{"id":13601,"date":"2017-07-26T18:09:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T22:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/?p=13601"},"modified":"2017-08-01T19:04:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T23:04:46","slug":"north-carolina-church-charged-with-luring-foreign-men-into-slave-labor-with-promise-of-american-brides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/2017\/07\/26\/north-carolina-church-charged-with-luring-foreign-men-into-slave-labor-with-promise-of-american-brides\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Church Charged With Luring Foreign Men Into Slave Labor With Promise of American Brides"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>The Word of Faith Fellowship cult is in trouble once again after allegations surfaced of over 2 decades of abuse directed at foreign immigrants who were imported for the purpose of slave labor, allegedly. WOFF was previously in <a href=\"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/2017\/06\/06\/north-carolina-cult-word-of-faith-fellowship-finally-starting-trial-for-abuse-allegations\/\">trouble for the alleged abuse of a gay church member who&#8217;s trial has recently been started.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The initial investigation was done by the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/52dc4fbe2fb64cec98740ad1e62b2115\">Associated Press<\/a> who was able to obtain court documents, secret recordings, and testimonies of the victims. Reports show that possibly as many as 100 foreigners were imported and abused by the church.\u00a0The victims claim to have been forced to obtain tourist visa and when they arrived the &#8220;tourists&#8221; were forced to work for free, as long as 16 hour days. Sadly, most of the imported peoples had their passports removed as leverage to be used against them if they do not comply with demands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m-IL5xG-UcE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">How it all started<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p>WOFF started in 1979 but it wasn&#8217;t too long before they started planting church abroad. One such church was in Brazil. It started as a joint mission venture with another outfit but eventually the Whaley leadership become the more dominant leader and that lead to them becoming the ONLY leaders of the mission. After some time the church grew to over 2000 members. However, many of those members reported decades of abuse by the Whaley&#8217;s and their staff.<\/p>\n<p>They also started a school (Ministerio Verbo Vivo) in the Brazilian community where the church was which now teaches almost exclusively Bible classes rather than the standard education units, according to reports. They have also been alleged to be using the school for indoctrination of the children, who were primarily the ones who were forced to come over to the USA to work for free. However, many young adult men were alleged to have been promised American brides if they come over and worked for free. Many also claimed that they would receive immigration status in the USA which would improve their lives. Sadly, most of these members were over on tourist visas which expire after 6 months.<\/p>\n<p>While persuaded to slave in the USA, workers were made to work on properties owned by church members and church staff. They painted, cooked, cleaned, took care of children, and even participated in free labor for church members who owned businesses. Of course all of these allegations have been denied by the church but the on-going investigation has no shortage of witnesses willing to testify, even though, many of the people in the Brazilian church say that they are in fear of retribution if they speak out. They are powerless against the powerful and wealthy church who seems to lord over them. Like most cults, an atmosphere of fear shrouds the entire church.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">More about Word of Faith Fellowship<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Some may have a hard time believing that a church and it&#8217;s leaders could be so cruel. However, this church has a long history of cruelty and domination over it&#8217;s members. In one document Dustoffthebible was able to obtain, the church outlines the rules for those who wish to become &#8220;members&#8221;. Among some of the most absurd rules are the following demands:<\/p>\n<p>4. Don\u2019t drink \u201cRoot beer\u201d.<br \/>\n12. Don\u2019t watch movies. (Unless Jane gives approval.)<br \/>\n14. Don\u2019t enter a movie theater- (unless Jane gives approval.)<br \/>\n15. Don\u2019t read newspapers. Not even the headlines.<br \/>\n18. Don\u2019t watch television. (except when allowed at church)<br \/>\n20. Don\u2019t read your Bible, too much. (Amplified version is acceptable)<strong><br \/>\n39. Don\u2019t \u201ccheck out\u201d during the singing.<br \/>\n41. Don\u2019t close your eyes when singing. You could give over to a \u201creligious devil\u201d.<br \/>\n46. Don\u2019t bring visitors unless you tell someone in the office so they can tell Jane.<br \/>\n50. Don\u2019t complain when the offering plates are passed more than once.<br \/>\n65. Don\u2019t wear or own anything with Nike\u00ae on it. Nothing.<br \/>\n78. Don\u2019t interview for a job unless it is \u201cunder authority\u201d.<br \/>\n84. Don\u2019t decorate your house unless Jane or her helper can help you.<br \/>\n96. Don\u2019t celebrate your birthday or others in your family or group of friends or co-workers.<br \/>\n113. Don\u2019t play ping pong.<br \/>\n124. Don\u2019t let children have Bibles with stories and pictures of Jesus. (maybe..)<br \/>\n126. Don\u2019t iron double creases in your pants.<br \/>\n133. Don\u2019t start a relationship without checking it out with Jane Whaley.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The list also includes restrictions on planning your life like colleges, classes, and even going to funerals, unless &#8220;pastor&#8221; Jane Whaley has approved of it. In fact, there is only one rule on the list that I can get beind&#8230;.. &#8220;<strong>138. Don\u2019t place the toilet paper on the roll unless it rolls over the top.<\/strong> &#8221; This is actually the 11th commandment that Moses lost.<\/p>\n<p>For the complete list, please read below.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Welcome To Word of Faith Fellowship <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let us take this opportunity to thank you for considering membership in Word of Faith<br \/>\nFellowship. Jane Whaley approved of your membership and asked that you be given this \u201cNew<br \/>\nMember Handout\u201d. In this handout, we will list a few of the very important rules- \u201cdo\u2019s\u201d and<br \/>\n\u201cdon\u2019ts\u201d. Your enjoyment of your time with us will mainly be determined on how well you can<br \/>\nkeep these rules.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do\u2019s-<\/strong><br \/>\n1. You will be required to attend every service. If for some reason unforeseen at this time,<br \/>\nyou miss a service; you will be required to listen to the tape at the church. (Death,<br \/>\nsevere illness and surgery may be considered excused absences.)<br \/>\n2. You will be required to tithe (10% of your gross earnings) and give offerings. Jane will<br \/>\ncheck your records from time to time.<br \/>\n3. You will be required to smile on command. This is called \u201ckeeping your happy face\u201d.<br \/>\n4. You will be required to participate in group work projects. Enjoy it. We have need of<br \/>\nmany skills.<br \/>\n5. After each service, you will be required to clean the church and fellowship hall on a<br \/>\nrotating basis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019ts \u2013 (this is a partial \u201cliving\u201d list\u2026 at times, it takes on a life of its own, continuing to grow..)<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Don\u2019t drink alcohol. (includes beer, wine or liquor)<br \/>\n2. Don\u2019t cook with alcohol.<br \/>\n3. Don\u2019t eat at places that serve alcohol.<br \/>\n4. Don\u2019t drink \u201cRoot beer\u201d.<br \/>\n5. Don\u2019t drink Cheerwine\u00ae.<br \/>\n6. Don\u2019t drink diet Cheerwine\u00ae.<br \/>\n7. Don\u2019t drink ginger ale.<br \/>\n8. Don\u2019t smoke cigarettes.<br \/>\n9. Don\u2019t dip snuff.<br \/>\n10. Don\u2019t use chew tobacco.<br \/>\n11. Don\u2019t associate willingly with those that do use tobacco.<br \/>\n12. Don\u2019t watch movies. (Unless Jane gives approval.)<br \/>\n13. Don\u2019t watch videos in your cars!<br \/>\n14. Don\u2019t enter a movie theater- (unless Jane gives approval.)<br \/>\n15. Don\u2019t read newspapers. Not even the headlines.<br \/>\n16. Don\u2019t listen to the radio.<br \/>\n17. Don\u2019t read or handle magazines.<br \/>\n18. Don\u2019t watch television. (except when allowed at church)<br \/>\n19. Don\u2019t read books that are not approved by leadership.<br \/>\n20. Don\u2019t read your Bible, too much. (Amplified version is acceptable)<br \/>\n21. Don\u2019t take notes during the services. Only record scripture references.<br \/>\n22. Don\u2019t forget to go to bathroom before the service.<br \/>\n23. Don\u2019t get up to go to bathroom during a service.<br \/>\n24. Don\u2019t bring knives of ANY type on church property.<br \/>\n25. Don\u2019t be late for a service of function.<br \/>\n26. Don\u2019t park alongside the left side of the sanctuary unless you are approved.<br \/>\n27. Don\u2019t park in the spaces closest to the back steps. Those are reserved for parents with infants.<br \/>\n28. Don\u2019t park in the first spot along the front sidewalk. That is reserved for those on watch.<br \/>\n29. Don\u2019t park along the street. Use the field only when not raining.<br \/>\n30. Don\u2019t park on the drive to the school. (unless approved for that service.)<br \/>\n31. Don\u2019t park in the first handicap space unless approved.<br \/>\n32. Don\u2019t park under the awning and leave your car running.<br \/>\n33. Don\u2019t speed when driving around the church.<br \/>\n34. Don\u2019t go opposite to the accepted traffic flow of counter-clockwise. It causes confusion.<br \/>\n35. Don\u2019t be on your cell phone when approaching the school.<br \/>\n36. Don\u2019t drive your car with expired tags. You will be reminded.<br \/>\n37. Men: Don\u2019t wear a color of dress shirt except white or light blue.<br \/>\n38. Women: Don\u2019t get your heart set on a dress until you check with others to see of anyone else has that dress. You may need to return yours.<br \/>\n39. Don\u2019t \u201ccheck out\u201d during the singing.<br \/>\n40. Don\u2019t look around at others when you are supposed to be singing.<br \/>\n41. Don\u2019t close your eyes when singing. You could give over to a \u201creligious devil\u201d.<br \/>\n42. Don\u2019t stare at visitors.<br \/>\n43. Don\u2019t bring your cell phone into a service. Exceptions are rare and you will be told when you can bring your phone into the service.<br \/>\n44. Don\u2019t take pictures during a regular service.<br \/>\n45. Don\u2019t make your own recording of a service.<br \/>\n46. Don\u2019t bring visitors unless you tell someone in the office so they can tell Jane.<br \/>\n47. Don\u2019t take pictures of Jane of other members unless you are given permission.<br \/>\n48. Don\u2019t be loose with your camera at any time.<br \/>\n49. Don\u2019t put large amounts of cash in the offering unless it is in an envelope.<br \/>\n50. Don\u2019t complain when the offering plates are passed more than once.<br \/>\n51. Don\u2019t allow your toddlers to eat in the sanctuary.<br \/>\n52. Don\u2019t bring snacks of dark drinks or chocolate.<br \/>\n53. Don\u2019t chew gum in the sanctuary.<br \/>\n54. Don\u2019t fall asleep during the services. If you get tired, take your Bible and stand \u2013up in the back of the sanctuary.<br \/>\n55. Don\u2019t wear muddy shoes or boots into the sanctuary, leave them at the door-outside.<br \/>\n56. Don\u2019t leave your tissues after services. Place them in the trash.<br \/>\n57. Don\u2019t leave coats, Bibles or personal belongings in the sanctuary. It gets locked after each service.<br \/>\n58. Don\u2019t touch the thermostats in the church unless you are approved.<br \/>\n59. Don\u2019t wear jeans. (exception may be for construction work..maybe..)<br \/>\n60. Don\u2019t wear shorts.<br \/>\n61. Don\u2019t wear sleeveless dresses or tops.<br \/>\n62. Don\u2019t wear dresses above the knees.<br \/>\n63. Don\u2019t wear a bathing suit without having it covered with long shorts (below the knees) and a dark t-shirt.<br \/>\n64. Don\u2019t wear cargo pants.<br \/>\n65. Don\u2019t wear or own anything with Nike\u00ae on it. Nothing.<br \/>\n66. Don\u2019t wear black tennis shoes.<br \/>\n67. Don\u2019t wear high-cut, boot-like tennis shoes.<br \/>\n68. Men: don\u2019t wear solid white tennis shoes.<br \/>\n69. Don\u2019t wear a baseball cap sideways or backwards.<br \/>\n70. Don\u2019t wear t-shirts with slogans or pictures.<br \/>\n71. Don\u2019t wear \u201cmuscle t-shirts\u201d.<br \/>\n72. Men: Don\u2019t leave the house without a white t-shirt on under your top shirt.<br \/>\n73. Don\u2019t go swimming with boys and girls together.<br \/>\n74. Don\u2019t leave the pools toy out when you are done using the pool.<br \/>\n75. Don\u2019t go outside without sunscreen. (daily)<br \/>\n76. Men: Don\u2019t allow facial hair to grow. No beards, of any type. No \u201cpork chop\u201d sideburns.<br \/>\n77. Men: Don\u2019t let your hair get long or unkempt.<br \/>\n78. Don\u2019t interview for a job unless it is \u201cunder authority\u201d.<br \/>\n79. Don\u2019t accept a job unless you check it out with authority.<br \/>\n80. Don\u2019t make plans for college unless you have Jane check it out.<br \/>\n81. Don\u2019t sign-up for classes unless Jane Whaley or leadership checks out your schedule.<br \/>\n82. Don\u2019t buy a house unless Jane Whaley can check it out.<br \/>\n83. Don\u2019t even make an offer on a house unless Jane can \u201ccheckout\u201d and \u201cget a feel\u201d for the neighborhood.<br \/>\n84. Don\u2019t decorate your house unless Jane or her helper can help you.<br \/>\n85. Don\u2019t buy a car without checking with Sam first.<br \/>\n86. Don\u2019t sell a car or truck without checking with Sam first.<br \/>\n87. Don\u2019t get major repairs done without checking with Sam.<br \/>\n88. Don\u2019t buy insurance without checking with the approved church source person for insurance.<br \/>\n89. Don\u2019t plan a vacation or time away with your family unless you check-it out with Jane.<br \/>\n90. Don\u2019t assume you can go to the funeral or a wedding of a family member without checking it out and\/or someone from the church going with you.<br \/>\n91. Don\u2019t celebrate Christmas.<br \/>\n92. Don\u2019t give gifts to others unless you are \u201cunder authority\u201d.<br \/>\n93. Don\u2019t celebrate Easter.<br \/>\n94. Don\u2019t celebrate other holidays.<br \/>\n95. Don\u2019t eat turkey on Thanksgiving.<br \/>\n96. Don\u2019t celebrate your birthday or others in your family or group of friends or co-workers.<br \/>\n97. Don\u2019t celebrate wedding anniversaries.<br \/>\n98. Don\u2019t go hunting.<br \/>\n99. Don\u2019t go fishing. (well unless it is on an approved \u201cministry\u201d trip)<br \/>\n100. Don\u2019t hunt or fish just for sport.<br \/>\n101. Don\u2019t have bumper stickers on your car. (Political season is an exception.)<br \/>\n102. Don\u2019t have \u201cdingle dangles\u201d hanging from your rearview mirror.<br \/>\n103. Don\u2019t have a slogan license plate on the front of your car.<br \/>\n104. Don\u2019t buy or drive a \u201crace car\u201d looking car.<br \/>\n105. Don\u2019t play games on your computer. Erase\/delete the games.<br \/>\n106. Don\u2019t play games on your cell phone. Erase\/delete them.<br \/>\n107. Don\u2019t own or use a \u201cgame boy\u201d or other hand held electronic game device.<br \/>\n108. Don\u2019t play with regular playing cards.<br \/>\n109. Don\u2019t play \u201chide and go seek\u201d.<br \/>\n110. Don\u2019t play Monoploy\u00ae.<br \/>\n111. Don\u2019t play football.<br \/>\n112. Don\u2019t ride in the back of a pick-up truck.<br \/>\n113. Don\u2019t play ping pong.<br \/>\n114. Don\u2019t play pool.<br \/>\n115. Don\u2019t play or imitate an \u201cair guitar\u201d.<br \/>\n116. Don\u2019t play music without singing the words.<br \/>\n117. Don\u2019t whistle.<br \/>\n118. Don\u2019t let WOFF children play with children outside of WOFF.<br \/>\n119. Don\u2019t let children make animal sounds. (maybe,,)<br \/>\n120. Don\u2019t let children play toy musical instruments. (maybe\u2026)<br \/>\n121. Don\u2019t forget to read your Bible before you go to bed.<br \/>\n122. Don\u2019t let children play with camping toys.<br \/>\n123. Don\u2019t let children play with \u201cplay tools\u201d.<br \/>\n124. Don\u2019t let children have Bibles with stories and pictures of Jesus. (maybe..)<br \/>\n125. Don\u2019t be late for anything. Be early.<br \/>\n126. Don\u2019t iron double creases in your pants.<br \/>\n127. Men: Don\u2019t use urinals that are not enclosed.<br \/>\n128. Don\u2019t store personal garments unless they are folded neatly in the drawer.<br \/>\n129. Don\u2019t go to tanning beds.<br \/>\n130. Don\u2019t ride motorcycles.<br \/>\n131. Don\u2019t ride ATV\u2019s or dirt bikes.<br \/>\n132. Men: African American- Don\u2019t shave your head bald.<br \/>\n133. Don\u2019t start a relationship without checking it out with Jane Whaley.<br \/>\n134. Don\u2019t decide who you will marry without checking it out with Jane.<br \/>\n135. Don\u2019t talk to the other person who you are in relationship with unless someone is listening and \u201cguarding the conversation\u201d.<br \/>\n136. Don\u2019t talk loose and joke around. Don\u2019t be foolish.<br \/>\n137. Don\u2019t complain about the list of \u201cdon\u2019ts\u201d.<br \/>\n138. Don\u2019t place the toilet paper on the roll unless it rolls over the top.<br \/>\n139. Don\u2019t speak to those who have left unless you ask Jane.<br \/>\n140. Don\u2019t ask anyone but Jane about those who have not been seen lately in services.<br \/>\n141. Don\u2019t go in the sanctuary with \u201csin in your heart\u201d, deal with it before service.<br \/>\n142. Don\u2019t expect someone else to clean-up your mess.<br \/>\n143. Don\u2019t back-talk or give excuses for your sin.<br \/>\n144. Don\u2019t attack those in authority.<br \/>\n145. Don\u2019t question Jane\u2019s authority to run WOFF.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you will be with us for many years to come. Don\u2019t worry about memorizing this list.<br \/>\nWhen you violate a \u201cdon\u2019t\u201d, you will be told-\u201cWe don\u2019t do that\u201d.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>What&#8217;s the point of all these rules? Clearly, they are in place to keep people from becoming &#8220;demon possessed&#8221; and walking away from God. Jane&#8217;s demon theology can be clearly seen in the secretly recorded video below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E1X0t0_vae0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Word of Faith Fellowship cult is in trouble once again after allegations surfaced of over 2 decades of abuse directed at foreign immigrants who were imported for the purpose of slave labor, allegedly. 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