The Aggressive Christianity Missionary Training Corps with Harrison Hill
Summary
Host Chelsea Weber-Smith interviews Harrison Hill about his book *The Oracle’s Daughter*, detailing the rise and fall of the Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps. The episode explores the cult’s militaristic structure, led by charismatic founders who shifted from hippie counterculture to extreme evangelicalism. Hill discusses the complex psychology of belief, the leader’s claimed divine visions, and the harrowing escape of the founder’s daughter, Sarah Green.
Topics discussed
Introduction: The Oracle's Daughter and the Aggressive Christian Missions Training Corps
How the author discovered the story through a serendipitous encounter
Origins of the group: From hippie counterculture to militant Christianity
Deborah Green's background and the psychology of intense belief
Daily life in the cult: Rituals, military structure, and isolation
The appeal of charisma, certainty, and group fusion
Sponsor break: Quince clothing
Sarah Green's upbringing, escape, and the child trafficking scandal
Deborah's prophetic claims and the global missionary efforts
Was it a grift? Analyzing the group's finances and true belief
The porous line between mainstream evangelicalism and extremism
The difficulty of leaving: Internal conflict and the pull of the group
Lessons on deprogramming, hope, and the current political moment
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