Broken Faith
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Mitch Weiss
Holbrook Mohr
*An NPR Best Book of the Year* A PopSugar Best True Crime Book of 2020 "I can't imagine a more important book."--Jeff Guinn, New York Times bestselling author An explosive investigation into Word of Faith Fellowship, a secretive evangelical cult whose charismatic female leader is a master of manipulation 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, Pulitzer Prize winner Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr's Broken Faith is a terrifying portrait of life inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, and the harrowing account of one family who escaped after two decades.
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Author
Mitch Weiss
Pages
432
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Published Date
2021-04-06
ISBN
1335266755 9781335266750
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"This was a well researched book about the Word of Faith Fellowship cult in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC. It’s pretty crazy to read this and know this cult and all their extremist behaviors are happening in these times, and it was eye opening to see how they began indoctrinating children from such young ages. It’s also frustrating to see the local legal and police connections this cult clearly has. Definitely an interesting read."
Olivia Huie
"It's a book based on a religious cult in America. It brought in different people and how they were indoctrinated as well as how they tried to cope with the abuse and how some got out. It was interesting to hear how the law was involved with the cult and it seemed like some law enforcement were afraid to makes waves against the cult. I really appreciated the stories from the children of the patents who brought them into the fold from a free society into one that was so severely strict."
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Yvette Diaz