From Anonymous


The purpose of my letter is to confirm with you so much of what I have read on factnet and the other sites. I have truly wrestled with putting this in writing and have come to the conclusion that it is necessary because CII is definitely moving in a dangerous direction. There will be several things that happen over the next several weeks and months that will bring an uncomfortable amount of “light” on CII and if anyone there is still reading this site then please open your eyes and hearts and please stop burying those things deep inside you that you know are truly wrong. The things I speak of here about Mike Peters I say with clear conscience because to my knowledge, Mike has never admitted any wrong doing nor asked for forgiveness for what I am about to speak of. For that reason, I do feel compelled to speak of it in detail. Unlike what Mike and CII do where they bring up all of your past sins that you have repented of and already dealt with in a Godly manner, I think that is the tactic of Satan himself.

It is necessary that for now, I remain anonymous, however the time is coming soon when that will no longer be the case. I will have passed this letter on to a few trusted friends to have posted on factnet.

I was a part of the Church in Indianapolis under Mike Peters for several years. In the beginning years, I believe that it all started out with good intentions. I believe that Mike Peters really did have the best of intentions in wanting to create a life simply and fully devoted to Jesus. I believe Mike wanted to create an environment where people really did commit themselves to Jesus first, and to serving one another daily while not relying on external structure nor luke-warm Christians. What I personally witnessed over several years though was a gradual but definite shift away from depending on and pleasing Jesus alone to depending on Mike Peters and pleasing him and eventually his leaders.

The separation between Jesus and Mike became less and less over time. It got to the point where when Mike said something it was received as the very oracles of God himself. Whatever he said was unquestioned and people would act upon whatever it was he wanted to happen. People at CII definitely viewed Mike as an apostle in the beginning, however that would simply not be enough for Mike as the years rolled by.

Don’t get me wrong though, because Mike did do a lot of good for a lot of people including myself. Much of his teaching was sound and he himself is fairly intelligent. I spent a lot of time with him and saw first hand and up close many things that others would not have had the chance to see. Much of what I have read on factnet is accurate. What is most striking to me is the similarities of what so many people there have said. There is NO question that CII is now a very dangerous group, and YES it very easily could become a “Jim Jones” type situation.

In the early years there was a gathering that some of you may remember where Mike prophesied that the “Bob and Tom” radio show (which was definitely wicked) would no longer be on the radio by a certain date. He said that with complete confidence and authority saying that God had revealed this to him and we received it as such and broke out in song and praise while rejoicing in this. The days rolled on, we all prayed and fasted as the date Mike said approached. I’ll never forget that next gathering after the date had passed. Mike was very displeased and instead of apologizing for getting it wrong he scolded everyone there saying that the only reason Bob and Tom were still on the radio was because of us- that we had not prayed and fasted hard enough! We were all shocked and devastated. We believe him even then! We believed it was our fault! No one, NO ONE questioned Mike or suggested that maybe HE could have been wrong. I understand that that radio show was on the radio for many years after that date and may still be on! But Mike never said another word about it.

This was the first time when something inside of me was telling me this was just wrong. At this point though, I just went along with everyone else and said nothing. After all, I reasoned(as everyone did) that there was so much good fruit in Mike’s life that it is all right. “Where else do you see this kind of good fruit?” we would say to ourselves.


The whole “golf thing” was really out of control as well. Mike was the first one to start playing golf and before long EVERYONE was playing…women, children, everyone. Mike has always been almost totally supported financially by others. That is why, among other obvious reasons that I became so uncomfortable with it all. Here was a guy spending thousands and thousands of dollars on golf(green fees, new clubs, newer ones, newest ones, and even golf trips for weeks at a time) and it was all money others were giving him “supporting God’s work”. Many families at that time were not doing well financially (even Mike much of the time) but still “more than a lot” of money always went to golf. If it wasn’t raining hard, Mike would be playing golf somewhere almost every day…some times twice. Many people were uncomfortable with this and some did question him about it. His reasoning was always that it was a good way to spend time with believers and unbelievers and that the “spiritual lessons and parallels” were too Important to not continue on with it. So, golf became almost EVERYONE’S pastime.

I would see Mike often loose his temper and blow up at someone. I believe everyone gave him “extra room” in this area as well never questioning him on it. Many times during basketball games for example, Mike might get fouled driving the lane and just start screaming at whoever might be refereeing the game. He would scream things like “how could you not call that a foul, he was trying to rip my head off”! Often times it was barely a foul at all and definitely not intentional, but Mike was so intense about it all.

Everyone there would just stop in awe and shock waiting for it to be over, not knowing exactly what to say. People would later justify it all saying that “Mike is a very driven person and very competitive”. Somehow that was supposed to make it all ok.



As for his relationship with that single mother, that was always a situation that made everyone uncomfortable. Mike would spend so much time with this sister that he was always seen with her, driving places together, even to gatherings. He was always over at her apartment with just him, her and her baby daughter. He would often be seen in the wee hours of the morning coming out her dark apartment. His wife would often break into tears over this crying to myself and others that she just couldn’t handle it any more. The sisters would usually comfort her and send her on her way. When this got back to Mike, I don’t know exactly what he said or did to her but she would usually come back and apologize to us because “it was just that time of month” and I really don’t feel that way. The look on her face never gave much credibility to this confession. She felt as though she was being replaced in her relationship with her husband and she was correct. I am not saying there was a “physical” relationship between Mike and this single sister but it was wrong either way!

I know that Mike was approached several times about this because again, everyone was uncomfortable with it all. Mike’s response was verbatim “ I don’t care if the entire church comes to me and tells me I have to change my relationship with (so and so), I won’t do it. I will taker her and my family and move somewhere else”! “God has given this to me and I won’t let it be taken from me”!

When we heard this, we were shocked and again just put it aside saying ‘there is so much good fruit and “life” here, it must be ok.

I could go on and on, but I hope you see the danger of where this all winds up. I believe Mike Peters probably still does have good intentions BUT he has become blind to no longer be able to see the dangerous person he has become. CII has become the habitat for a multitude of spiritual infants relying on Mike and his handful of “spiritual leaders” because they are not allowed to exercise their God given faith but instead seek only to please him and his intentions. If people there go very long without seeing him or corresponding with him or his leaders they get nervous and start feeling out of touch with God. They rely on each other in a way that actually replaces God himself and in fact they would even say that the church there “is God in the flesh”, it is His body on earth. Do you see the danger here. Mike Peters does not have in any way a healthy amount of accountability and the double standards exist everywhere around him. What he does and says and how he conducts himself is not at all the same for ANYONE else there. He is a very dangerous person because his followers are totally loyal to him and his wishes and will do just about anything to support him REGARDLESS of what it is.

May God have mercy on you Mike Peters.