"This cult still continues, and law enforcement is still looking the other way," journalist Mitch Weiss, co-author of the new book Broken Faith, tells PEOPLE John Cooper was only a toddler — “a little ...

A controversial church in Rutherford County, that has been accused of abuse by former members, received a loan through the federal government’s small business relief program, records released this ...

This conversation has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity. For most of us, being removed from the outside world is a very new reality. According to a new book by investigative journalists, ...

The secretive Word of Faith Fellowship is the focus of tonight's episode of People Magazine Investigates: Cults Christina Bryant was 11 years old when she traveled with her mother and siblings from ...

SPINDALE, NC -- It was the most dreaded place on the Word of Faith Fellowship grounds - a one-story, four-room structure that former members of the sect say was reserved for the most brutal physical ...

Word of Faith Fellowship, based in Rutherford County, has been accused of operating as a cult over the last several years.

Kenneth Hagin, controversial Pentecostal preacher, dies Kenneth Hagin, one of the most influential and controversial leaders of charismatic Christianity over the last half-century, died Friday at age ...

The United Methodist Church has overwhelmingly given its stamp of approval to same-sex marriages. The 523-161 vote to make the change came last week, according to WTVD. Several delegates opposed the ...