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IHOPKC Church Hosts Final Service Following Mike Bickle Sex Scandal, Closing Forever
Protestia ^ | May 23, 2024 | staff

Posted on 05/23/2024 1:45:53 PM PDT by Morgana

The International House of Prayer’s (IHOP) Kansas City church held its final service last week in Grandview, a conclusion and natural consequence of the sprawling sex abuse scandal brought on by founder and disgraced prophet Mike Bickle. Bickle was uncovered to be one of the most manipulative, creepy, and pervy “prophets’ of the past fifty years, causing his vaunted ministry to implode.

Forerunner Church Senior pastor Isaac Bennett led the service, which was packed to the brim with members and ministry partners exchanging farewells and teary goodbyes to each other, mourning the loss. Mike Bickle was not present.

“This morning our heart is really to just express gratitude to the Lord and gratitude towards those that have served and been a part of this community over the years. There’s no easy way to do this. …I recognize that this has been a very painful season…I’m so sorry for the pain and the difficulty that you’ve been through…. There’s no easy way to do this. How do you bring a close to something like this, the Forerunner Church? And so I appreciate your grace and your patience and your sensitivity during this time.”

Reflecting on their loss, Bennett apologized to and acknowledged those who have moved on and left as a result of the scandal:

“I’m so sorry for that. I really hope that this next season for you is one of comfort and of healing from the Lord.”

Bennett shared that closing various ministries across the IHOPKC missions base, including Forerunner Church, is not something they expected to do, but it needed to happen so they could have a fresh start. He encouraged people to have fellowship in home and small groups over the next few months, join them for mid-week gatherings while they “worship and seek the lord together,” and stay tuned about future plans.

“We’re honored to partner with Jesus in what he is birthing through this people and in this season, and we want to invite you to join, if it’s in your heart to as a fellow pioneer, as the Lord leads us and guides us into the next season.”

While Forerunner Church no longer exists, it is almost certain that the leadership will take a few months over the summer to plan and plot it out and then announce a new church wholly separate from IHOPKC. The 24/7 prayer room, which has been operating for decades and has been a staple of IHOPKC, will continue over the summer, though it is still being determined what will happen in the fall.


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I've posted about them in the past, this is an update
1 posted on 05/23/2024 1:45:53 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Good riddance to that heretical false church ⛪️.


2 posted on 05/23/2024 1:48:08 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: No name given

Honestly I knew nothing about it or even that existed until this sex scandal broke out.

If you know anything more please tell me because I have no idea what they are even about.


3 posted on 05/23/2024 1:50:01 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Human beings are the only species known to be capable of complex mystical thought. It can lead to wonderment, imagination, inquiry and personal fulfillment. Unfortunately it can also lead to crass superstition, irrational fears and exploitative manipulation by others.


4 posted on 05/23/2024 1:53:19 PM PDT by allendale
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To: allendale
when you boil it right down, too many humans want to exist on emotion only without thinking or reasoning...

kind of like vid and the vaxx....

5 posted on 05/23/2024 1:56:13 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Morgana

You mean no pancakes?


6 posted on 05/23/2024 1:56:58 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: Morgana

(The International House of Prayer’s (IHOP) Kansas City church held its final service last week in Grandview)

GOOD


7 posted on 05/23/2024 2:00:39 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Morgana

What a load of horses#it!

Profit, not prophet.


8 posted on 05/23/2024 2:00:48 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: No name given

Yes


9 posted on 05/23/2024 2:01:01 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: All; Morgana

Their 24/7 Prayer Room/music is still going:

https://www.ihopkc.org/prayerroom/


10 posted on 05/23/2024 2:03:57 PM PDT by Drago
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To: Bullish

I knew it was coming, lol.


11 posted on 05/23/2024 2:08:04 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: bigbob

I saw one of his videos

Actually a couple of them

Completely wrong about the End Times


12 posted on 05/23/2024 2:09:41 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Morgana

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2024/february/mike-bickle-allegations-ihopkc-repent-investigation-report.html

Based on all the credible evidence, including his own acknowledgements of contact with the two Jane Does over twenty years ago, it is more likely than not that [Bickle] engaged in inappropriate behavior including sexual contact and clergy misconduct, in an abuse of power for a person in a position of trust and leadership.

The two cases that Bickle acknowledges—one with “inappropriate behavior” including two instances of kissing and another he describes as a “consensual sexual contact that involved her touching me but not me touching her”—took place in 1999 and 2002–2003.


13 posted on 05/23/2024 3:09:59 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Morgana

Mike Bickle was on of the “Kansas City (False) Prophets” of the late 80s early 90s. He never repented of his false prophecies. Now we learn the rest of the story


14 posted on 05/23/2024 3:36:55 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Morgana

When an IHOP closes, you just know they didn’t have a leg to stand on....


15 posted on 05/23/2024 4:00:08 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Vendome

Maybe one leg?


16 posted on 05/23/2024 4:02:37 PM PDT by null and void (“No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up”. ~ Lily Tomlin)
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To: null and void

Last employee was was Peggy and she leaned too far to the left and went for swim with her lover, Bob, while her boyfriend, Art, Hung around the museum...


17 posted on 05/23/2024 4:14:59 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Morgana

” . . . uncovered to be one of the most manipulative, creepy, and pervy “prophets’ . . .”

If ‘manipulative, creepy and pervy’ was his thing, his mistake was not starting his own religion - for precedent, see Mohammed and L. Ron Hubbard, among others.


18 posted on 05/23/2024 4:53:17 PM PDT by Stosh
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To: Vendome

Shoulda spent some time in the hot tub with Stu. Then a tumble in the leaves with Russel. Maybe visit Chip in the wood shop? Check the mailbox for Bill? Hook up with Barb? Skinny dip in the pond with Lilly? Go water skiing with Skip? Talk to Mike?


19 posted on 05/23/2024 5:01:19 PM PDT by null and void (“No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up”. ~ Lily Tomlin)
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To: Morgana
Would you buy a used car from this man?


20 posted on 05/23/2024 5:24:07 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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