Let Us Prey: Exposing the Circle of Hope Girls' Ranch & the Troubled Teen Industry

Cults to Consciousness

May 11 2024 • 1 hr 6 mins

Disguised as a wholesome Christian school for troubled youth, was a house of horrors for those unlucky enough to be placed there. Diabolical and dangerous punishm*nts, intense physical labor left these girls scarred in more ways than one.  The documentary “Let Us Prey”, finally started to expose the secrets behind the walls of the school and within the IFB (Independent Fundamental Baptist) churches as a whole. Amanda shares her story, as a young one of parents who ran one of these schools.

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  • Beliefs and rules of the IFB (Independent Fundamental Baptists)
  • TW: CA in various forms
  • How the boarding schools are related to IFB
  • Doctrines that promoted ab*se at home
  • Culottes or skirts? Rules tighten at Agape.
  • TW: CA-Amanda's dad learns new punishments
  • TW: CA - Amanda's grandmother calls CPS
  • Are these group homes still running?
  • What's the draw of sending your kid to an IFB boarding school?
  • Sad*stic parents? Or good intentions?
  • What was Amanda's actual education like there?
  • Trapped at Circle of Hope until age 30 – Rachel Kellso’s story
  • TW: CA -5 point restraint punishm*nt at IFB schools
  • How did Amanda finally escape boarding school?
  • "We aren't a cult...THEY are!" Deconstructing
  • Repeating damaging patriarchal patterns
  • Where are Amanda's parents now?
  • Agape shuts down (with some help from TikTok)
  • How Amanda has been since "Let Us Prey" released

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