What Are the Possible WOFF Defenses? Part 2

      Possible WOFF Defenses- Part 2 – Jane Whaley Thinks She is Right!

      Recently, I heard someone commenting on the delusion of a famous person. He said that this person did not live in or see the reality of their actions. This famous person thought that they were actually helping folks! When in reality, the long term effects if not changed, will affect millions of folks negatively, for years to come.

    Then it suddenly dawned on me…. Jane Whaley thinks she is helping folks! She must believe she is fulfilling God’s work regardless evidence of the destroyed lives. She must think she is helping improve the lives of members by controlling them and not allowing them to experience freedoms that she and her leadership enjoy every day!

     Jane Whaley thinks she is right!  She believes she does no wrong. Jane must feel TOTALLY justified in living her life, as she does. She must have no qualms about keeping ministry spending secretive. She must have no objections to publically berating members and embarrassing by telling them they will not make it with God and will go to hell. From my perspective, she had no conviction about telling a class of high school girls that they were “homely” looking. (see post here https://religiouscultsinfo.com/?p=918 ..) She expressed some surface concern about having “enough clothes to cover two city blocks”. (I am not sure if that included her shoes…) This confession did not seem to change her shopping habits. She felt completely justified in acting as a third party medical debt collector. There were no regrets expressed in the meeting described here.. https://religiouscultsinfo.com/?p=235

     Jane Whaley does not see her ministry as destroying individuals or families. How would I know? How likely is it that Jane could continue with the charade knowing her whims, edicts, antics and “words from God” were responsible for tearing families apart? Would it not follow that Jane believes she is helping people? She believes she is helping others to hear Jesus and fulfill the call of God. For the spouse, family or individual that leaves Word of Faith Fellowship (WOFF)- they “just did not want to give up their sin”… After all, what good reason would there be to leave the safest, most holy place on earth? There was/is some strong rationalization going on to cover up or spin the reasons that people have left or will leave WOFF.

  

    These thoughts shocked me in a BIG way! On July 10, 2010, I will have been out – two years.  I had not stopped to consider that Jane Whaley rationalizes in her mind that she was helping folks. But, the scripture does say that Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs and tries the hearts.(Amp.)    It follows that members of WOFF would reflect this sense of “being in the right” that Jane lives under. Why else would the members continue to gather, listen and submit to the preaching/teaching and the many rules – day after day after day? There would be no reason to gather as a group of believers unless there was a sense that people were being helped and lives were changing. Yes, many members must be in denial, as I was for years.

     For those readers that may not know, it is possible for some members of WOFF to attend a church function six days a week. Special meetings on Saturdays would give a member the opportunity to be at church seven days or more in a row. This does not consider those in a WOFF household. Those members could be in the “sub-cult-ture” for days, weeks or months with no real contact with a non-WOFF person. This emersion into the WOFF culture serves several purposes, one being to solidify the feeling and thoughts of being in the “right group” headed in the right direction- no room for doubts or “free thinking”. There is a drive from Jane Whaley on down through leadership to take care of regular members and make it unnecessary for them to go “to the world” (or Egypt) for help.  

    In order to stay in WOFF for years, I thought that I was in the right group, doing the right thing. That is until the behavior modification- CONTROL began to exert its pressures on me! For years, I was ignoring the doubts and questions in my head and heart. It was just too hard to listen to the doubts for any length of time, since you would have to act on them as they grew. Are there other WOFF members who have the similar doubts and questions?

   In my opinion, this would be one of the most obvious defenses for Jane Whaley and WOFF: We are “right”. We need not answer or explain what goes on here. (Ignore the questions; ignore the results of our practices.)  “We are a Protestant, Non-denominational church with traditional, evangelical beliefs as defined by classical Christianity.” Enough said. The perfect defense- we are above the questions and ignore facts. Using this defense tells us a lot about Jane Whaley and WOFF.

   In the next post, we will discuss other possible WOFF defenses for answering questions in these blog posts and other accounts of former members.  

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5 thoughts on “What Are the Possible WOFF Defenses? Part 2”

  1. John, I sincerely hope that Jane is in major deception and not doing these things for personal gain. It concerns me to see how many are in the same deception !!!!! I think some stay in WOFF because they have given up everything to move up there and do not want to lose anything they have been allowed to have while there. Isn’t it “strange’ who is allowed to buy a house and who is not? And some of the houses are huge stately houses bought by people who declare they ‘have no money’ and live on a “pauper’s wages”!!! Yeah right!!!! I know what was expected of me when I was there. Give (to GOD) until it hurts, you will be pleased!!! It is not GOD I have a problem giving too, that is a pleasure. It is the “main ministers” at WOFF I had a hard time keeping up their lifestyles, to continue “giving till it hurt”. I was a single working mother just making enough to scrape by!!!! Love and hugs to you

  2. It concerns me that there is no personal gain within leadership of the church. There is: people with large houses are the “ministers” within the church. Being an ordained a minister gives them IRS deductions for maintaining a ministry house. The church members who live with them pay them rent and help with manual labor around the house and keep it up and the “minister” can count it as deductions. Businesses within the church pay everyone all the same substandard pay, so one is not above the other. They also do not furnish health insurance, retirement benefits or other options found in most businesses. A lot of profit for the owners. The non-US citizens that came into the church worked for these businesses, but where paid cash from one person within the business. This one person would have a large paycheck that would be cashed, still on the books as an employee. Then, they would give the non-US citizens cash. A great setup especially since they were not paid that much to begin with, the one payroll check would not have to be that large. The church told you who to see about financing a house and to show all the people living with you to pay rent to help get the financing. I remember one business owner, who is not longer there, encouraged his workers to buy their own homes and get more independent. WOFF has a great accountant who helps them sort through these details, so many things are legal, they just know all the loopholes, so they can prosper. WOFF encouraged their people to get money from their family members (that they were not allowed to visit with) to help them out with houses, college, cars, weddings, and other items they would be able to afford if they worked a normal job in the “world”. Or they could put it on their credit cards! That bothered me more than anything, you go to the world and ask for money, but you cannot be a part of the world. If you divorce, you make sure that your get your money from your ex-spouse for child support and living expenses. But, that was God providing the money!! It got to be so hypocritical, and that was one more issue I could not handle at WOFF.

  3. Randall,
    Thank you for the scoop. Much of this I saw with my own eyes. The accountant you may be referring to passed away. Now, there are 2 more and a person who, last I heard, was studying to be a tax attorney. You make several good points. “Going to Egypt” was a “quick trip” as not to be soiled. However, the odor lingered.
    John

  4. Come on John. You are all mad because you were kicked out of the church. Be real now!!!

  5. Karl,

    Were you ever or are you now, there at WOFF? Please, explain your observation. I don’t want to give the wrong impression.

    John

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