We Fight For You / The Dark Underbelly Of The Jesus Army

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They Walk Among Us

True Crime

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🗓️ 19 June 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The Jesus Army, also known as The Jesus Fellowship Church, was established in 1969 by Pastor Noel Stanton. It was part of the British New Church Movement, which promised its followers: “Warm Brotherhood, Loving Care, and Unity”. However, behind the façade of kindness and compassion, the movement held a disturbing secret…

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0:00.0	Welcome to They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.
0:18.2	This is the 18th in a series of bonus episodes.
0:25.9	This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of sexual violence.
0:33.2	This podcast is intended for a mature audience.
0:37.8	Listener caution is advised.
0:43.2	They walk among us as part of the British New Church movement. established in 1969 by Pastor Noel Stanton.
1:12.1	It was part of the British New Church Movement,
1:15.4	which promised its followers,
1:17.7	warm brotherhood, loving care, and unity.
1:22.8	However, behind the facade of kindness and compassion,
1:27.3	the movement held a disturbing secret.
1:30.3	Jesus Christ to His Lord, now we baptize you.
1:38.3	Lord, we surrender our voices to you. then surrender the middle part of you especially the
1:49.8	genotus thank god here are my many many many sins but god so there's no financial exploitation
1:57.6	or no other other form of exploitation people joining us can join us with a real sense of safety.
2:04.6	But now we give our genitals to Jesus. Towards the end of the 1960s, the Jesus Army movement began in a modest Baptist chapel in
2:29.2	Bugbrook Northamptonshire.
2:32.2	It was led by Noel Stanton, a firebrand preacher and part-time pastor at
2:37.8	Bugbrook Baptist Church. Despite the fact that Stanton was not qualified by the Baptist Union as a
2:45.4	full-time minister, that's what he eventually became. In 1969, Stanton claimed he underwent a mystical experience, what he described as
2:58.0	being filled with the Holy Spirit.
3:02.0	Afterwards, members of the congregation began to speak in tongues, and Pastor Stanton formed an offshoot movement,
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