Mercy Ministries admits claims were false RUTH POLLARD INVESTIGATIONS EDITOR December 17, 2009 FORMER directors of Mercy Ministries yesterday admitted the evangelical Christian organisation had engaged in false, misleading and deceptive conduct by wrongly claiming their residential care programs were free and included support from psychologists, dietitians, general practitioners and counsellors. The admission is part [...]
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Mercy Ministries admits claims were false
Posted in Mercy Ministries, tagged accc, hillsong, Mercy Ministries on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bad publicity brings Mercy Ministries undone
Posted in Mercy Ministries, tagged hillsong, Mercy Ministries on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bad publicity brings Mercy Ministries undone http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/news/audio/pm/200910/20091028-pm-6-mercy-ministries.mp3 Wednesday, October 28, 2009 MARK COLVIN: A controversial counselling centre linked to the evangelical Hillsong church says bad publicity has eroded its funding to the point where it’s now shutting down completely. PM understands that the consumer watchdog the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) has been investigating [...]
Bad PR forces Hillsong counselling closure
Posted in Mercy Ministries, tagged hillsong, Mercy Ministries on December 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Bad PR forces Hillsong counselling closure By Meredith Griffiths for PM Posted Wed Oct 28, 2009 A controversial counselling centre linked to the evangelical Hillsong church says bad publicity has eroded its funding to the point where it is now shutting down completely. The ABC understands that the consumer watchdog ACCC has been investigating Mercy [...]
Mercy Ministries home to close
Posted in Mercy Ministries, tagged hillsong, Mercy Ministries on October 27, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Mercy Ministries home to close RUTH POLLARD INVESTIGATIONS EDITOR October 28, 2009 ALLEGATIONS of widespread abuse at Mercy Ministries group homes appear finally to have caught up with the fundamentalist Christian group, which has announced it will close its Sydney home on October 31, citing ”extreme financial challenges and a steady drop in our support [...]
Hillsong: Exorcism in the suburbs
Posted in Hillsong Church, Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries Australia, Press Coverage, tagged abuse, Australian controversy, exorcism, hillsong, Hillsong Church, Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries Australia on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Live News journalist Tim Brunero has written an opinion article. It can be viewed here. Tim Brunero 26 November 2008 Mercy Ministries kept saying there were no exorcisms. The Hillsong-backed group seemed prepared to cop the charge that they forced sick girls in their Mercy Ministries residential program to sign over their Centrelink payments. They [...]
Deconverts reports
Posted in Mercy Ministries, Mercy Ministries of America, Press Coverage, tagged dmca, hillsong, Mercy Ministries, Video, youtube on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Earlier tonight I received a comment on one of our earlier articles readers which covers the abuse of women in the Hillsong-supported “Mercy Ministries” programme that one of the videos we linked to has been removed from YouTube in an apparant attempt to censor the voice of abused women, unhappy with their treatment at Mercy [...]
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 »
“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 [...]
