Complaint Review: Generations of Virtue - Monument Colorado

I was a founding member of a Christian ministry decades before it became what it is today, which is Generations of Virtue operated by Kay and Julie Hiramine.  Mary DeWeese and I both joined this deliverance ministry in 1970.  In 1973 Mary joined with Bishop Whitlock, the founder, as his wife.  Subsequently Mary was divorced from her husband and left her 4 sons in the care of others.

As we all sought purity Mary, as co-pastor, returned to one theme again and again:  we women were inadequate mothers.  Every mother who attended our meetings for very long found herself criticized for being controlling, wanting her children's "worship," and being a hindrance to God having free rein in the lives of their children.  This message was given to every woman, across the board, until Kay and Julie arrived.  By this time Bishop Whitlock had passed away and Mary was the sole authority in our organization.

In Julie, Mary found a "kindred spirit."  Julie was the "ideal wife and mother."  Thus began our prayer group's subjugation to Kay and Julie's every ambition, which eventually became Generations of Virtue.  The idea of Generations of Virtue:  promoting purity in body, mind and spirit and helping parents guide their children through the turbulent teen years is a worthy goal--one we and many participating parents applauded.  However, the outward display of promoting family unity did not match the inward workings of the Hiramine household.

I was there when first one teenage girl, then another, and another and another were conscripted to "help" in the ministry.  These girls worked like slaves, without pay, just room and board.  They ran the Hiramine household including childcare, cleaning, cooking and homeschooling and violin lessons so Kay and Julie were free of responsibility to work their businesses.

Work for the girls was never-ending.  If they complained, they were on the prayer chair being reprimanded, told they needed to "die to self" and appreciate the "high calling" God had accorded them in being trained by Kay and Julie to be faithful servants of God.

Eventually each recruit into Generations of Virtue is moved further and further away from his/her nuclear family.  He or she is made to believe his or her parents are controlling, even abusive (even though there is no evidence to support those accusations.)  The recruits are led to believe the only way they can fully and freely dedicate their lives to God's service is to sever all contact with their "rebellious and unregenerate" parents, even though these said parents are mature Christians who have sought God diligently for years to walk in justice, purity and holiness.

In order to make the severance complete, these teens are told lies about their parents.  Lies, supposedly revealed supernaturally, usually to Mary Whitlock.  Lies such as, "Your parents are sending out negative powers to oppose our ministry," and "You were sexually abused as a child before you can remember."

Other Christians in ministry have questioned Kay regarding his remarkable and unique entourage.  Kay intimates that all his apprentices come from abusive home situations, that he and Julie have "saved" them, magnanimously opening their home to these poor afflicted souls who have no where else to go.  All lies!

These young people have loving, Christian families who daily mourn the loss of their children and have spent time, money and prayer to get them back.  I pray for God's justice and truth to prevail in this situation and for complete restoration of these families who have been torn apart by Generations of Virtue, Kay and Julie Hiramine and Mary Whitlock.