Thread by @thearmchaircom

I want to say this separately again and very loudly. The carnage from #ihopkc and Mike Bickle expands far beyond Kansas City.

If you look at the top 100 major cities in the US, most have or have had a HOP built on the IHOPKC model…

https://twitter.com/thearmchaircom/status/1780488594442108958

Most of those HOPs have deployed Bickle’s teachings and have bought into the prophetic history at some level. Some of them even have former #ihopkc staff members as founders or leaders.

IHOPKC also sent IHOPU students to other HOPs to do practicums.

#IHOPKC leaders, like their ELT level leaders, traveled to other HOPs and established relationships with their leaders.

When Mike says they never established “franchises,” that is technically true, but not practically true.

HOP leaders/founders sometimes (often?) had gatherings among themselves where they “strategized” and discussed what was appending in the movement prophetically. Mike and/or other #ihopkc leaders were often (maybe always?) present at these summits (consortia?).

There are scores of people whose lives have been adversely impacted by #ihopkc and Mike Bickle. Some have never met or held close proximity to him.

I mention these things not to center other experiences in the middle of this specific context, but to show how deep this runs.

There are broad levels of impact and complicity in the destruction that this movement has caused. There are people for whom #ihopkc and Mike represent something positive, but there are a lot of people who have been harmed. And HOP leaders past and present need to own this.

And they need to repent and apologize and move forward with their communities in ways that make sense in their respective contexts, while also divesting from Mike and #ihopkc.

The charismatic prayer movement has to take responsibility for Mike, et al and work to make sure that the people who were complicit in the harm and coverup at #ihopkc never, EVER have a seat at any table.

There has to be a widespread examination of theology and practices. Things can’t keep going on as they have been for the past 60 years. #ihopkc is fruit from a well poisoned with narcissism and lies.

And, again, #ihopkc must never be allowed to rebrand or otherwise re-establish itself in the ecosystem. To permit this to happen would be like a dog returning to its vomit.

Which is why HOP leaders past and present need to take a stand, even if that stand puts them out of step with the rest of the charismatic movement. We’ve seen how useful they’ve been the past six months. #ihopkc

Ally, how do you know this stuff?

I know what I know because I know it and have lived it. I was a staffer at a HOP and a dyed in the wool Pentecostal/Charismatic.