstanding miraculous claims in the Charismatic movement?”
David Hogan was one name that came up multiple times. In a preliminary examination I found no solid evidence to support his 500 resurrections claim. Now we have witnesses coming forward (independent of my involvement) and I think it’s worth sharing it.
Hogan seems to be as real as a 7 dollar bill.
I still believe in miracles, in particular the resurrection of Jesus, for which there is abundant evidence. But I also see a pattern in modern Charismatic circles where frauds get away with it quite easily due to Cover-up Culture.
Fortunately, a culture shift is under way.
God doesn’t need your fake miracles.
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Good job, gentlemen.
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Mercy Culture Church is part of Cover-up Culture. At least among some of its top leaders.
The only time I have been able to talk to Mercy Culture leaders was on a phone call where they did not immediately disclose to me that they were recording the call.
But I knew they were in a single party recording state so I asked them if they were recording. They admitted it, so I told them I would record it as well.
They showed zero concern for the victims they had harmed in their public statements (defending Michael Brown and attacking everyone else) and seemed to see themselves as victims of me. This is because I was guilty of making a video exposing what they did in public. They asked why I didn’t contact them before making my video. I told them I did contact them and that they ignored me. They acknowledged this and said they now regretted ignoring me. But I think the regret was due to exposure, not any kind of agreement or change of mind.
They also were quite bothered that I had made a follow up video telling everyone that Mercy Culture wrongly filed a copyright claim against my video (which is true) and revealed that they saw this as me shooting first. I pointed out that when they copyright claimed something in violation of US law and YouTube policy it was them shooting first. They accepted zero responsibility for this and suggested it was a process that happened automatically, where they claim everything possible and don’t consider if it’s a valid claim first. I told them I believed this was illegal and immoral and they should stop.
When it came to them constantly acting like they were the victims when they in fact had deceived people and attacked victims I had a rare moment. I yelled at them. I don’t really yell as a habit. I did it intentionally in this case because I reasoned that maybe, just maybe, me raising my voice and speaking in very strong ways could break the deception they were under. It didn’t.
I ended the call pleading with them to look into the Michael Brown situation and see the ton of evidence to show they had deceived people and harmed witnesses and one victim in particular. After this call they said they don’t want to talk to me any more.
They can dispute this account if they want. They have the recording. So do I.
I’ve repeatedly asked for a conversation with Landon Schott but the only pastor I was able to speak with was Les Cody.
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I joined Heidi St. John for her podcast to talk about the future of Christianity
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Well said
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Did I tell you that
1. Shawn Bolz has stopped his ministry (at least for now)
2. Shawn shut down his website.
3. He shut down his YouTube channel.
4. He has been exposed by Bethel publicly.
5. Bethel apologized (see my recent video for a hopeful analysis of it)
6. Bethel leader, Steve Moore, thanked me for my video.
7. At least some of the victims were called by Bethel and received apologies that encouraged them.
8. Cover-up Culture is in retreat!
It’s been good. More of this.
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There's much to appreciate in Bethel's statements today. Much. It's incredibly rare to see such openness and accountability from leaders on stage and I was very impressed by it.
There are also some significant concerns that should be noted. I'm going to take several days to process all this and give a response this Friday during a live stream.
Praying for wisdom, hoping for the best, prioritizing the normal folks, and remembering the gnarly path that brought us here along with what a good way forward would look like.
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