“Sarah Mac”, who spent eight months in one of the Australian Mercy Ministries homes, recently spoke with G’Day World’s Cameron Reilly. She recounts some of her experiences such as being denied prescribed medication, being manipulated and disciplined, being forced to have cold showers and having her welfare benefits (Centrelink) signed over to Mercy Ministries. All [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Interview with Mercy Survivor “Sarah Mac”
Posted in Gloria Jeans, Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries Australia, Press Coverage, Radio, Video, tagged abuse, Gloria Jeans, hillsong, mental illness, Mercy Ministries, nancy alcorn, peter irvine on October 31, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Mercy Ministries update: The PR battle moves to YouTube
Posted in Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries Australia, Mercy Ministries of America, Press Coverage, Video, tagged abuse, copyright, dmca, fair use, Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries Australia, Mercy Ministries of America, Video, youtube on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Caleb Hannan, journalist from the Nashville Scene, has written another item on Mercy Ministries with regard to their false DMCA claims on You Tube in an attempt to censor criticism of their organisation. Click here to view the article.
Mercy Ministries counseling and the casting out of demons
Posted in Gloria Jeans, Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries Australia, Press Coverage, Video, tagged abuse, Australian controversy, exorcism, Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries Australia, neglect on October 7, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Mercy Ministries advertise that they offer “professional support from psychologists, dieticians, general practitioners, social workers, counsellors and program staff who all contribute to provide daily education for the young women” in their care. They also claim that the program is “provided at no charge to the young women.” Mercy Ministries promotional brochure obtained from a [...]
Mercy Ministries update from Australia
Posted in Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries of America, Press Coverage, tagged abuse, Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries of America on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On 2 October 2008, the Nashville Scene published a follow-up to their article printed the previous day. This follow-up provides an update about the Mercy Ministries situation in Australia, and can it be viewed here. In March, Australian daily the Sydney Morning-Herald broke a story about the Mercy girls—ex-members of Mercy Ministries, a Christian counseling home headquartered in [...]
Jesus RX: The untold tale behind Mercy Ministries one-size-fits-all prescription for recovery
Posted in Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries of America, Press Coverage, tagged abuse, GLBT, Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries of America on October 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The original article appearing in The Nashville Scene can be viewed here, and an accompanying Mercy Ministries Update from Australia (copied in a seperate piece) can be viewed here. Caleb Hannan 1 October 2008 Jennifer Wynne didn’t know what to make of the woman standing in front of her. For two weeks, she’d heard the [...]
