Recovering Alumni

Would You Commit a Sin if David Hasz Told You To?

The Honor Academy teaches an extreme version of submission that leads to an oppressive authoritarian environment. Interns are so conditioned to submit without question, that they will even commit a sin if commanded to do so by David Hasz or other Teen Mania leadership. Of course, Teen Mania would deny this accusation, but as always,

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Ignoring Context = Sloppy (and Wrong!) Preaching

During his Week of the Ring sermon this week, Heath Stoner preached about honesty and telling the truth no matter the cost. (Kind of like a lecture from Bernie Madoff about fiscal responsibility.) Any who, Heath used a clip from the movie “Les Misérables” to emphasize his point that you should “swear to your own

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Mind Control

One of our forum members recently shared a link to some great information about mind control. I’m excerpting part of it here. Reflect on your experiences at the HA and answer these questions to see if you were under mind control tactics. How many questions can you answer “yes” to? 1. Is your doctrine legislated rather

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You Should Probably Be on the Mission Field

The Honor Academy recently posted this video recapping a recent chapel service preached by Emmie Harper, long time staffer at Teen Mania who now serves as Director of Operations for Global Expeditions (the missions department of Teen Mania). With regards to foreign missions, Emmie says: 00:54 – We’re not sending enough people. If you ask

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If You Leave the Honor Academy Early….

Then God Hates You. Well, at least that’s what Dave Hasz teaches. And I have proof. Within their first week on campus, every new intern sits through a teaching given by David Hasz about the importance of keeping your commitment. This teaching is designed to get interns to commit to staying at the Honor Academy

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Behind the Scenes with Heath Stoner

In light of Hannah’s story and Heath’s outrageous attempts to control and manipulate her, I’d like to share my email correspondence with Heath about this issue. These emails were exchanged AFTER Heath convinced her to return to campus when she first quit. Only the names have been changed. Hannah reports that she was banned from

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