So, you incorrectly call the victim's testimony hearsay and then commit hearsay yourself? That some random anonymous person claims to want to burn IHOP to the ground? Well, it should be burned to the ground for the rampant heresy but that aside, are you kidding me Strang? Then, not content with trampling over the victims of IHOP, Strang now revictimizes Christine Blase' Ford? Look, I understand that Strang is nothing more than a Republican Party operative, but his distortion of reality needs to be pushed back on. He offers as proof that Blase'-Ford was somehow lying, the fact that Beer-Bong Kavanaugh was eventually approved by the Senate but omits that it was strictly on a party line. So, because the GOP was in charge of the Senate is the only reason Kavanaugh was approved. Blase'-Ford was quite credible and Kavanaugh was not, despite his silly journals referenced by Strang. He mocks the notion that people were rightly concerned about the well being of Ford and correlates that to openly mock people being concerned about the IHOP victims. This is not a palace coup. This is not about offended people trying to take down Mike Bickle. He tries to constantly couch his clear attempt to discredit the victims and former leaders with things like, "I don't know this for sure." If you do not know it for sure, then shut the hell up Steve and stop slandering and bearing false witness.
"Alleged victim number one - they said that Mike Bickle emotionally pursued and prophetically manipulated her more than 25 years ago. Well, I am not sure exactly what that means. To prophetically manipulate someone. I would ask the question if this was true, why wasn't this dealt with at the time? The second and only detailed allegation is from 26 years ago. It included physical contact with Mike Bickle and an adult woman. It was also insinuated that he may have committed a crime but IHOKC has not been able to determine whether this criminal allegation has any credibility. Nevertheless in light of the detail provided to IHOPKC, the leadership team asked Mike Bickle to step away from his duties at the church while the allegations were investigated. Meanwhile the ministry attorney has reached out to the victim by phone, as recently as November 9th, without any success. That apparently is the only one that comes close to having any credibility." - Steven Strang
C'mon Steven. You know damn well what it means. It means that your buddy used his schtick as a pretend prophet to lure, exploit and sexually abuse a woman that was supposed to be one of his sheep entrusted to him by the Lord. In case you missed it, one of the former leaders responded to the nonsense about the "partial" credibility of this victim by saying:
"This case includes a relationship between a 42-year-old internationally renowned minister and a 19-year-old, a relationship that began with prophetic manipulation and became a 4-year sexualized relationship that lasted into the early years of IHOPKC," - Dwayne Roberts
Let me go slow for the truth impaired Mr. Strang. When Mike Bickle was a 42-year-old, internationally renowned minister, he falsely prophesied over a 19-year-old girl to lure her into a four-year sexual relationship that continued even as IHOP was founded. It is not "coming close" to credibility - it has been founded already to be credible! How is this even vaguely defendable or acceptable for an adult, let alone a minister! Strang seriously assaults the victims again by asking the inanely stupid question why it was not dealt with at the time? Most victims do not come forward until much later for a myriad of reasons. Shame, guilt, doubt, immaturity. Perhaps because they knew they would be treated as Mr. Strang is now treating them? Mercifully, this hit job now ends:
"We have to realize that if the enemy is going to bring down a ministry, he has got to get rid of the head. He's got to make people question that ministry. I want to say that I think Mike has handled this right be staying quiet. The leadership team at IHOPKC has been responsible. If they have erred they needed to err on the side of being overly cautious. But like I said very early, once that woman sent out that Facebook post we had to have questions. What the IHOP people are saying is that unless something comes to light, there is not even a reason to spend the money to hire lawyers to come in and do a thorough investigation. It kind of reminds me of the Mueller Report. You know there were these charges that were made up against Donald Trump and they spent two years trying to find something and at the end of the day they found absolutely nothing.
My personal opinion, and I have a right to my personal opinion, is this is an attack of the enemy. I think that the investigation needs to continue." - Steven Strang
Keeping in mind the enormous insult Strang inflicts on the victims and the former IHOP leaders throughout this piece solely to prop up his friend, let's look at the closing stupidity he wants you to swallow. Bickle has handled this right by not even denying the allegations? By refusing to work with the victim's group? By trying to attack their credibility and manipulate them? The IHOPKC leadership team is being responsible by lying to their congregation in saying they would hire an independent agency to investigate, changing course by now insisting they have to investigate first? Or maybe they are being responsible by wasting the IHOP tithes and offerings to hire the most aggressive defense layers in KC? They haven't erred by pretending they are being accountable by lawyering up and allowing rags like Charisma to defame the victims? Everything changed early on for you when some random woman, who has yet to be actually identified as one of the eight victims, posted a random rant on Facebook? Seriously? You think it is ok to hire one of the most expensive defense lawyers in the country, but it is a waste to spend money truly investigating the truth? You think the Mueller Report found nothing? Are you kidding me? There were 37 indictments! Seven guilty pleas! There were 14 ancillary matters referred to the DOJ for prosecution! They found that Trump associates repeatedly lied to investigators about their contacts with Russia! Over 1000 former federal prosecutors signed a statement that if it were any other person than the president, they would have been indicted on multiple charges of obstruction of justice! They identified numerous links between the Trump campaign and the Russian government! Mueller himself refused to exonerate Trump, saying if he could, he would in the report!
You are always entitled to your own opinion Mr. Strang but not your own facts. The devil would have no need to attack someone already serving him like Mike Bickle. Your premise is farcical. This smear job has born false witness against three former IHOP leaders, one former IHOP pastor and everyone victimized by Mike Bickle. You should be ashamed and embarrassed, but you seem incapable of those feelings. I can only pray that people see right through your assault on these people and the truth and pray that the compromised leadership of IHOP does the right thing while there is still time.
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