Category: James River Church
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Assemblies of God leaders block plea to investigate James River Church
SPRINGFIELD, MO — You can’t fight city hall. Or the Assemblies of God. A spokesman seeking audience with General Superintendent Don Miller of the Assemblies of God Fellowship was promptly thrown under the bus during an informal hearing. Geoffrey Hafelekarspitze, a church legal activist, (whose last name is as long as the grievances racked up… Read more
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Truth now: Mom kicked out of James River Church reveals church nightmare!
The mom who got kicked out of James River Church on Mother’s Day, Rahela Petian, a Romanian mother of five, shared the following nightmare revealing a tragic truth about the megachurch! Click here for her shocking story about getting kicked out of church! 3:37AM 6/18/24 I frantically woke up from a very vivid dream. I… Read more
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Truth now: My connection to James River Church founders
John Lindell didn’t start James River Church. Tim Carpenter did. I attended James River Assembly (now James River Church) in 1998 when Tim Carpenter went missing. Tim was a co-founder of James River Assembly and John Lindell was in his youth group at Oak Grove Assembly in the 1980s. Here is a link to part… Read more
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James River Church family won $1 million settlement against Park Crest Assembly
The following article is reprinted from a 1996 Associated Press article. It happened to a friend of mine in Springfield, MO. Beth Rutherford never knew she had a tormented childhood until she went to a church therapist for counseling. Under the counselor’s guidance, she recalled how her minister father repeatedly raped her, got her pregnant,… Read more
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Truth now: James River Church bans mom on Mother’s Day!
SPRINGFIELD, MO — It happened on Mother’s Day 2024, to a faithful, loyal church member mom. She was escorted out of James River Church’s north campus by uniformed officers and church security. Her crime? Not removing a Facebook post sharing her heartfelt opinion about a recent James River Church controversy. I wish I were making… Read more
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Truth now: My weird career at the A/G Headquarters
SPRINGFIELD, MO — I worked at the Assemblies of God World Headquarters as a staff writer for a worldwide news magazine from the summer of 2000 until the end of 2001. You’ll be amazed to learn what it was like on the inside of a church-controlled workplace! Hiring process asked odd questions In the summer… Read more
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Truth hurts: fake miracle at James River Church now exposed
OZARK, MO — The truth hurts: a fake miracle at James River Church is now exposed. Grant Olson, a local dentist and 20-year former member of James River Church, is calling foul on the lead pastor, John Lindell. “John Lindell was a fraud in this,” Olson blasts away. “This is a fake miracle.” What was… Read more