Independent counsel to investigate alleged misconduct in Word of Faith Fellowship proceedings

Word of Faith Fellowship, based in Rutherford County, has been accused of operating as a cult over the last several years.
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Former disciples describe storage annex for 'worst sinners'

SPINDALE, NC -- It was the most dreaded place on the Word of Faith Fellowship grounds - a one-story, four-room structure that former members of the sect say was reserved for the most brutal physical ...
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Former Word of Faith members claim they were coached as children on lying to DSS

There are new details Saturday about alleged abuse at the hands of members of a controversial mountain church. Former members of Word of Faith Fellowship gathered in Spindale Saturday for a second ...
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Trial Begins for The Word of Faith Fellowship, Which Allegedly Tried to Violently 'Exorcise' Gay Man

On Thursday, Matthew Fenner gave testimony to a brutal attack by members of his evangelical church, allegedly to exorcise his “homosexual demons.” The Associated Press reports that the assault and ...
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Trial for Word of Faith Fellowship church member postponed

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The trial for a member of a church that’s been called a cult has now been postponed. Word of Faith Fellowship is based in Rutherford County. Over the last ...