Thread by @hlgriffin

Current & former members of the @IHOPKC community are pushing back against leadership's decision to hire @StinsonLLP, a powerful Midwestern law firm, to investigate allegations of Clergy Sexual abuse against IHOPKC founder, Mike Bickle. julieroys.com/ihop-kc-indepe…

Members of the wider church accountability/survivor community have been trying to get the word out to the wider @IHOPKC community about WHY a third-party investigation by a law firm is a sign that IHOPKC is not acting in good faith.

https://x.com/ladyjessicahaze/status/1721945419994022274?s=20

And the extended @IHOPKC community is sharing these resources & educating themselves, which needs to happen as their leaders have made no effort to educate them & indeed benefit from their followers remaining trusting & as ignorant as possible.

https://x.com/thehoodpress/status/1721057994929033709?s=20

We are starting to seeing this chart from @netgrace_org circulating & starting to see @IHOPKC people able to spot the red flags & to demand specific action.

https://x.com/netgrace_org/status/1721911195479769165?s=20

Some @IHOPKC advocates have organized a petition for leaders to fire @StinsonLLP (which can't be bothered to even do basic PR to educate participants in investigations about why it is safe to investigate @MisconductAbuse by clergy.

change.org/p/open-letter-…

I hope that you read & sign that petition for better investigative standards at @IHOPKC, even if you are not currently or formerly part of the movement.

Many survivors in other spaces are watching to see how people in their communities respond.

Many leaders in other communities are watching to see what their followers will let them get away with.

Especially if you are part of a charismatic movement, you need to be paying attention right now & making some noise.

Educate yourselves now before this happens in your own movement.

We've seen scandal after scandal followed by hasty restorations.

It is time for charismatics to demand greater transparency & accountability from their leaders, who frequently act as if their professions of Sincerity & Caring should be enough for people to trust them, even when the leaders have repeatedly failed to demonstrate good judgment.

I'm going to be doing a few threads about the @IHOPKC crisis in the coming days.

The goal is to offer educational resources to the community so they can make informed judgements & demand accountability from their leaders.

In the first thread, I'll be talking about what @IHOPKC has to lose by hiring @NetGrace_org, examining its earlier GRACE investigation & the mishandling of sexual assault that was occurring at at the same time.

In the next thread, I'll be talking about what @IHOPKC advocates will need to be asking for if, as it turns out, they cannot be *eh hem* "Saved by GRACE Alone" (meaning @netgrace_org , of course).

What happens if GRACE can't take the investigation or if IHOPKC can't hire them?

You need to be prepared for them, because if you Can't Be Saved By @netgrace_org alone, you will have to be *eh-hem* Saved by Work in making sure that the investigative firm (hopefully @GuidepostGlobal under supervision by a trusted advocate?) is properly structured.

@netgrace_org @GuidepostGlobal Stay tuned for more. If you are currently or formerly part of the @IHOPKC or the charismatic movement, please feel free to mix up these threads & share them in whatever social media will reach your people.

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