Investigative Firm Denies IHOPKC’s Claims That They Tried To Contact Regarding Mike Bickle Scandal: ‘GRACE has never received any inquiries…’
Investigative firm GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment) is pushing back against claims from The International House of Prayer (IHOPKC) that they tried on multiple occasions to reach the organization to have them oversee the investigation into sex abuse claims made against founder Mike Bickle.
After news of the initial scandal dropped, many have been clamoring for IHOPKC to hire GRACE to lead their investigation, including 3200 people who launched an online petition. GRACE is considered by many to excellent in their field and uncompromising in their assessments.* IHOPKC responded to these requests in their initial report, writing:
Last week, on November 9, IHOPKC made multiple attempts to reach out to GRACE to explore the possibility of having their investigators come to review our findings. GRACE did not respond. The very next day, we learned that the founder of GRACE is now the private attorney of the main alleged victim whose claim is from 20+ years ago. This attorney is also currently listed as a board member on GRACE’s website. This represents a clear conflict of interest for GRACE and disqualifies the organization as a candidate to be an objective third party.
Not so, says a representative from GRACE, who told the Christian Post:
“Following a review of communication channels, to our knowledge GRACE has never received any inquiries or communication from current IHOPKC leadership regarding recent allegations,”
*Disclaimer. Protestia is a long-time donor to GRACE.
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While Mike Bickle / IHOPKC is firmly ensconced in NAR heresy, there is so much smoke it is impossible to see any fire.
I have no regard for this ‘ministry’ but the senseless destruction of anyones reputation is ungodly and ought not be done.
Agreed, the most elusive thing in these situations is objective truth.
Proverbs 23:2