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bethel church (the weird one in California)

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Analyzing Christianity

Understanding the evangelical ‘biblical’ blueprint for abuse

When last we met up, we talked about a YouTube video concerning an abuse scandal that Bethel Church helped cause. Mike Winger, who created the video, painted the scandal as a purely Charismatic evangelical problem. But as we soon found out, his own denomination (Calvary Chapel) has the same scandals Read more

By Captain Cassidy, 1 week02/23/2026 ago
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Mike Winger’s denomination suffers the same rot he condemns in Bethel

On January 17, Mike Winger released a nearly six-hour-long video about the Shawn Bolz scandal erupting in Bethel Church right now. Winger thinks that the Bolz scandal indicates huge problems within Charismatic evangelical culture. But he’s wrong. The rot goes completely to the core of hardline, right-wing conservative Christianity itself—including Read more

By Captain Cassidy, 3 weeks02/09/2026 ago
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Bethel: Do not ever believe their leaders’ apologies

In recent weeks, the right-wing Christ-o-sphere has been alight with outrage over Bethel Church’s protection of an alleged sexual predator and confirmed false prophet, Shawn Bolz. Last time we met up, we talked about how laughably inept Bolz is at what he calls prophecy. But there’s a far darker side Read more

By Captain Cassidy, 4 weeks02/06/2026 ago
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How Shawn Bolz fooled Bethel Church flocks for years

We’ve mentioned Bethel Church of Redding, California a few times around here. It’s the kooky-for-Jesus-Puffs evangelical group focused on spiritual gifts like magic healing and prophecy. They’ve landed in some real hot water recently because of their silence regarding one of their endorsed (but false) prophets, Shawn Bolz. And they Read more

By Captain Cassidy, 1 month02/02/2026 ago

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