Saturday, 22 March 2014

Why So Many People Want To See HOPCC Exposed

By Gwen Lowe


There are numerous churches, religions and sects, all believing that their specific doctrine is the only correct one. In many cases there are only superficial differences between the beliefs of different churches, but they nevertheless believe that they are practicing the true faith. Criticism against certain sects is strong and intense and often aimed at proving that the target is in error. In such a way many critics strongly want the HOPCC exposed.

Even a rudimentary internet search will reveal several websites dedicated to the exposure of the House of Prayer Christian Church. There are even Twitter and Facebook groups dedicated to exposing the sect as evil, unchristian and cruel. In many cases those levelling the criticism were members of the House of Prayer at one time or family and friends of members.

One of the main themes of the criticisms levelled against the church is that it forces its members to donate all their possessions to the church, thereby leaving them utterly dependent upon the church. There are even some that say that certain members are required to quit their regular jobs. Once the members are totally dependent upon the church, they are easy to manipulate, or so the critics allege.

Another major theme in the criticisms against the House of Prayer is that they go to great lengths to recruit young people, only to indoctrinate them and alienate them from their loved ones and families. Many family members of such young members say that their children refuse any contact with them and they accuse the church of indoctrinating the young members to accept the church as their only family.

Critics have not limited their efforts against the House Of Prayer to the publishing of reports and allegations. Several attempts have been made to convince the authorities to launch a full scale investigation into all aspects of the church. Those efforts were fruitless thus far because the authorities maintain that there is no evidence that any laws are being broken by the church or by its officials.

The official website of the church states clearly that everybody connected to their seminary are required to reject all affairs related to the secular world. Instead, they are required to direct all their efforts into spiritual growth, learning and the furthering of the church goals. Critics say that this statement clearly show that those members are not allowed to own anything.

The church itself does not seem to react to the criticisms levelled against it. They have published a number of extremely positive testimonials on their website but, once again, critics ridicule these testimonies, saying that members are indoctrinated and cowed into providing their testimonies. The church itself maintains that they simply wish their members to pray and to attend as many services as is possible.

There are those defending the House Of Prayer Christian Church, even some that are not members. They say that the severity of the attacks against the church smack of bias. Indeed, many of the published criticisms against the church use provocative language and in some cases allegations are made without any supporting facts. It is also said that the main critics are only those that are disgruntled with the church because they failed to achieve the goals prescribed by the faith.




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