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Shekinah Church, Los Angeles: All the dancers that she dances with, someone else is controlling their lives. Dancing for the Devil I: Die to Yourself, sister searcher for sister, Netflix 2024
Robert Shinn, pastor/founder Shekinah Church/7M Films. ibid. caption
I’m obsessed with these dance cults. Do you know about these dance cults? ibid. woman on TikTok
7M would tell you that they are not a cult, they’re just a management company. ibid. man
We’re all in this church together and this is what we do. ibid. dancer invited to dinner with Robert
So you have to be invited to services. ibid.
And we knew from bank records that she was pretty much running dry on money. ibid. mother of dancer
You have to die for your family in order to save them. ibid. former victim member
So he [Shinn] started panicking in services. Everything got more strict. ibid.
We’d all seen some weird stuff. ibid.
Ex-congregants say the shadowy pastor now behind the alleged TikTok ‘dance cult’ 7M has been ‘brainwashing’ young people for decades. Dancing for the Devil II: The Escape, social media June 2022
From what we’ve heard from former members it started out pretty innocuous. ibid. Rolling Stone reporter
Robert used to teach, your thoughts are not your own. ibid. former victim member
Everybody wanted to be close to the Man of God. ibid.
His message was very money-driven. ibid.
He would call you out when he was in the pulpit. ibid.
Robert had been soliciting sexual favours from different women. ibid.
The people bringing claims against Robert Shinn are in for a long legal battle … History has shown however that this group can be really hard to dismantle. Dancing for the Devil III: Reap What You Sow, Rolling Stone reporter