Leaked documents showed that the International House of Prayer of Kansas City is planning to close and downsize. This comes six months after sex abuse allegations surfaced against founder and former ...

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Plans for a new church that appeared to be part of a rebranding effort by the International House of Prayer-Kansas City in the aftermath of the sex scandal involving its founder have been scrapped.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS AS WE BEGIN WITH A STRONG MESSAGE SENT TO A LOCAL MINISTRY. I’M LARA MORITZ. AND I’M KELLY ECKERMAN. A GROUP OF PEOPLE PROTESTED INSIDE A WORSHIP SERVICE AT THE INTERNATIONAL HOUSE ...