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Sixteen years ago, Bethel Church pastor Ben Armstrong allegedly forced a young intern into bed—twice. Instead of firing Armstrong for adult clergy sexual abuse, church leaders labeled the misconduct an “affair.” After a period of “restoration,” he was reinstated and eventually promoted.

When the former intern, Sarah, recently went public with her story of abuse, it sparked strong backlash.

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Weeks after podcaster Mike Winger released a bombshell exposé of Todd White, the Texas-based faith healer released a nine-minute video saying he is “deeply sorry” that “people have felt hurt.”

But is White truly repenting—or just giving a carefully crafted fauxpology?

In this episode of The Roys Report, image repair analyst Dr. Julia Dahl joins host Julie Roys to examine White’s statement and reveal the tactics he employs.

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Podcaster Mike Winger built his YouTube channel to nearly one million subscribers through careful, in-depth Bible teaching. But over the past year, he’s turned his focus to exposing what he calls a “cover-up culture” within segments of the Charismatic movement.

Through lengthy, well-documented investigations, Mike has examined the ministries of leaders such as Bethel Church’s Kris Vallotton and Bill Johnson, detailing how concerns about self-proclaimed prophets like Shawn Bolz were allegedly ignored or minimized for years.

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Facing backlash for visiting disgraced Pastor Robert Morris in prison and declaring him forgiven by God, Mercy Culture Pastor Landon Schott unleashed on his critics in a video posted online.  

Calling them “demonic,” “foul religious spirits” and “vipers,” Schott claimed those criticizing him were evil. He also said they “don’t do crap” for victims, while highlighting the 100-bed home for sex trafficking victims his church is building on its campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

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In the wake of current exposés of supposed “prophets” — Shawn Bolz, Chris Reed, Todd White and others — many are rethinking the movement they come from. And they’re questioning the teaching of churches, like Bethel, which platformed and covered for these “prophets,” rather than exposing them as frauds.

Known as the New Apostolic Reformation — or NAR — this movement centers on the five-fold ministry outlined in Ephesians 4.