Here is a radio documentary about the "prayer warriors" of Pastor Ted from 1997. I recall listening to this and finding it a bit peculiar at the time (and being disgusted by the documentarian's attraction to what seems like a cult, but hey, sheep are sheep, without them Ubermensch would have no raw material).
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