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S21 E10: (2/4) [Jubilee] Signs & Wonders

2024/8/22
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Jubilee reflects on her time at Bethel, where she experienced shame and guilt due to the church's strict purity culture. After a relationship deemed inappropriate, she was required to undergo counseling sessions with her pastor's husband, a non-licensed therapist, as a condition for continuing her studies.
  • Bethel's purity culture led to shame and guilt.
  • Counseling sessions were required after an unapproved relationship.
  • Jubilee felt judged and unworthy.

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***Content Warning: **disordered eating, religious abuse, purity culture, infertility/pregnancy loss, suicidal ideation, self harm, sexual abuse, religious trauma, cultic abuse. 

*Sources:

A Look at the Megachurch That Calls Redding Home: Bethel Church. (2019, June 20). The LAist. https://laist.com/shows/airtalk/a-look-at-the-megachurch-that-calls-redding-home-bethel-church)

Bethel Church. (2019, December 20). Resurrection Prayer for Olive Heiligenthal. https://www.bethel.com/news/olive-heiligenthal)

Bill Johnson: Creative Miracles At Bethel - Part 1. (2011, January 11). [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=2PzttaVImCY)

Wilson, D. (2008). Finger of God [Video]. https://wpfilm.com/media/finger-of-god/)

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