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FEATURED NEWS

Detailed articles concerning unreported child sexual abuse going back decades at Calvary Gospel Church in Madison, Wisconsin start here.


Former UPCI pastor and presbyter Robert Anthony Langston of Tapestry Church in Jersey City was arrested July 23, 2025, on CSA charges from his time as a youth pastor at Landmark Tabernacle Church in Denver, Colorado.


UPCI pastor Brandon Looney pleaded guilty in May 2024 of embezzling more than $300,000 between 2017 and 2023 while working for TISD in Texas.


UPCI pastor Audley Castro resigned on July 9, 2025 amidst allegations of sexual misconduct.


Indiana Bible College sues Rosephanye Powell, Fred Bock Music, and 100 unnamed Does on June 2, 2025 over the song John 1, and Powell's The Word Was God.


Controversy over buildings owned by the Revival Center of Modesto was reported in 2015. Under pressure the author removed the story, but it is yet available.

Leaving the United Pentecostal Church (UPCI): Katie's Story #churchtoo

Our Blog Series

Examining Teachings: A five part series examining erroneous teachings.
Leaving An Unhealthy Church: An eighteen part series.
Informational Posts on Speaking In Tongues: A fourteen part series.
Harmed In The United Pentecostal Church: A five part series.
United Pentecostal Manual: A six part series on rules and licensing.
Then & Now: A series on changes to the UPCI Articles of Faith.



Blog Series

The Pharisees & Apostolics: A three part series.
The Darkness of Spiritual Abuse: A three part series.
Managing Traumatic Stress Through Art: A ten part series.
Children Raised Under Spiritual Abuse: A five part series.
Blindsided: A 60 part series on Antioch Baptist Church in Knoxville, TN.
1 Corinthians 12: An eight part series on 1 Corinthians 12.

Former United Pentecostal Memoirs & Books

The God I Was Given: Looking for Faith After Losing My Religion is Scot Loyd's first book, released on August 26, 2025.


Backsliding Into Jesus: Finding Hope After Legalism, the follow-up book to Free: From Legalism to Grace Breaking Out of the United Pentecostal Church, is Jennifer Brewer's second book. "This book explores the feelings and emotions one will inevitably face when leaving legalism and discovering the freedom of God's grace."


There’s No Such Thing As Dragons: Examining The Theology of The United Pentecostal Church is by Jonah McElhaney. It covers Oneness, uncut hair for women, holiness standards, and their teachings on salvation.


The Uncomfortable Confessions of a Preacher's Kid is from Ronna Russell. Consider also Heretics and Politics: Theology, Power, and Perception in the Last Days of CBC by Thomas Fudge. Ronna was interviewed for it and it covers, in part, about her father, former UPCI minister Don Fisher. Other books by Fudge that are UPCI related are Christianity without the Cross: A History of Salvation in Oneness Pentecostalism & C.H. Yadon: and the Vanishing Theological Past in Oneness Pentecostalism.


The Journey Out of the United Pentecostal Church is by Daniel Lewis and was referenced several times in Heretics and Politics. Read for free in PDF format here.

What is Spiritual Abuse?

Just as emotional abuse affects one emotionally, while physical abuse inflicts pain and bodily injury on its victim, spiritual abuse affects one spiritually. It is the result of a spiritual leader or system that tries to control, manipulate, or dominate a person. This control is often in the form of fear. This is considered a major factor in mind control/coercive persuasion or thought reform. There are those who feel the latter comes into play in cases such as these, while others feel the thinking is in error. No matter where one stands, it does not lessen the affects of spiritual abuse. (read entire text and watch interview with Stephen Arterburn, co-author of "Toxic Faith")

Spiritual Abuse

Spiritual Abuse

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Art Wilson and the United Nations

In 2013, UPCI pastor Art Wilson began services in a chapel across from the UN. Some have been baptized and/or spoken in tongues since then. Invited in 2015 to address the General Assembly of the United Nations, he asked Lee Stoneking to speak instead. Wilson wrote Stoneking's speech. This article attempts to clarify what happened. Lee Stoneking's false story about C.P. Thomas in India and claims of Osama Bin Laden having 40 wives held captive in a cave is available as well as him lying about a deaf infant being healed.


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Sexual Abuse In UPC Churches

This covers cases of sexual abuse within the United Pentecostal Church. We also have a series of articles with in depth coverage, including disturbing situations involving Calvary Gospel Church and the Wisconsin District. Here's an archived report on James Underwood from Canada.