Broken Faith, Mitch Weiss
Broken Faith, Mitch Weiss
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Broken Faith
Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults

Author: Mitch Weiss, Holbrook Mohr

Narrator: Vivienne Leheny

Unabridged: 12 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/18/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

“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 life inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, and the harrowing account of one family who escaped after two decades.

About Mitch Weiss

Mitch Weiss is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist for the Associated Press and the coauthor of numerous books, most recently The Heart of Hell: The Untold Story of Courage and Sacrifice in the Shadow of Iwo Jima. He lives in South Carolina.

About Holbrook Mohr

Holbrook Mohr is an award-winning investigative journalist for the Associated Press. He has covered natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina, judicial bribery schemes, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and mass shootings. He lives in Mississippi.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Judith

Thug and bully are not strong enough words to describe the evil devil, Jane Whaley. Her cult, the Word of Faith Fellowship, has manipulated the First Amendment of religious freedom to justify child abuse, torture of adults, and to control the sexual behavior of her membership. I can’t stomach readin......more

Goodreads review by Diane

The hierarchy and psychology of cults has always been interesting to me. This one, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC, is alive and well today. Jane Whaley, an avid Trump fan, has risen to the level of sick stardom within her congregation, Word of Faith. First she and her closest associates make the......more