Prominent Christian Bible teacher and apologist Mike Winger has released a nearly 6-hour video exposing what he describes as a “cover-up culture” in the charismatic church, which has resulted in thousands of victims due to generations of fakery, abuse, lies, and cover-up culture.
Last year, Winger posted a cryptic message on X warning: “Goodbye. I am about to embark on the creation of several videos that will cause many to think that I’m off base, compromised, unspiritual, attacking the church, or otherwise not worthwhile anymore.”
He has since released multiple videos documenting false and dangerous teachers in the church, including exhaustive critiques of figures like Benny Hinn.
In his recent video titled “The skeletons in Bethel’s closet are now going to speak” (which runs 5:50:16 and has nearly 400,000 views as of mid-January 2026), Winger details allegations against prominent charismatic prophet Shawn Bolz. He reveals Bolz has lied about his prophecies by frequently sourcing information from people’s social media pages rather than divine revelation, which has resulted in ruined and broken lives.
The video also covers other alleged fake prophets who have been sexually coercive and abusive, and all the charismatic leaders who have known about it, but said nothing.
These enablers include well known leaders Bill Johnson and Kris Vallotton of Bethel Church, who knew about these issues but did nothing to address or warn others, contributing to a broader pattern of cover-ups in the charismatic movement.
Winger’s video does not contain any new allegations, but rather a detailed and comprehensive summary of what has gone on.
Of course, readers of Protestia will be familiar with these stories. We’ve been criticizing Bolz as a false prophet for years and have been critical of Bolz and Bethel churches for more than a decade, faithfully cataloging their many acts of malfeasance, and we wrote about these specific stories years ago, back in 2024.
Shawn Bolz’s False Prophecy Leads Woman To Marry An Abusive Strangler?
Bethel’s Kris Valloton Leaked Text Messages Excoriate Shawn Bolz, Reveal Bethel’s Bad Deeds
Bethel Statement Suggests Shawn Bolz Engaged In Sexual Harrasment, False Prophecies
Is A Pervert Predator Finding Solace and Comfort at Bethel Church?
Still, given Winger’s prominence and reach, having nearly 1 million subscribers on YouTube, we are greatful for the video, and pray it goes far and wide.
