Green Room with Sydney and Chloe

In this episode of Green Room, Sydney and Chloe talk about the all-too-uncomfortable topic of spiritual bypassing. They go through a list of different ways we use spirituality to skirt around “negative” emotions or avoid pain. They look at a few examples in the Bible where Jesus and others did the opposite. 

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This episode was recorded in the winter of 2025.

In this episode of Green Room, Sydney and Chloe reunite after a six-month break to talk about baby Amara, moving chaos, and life settling into a new normal. They share honestly about the updated IHOPKC pastoral team recommendation, the ongoing grief of leaving that movement, and the disorienting process of realizing how much deception and dysfunction shaped their faith. They discuss how old IHOP language still shows up when they pray, what it looks like to relearn prayer without performance, and why staying in the conversation—with Scripture, Jesus, and safe community—matters even when the church sometimes feels complicated and painful.

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In this episode of Green Room, Sydney and Chloe interview Jed Hartley. He shares about his family's close involvement with Mike Bickle and IHOPKC, his father's problematic prophetic ministry, and the impact it has all had on his faith. They talk about the lack of accountability in the IHOP community, the pressure of being a pastor's kid, and the emotional toll of realizing the deception within the religious organization. 

In this episode of Green Room, Sydney and Chloe interview their old youth pastor Josh Thompson. From his early days at Morningstar to leading youth ministries at IHOP, Thompson shares about the pressures of maintaining the "forerunner lifestyle," the manipulation within prophetic circles, and the devastating impact of the recent allegations against Mike Bickle. He shares about the destructive effects that the unchecked prophetic healing movement has had on his own family.

This episode was recorded in December 2024

In this episode of Green Room, Sydney and Chloe have a family discussion with their parents Dwayne and Jennifer Roberts (host of the Dwayne and Jennifer Podcast). They all share their experience wading through the IHOPKC and Mike Bickle scandal. They also talk about the importance of a healthy community and emotional wholeness to endure hardship.

In this episode of Green Room Sydney and Chloe interview Megan Thompson, a former IHOPKC singer. Megan shares her journey of stumbling upon IHOPKC in her 20s to navigating the fallout after the abuse allegations came to light. She shares some of the positive experiences she had, while also unpacking the red flags she now sees clearly, like the elitist culture and lack of accountability.

In this episode of Green Room, Sydney and Chloe interview ShShiloahiloh Bickle, Mike Bickle’s granddaughter. Shiloah shares about her experience growing up in the Bickle family and the dysfunctional, no-talk culture. She talks about how she first found out about the allegations against Mike Bickle and the shock of it. We also asked her about her controversial social media posts about her father’s affair.

https://julieroys.com/advocate-group-ihopkc-founder-mike-bickle-covered-up-sons-affair-threatened-whistleblower/

In this episode of Green Room, Sydney and Chloe interview Andy Hailstone. He shares how he joined the prayer movement as a teenager and how he eventually made it to IHOPKC in Kansas City. Andy shares about his experiences with the IHOPKC prophetic history, double speak, confusion, and what it was like watching the scandal unfold from up close.

In this episode of Green Room Sydney and Chloe interview their lifelong friend, Samuel Hood. They talk about what it was like growing up at IHOPKC, both the positive and negative. Samuel shares about the effects of being a poster child of IHOP and what it felt like as he got older and broke from the "IHOP mold".

Check out Samuel's podcast episode about his crisis of faith journey on the Dwayne and Jennifer Podcast (formerly Roots): https://youtu.be/S7Mrzx5hWuU?si=SsEXDktkA0JUXMaI

In the eighth episode of Green Room, Sydney and Chloe talk about what it was like to grow up going to CEC (Children's Equipping Center) and Student Ministries. They also discuss the recent article about a former youth group leader that was a predator.

*Episode recorded in August 2024