{"id":84920,"date":"2026-07-28T11:29:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=84920"},"modified":"2026-07-28T13:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:35:14","slug":"inside-the-controversial-new-cult-led-by-la-based-apostle-as-droves-of-devoted-followers-shake-uncontrollably-in-her-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/inside-the-controversial-new-cult-led-by-la-based-apostle-as-droves-of-devoted-followers-shake-uncontrollably-in-her-presence\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside The Controversial New &#8216;Cult\u2019 Led By LA-Based \u2018Apostle\u2019 As Droves Of Devoted Followers Shake Uncontrollably In Her Presence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From<em> The New York Post (caution: tabloid):<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ph_8175LE5A?si=DQ0NS3jv_e7agtHn\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A Los Angeles-based pastor whose dramatic prayer services regularly go viral is once again at the center of controversy.<\/p>\n<p>After videos from a recent Texas book signing showed followers collapsing, shaking and convulsing as Kathryn Krick prayed over them, there have been renewed accusations from some\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/21\/media\/christian-leader-dr-james-dobson-former-advisor-to-five-presidents-dead-at-89\/\">Christian leaders<\/a> that her ministry resembles a cult.\u00a0Krick leads Five-Fold Church, also known as 5F Church, in Los Angeles, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/churchleaders.com\/news\/2220220-apostle-kathryn-krick-raising-alarms.html\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Church Leaders<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The New York Post (caution: tabloid): A Los Angeles-based pastor whose dramatic prayer services regularly go viral is once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84920"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84925,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84920\/revisions\/84925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}