This blip showed up on the WLOS website on December 8, 2014. Five WOFF members have been indicted. Name and the specific charges will be posted here, once they are made public. The picture below the article is of a sign I carried down Oakland Road a couple of years ago. At the time, I did not know Matthew Fenner or how the abuses had evolved within this group.
Inside, the phrase- “Better to bruise than burn” pretty much sums up their philosophy.
My theory- “Outside pressures change inside dynamics, but not inside beliefs.” The physical abuses will stop for a time, but not the emotional destruction. After a while, the physical abuses will start again, once they don’t feel any outside pressures. Keeping the pressures on allows for more time for members to wake up and LEAVE!
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RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. — Five members of the Rutherford County Word of Faith Church were indicted by a grand jury, Monday.
The indictment relates to a 2013 alleged assault on a gay member of the word of faith fellowship in Spindale.
The accuser, Matthew Fenner, says he was beaten and strangled by members of the church because he was gay.
The names and official charges of the accused will be released by the Rutherford County clerk of court Tuesday.
http://www.wlos.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/alleged-word-faith-abusers-indicted-18823.shtml#.VIanjGcrI65
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