The Predator of Panama: Evangelist Steve Koko

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  @MikeWinger · 1 year ago · pinned

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTrPlHpgktw">0:00</a> He should be in prison<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTrPlHpgktw&amp;t=893">14:53</a> Victim video<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTrPlHpgktw&amp;t=2967">49:27</a> 2nd Victim letter<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTrPlHpgktw&amp;t=3549">59:09</a> Interview with whistleblowers<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTrPlHpgktw&amp;t=13050">3:37:30</a> Torben Sondergaard testifies<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTrPlHpgktw&amp;t=15360">4:16:00</a> Koko&apos;s public confession<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTrPlHpgktw&amp;t=16759">4:39:19</a> My plea for help (conclusion)

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• TM

  @tmal1008 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Mike, thanks a lot I’m a missionary in Colombia and I just saw on social media that he’s recently been in Barranquilla which is an hour from us where we are working on planting a church. Going to send this to other pastors in Latin America to warn their communities about this wolf. Keep doing the Lords work. I always appreciate your content.

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  @deeayeveeeyees · 1 year ago (edited)

  I love that Mike doesn&apos;t just air one hour and put the rest behind a paywall but gives us a 4+hour expose and months of research and interviews for free. shows that his heart is actually for the church and not just for clicks or money.

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  @BeautifulSonset777 · 1 year ago

  As a Spanish speaker -- props to that interpreter!!!

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  @Homechiangrai · 1 year ago (edited)

  Lived and ministered in Panama for two years. They have been sent this info.All of Panama will know when I’m done.<br>Thank you

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  @deeayeveeeyees · 1 year ago

  when I googled his name Ai immediately mentioned how he&apos;s under public scrutiny because of Pastor Mike Wingers video. also the cities for christ website seems to be down too. So grateful for everything Mike does in exposing this evil.

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  @marihadta7856 · 1 year ago (edited)

  As a survivor of sexual violence as a child and young woman at the hands of clergy, and as a woman who has lived through the long, aching aftermath of CPTSD and the long fight to heal, I speak with both authority and urgency. I have listened to the testimonies surrounding Evangelist Steve Koko—accused of predating on numerous women in Panama, with possible victims throughout Central and South America. I have heard the biblical calls for public rebuke, and I affirm them. Scripture is clear: leaders who sin must be confronted openly, that others may fear (1 Timothy 5:20). But what I cannot abide—what I must resist with every fiber of my being—is the notion that restoration to the body of Christ should ever include restoration to power. <br><br>Yes, repentance is possible. Yes, healing is possible. But restoration to fellowship is not the same as reinstatement to leadership. To confuse the two is to insult every woman who has suffered at the hands of a predator, and to knowingly revictimize her, invalidating fears and traumas that she carries close to her soul. It is to reward monstrosity with influence. It is to place vulnerable souls back into the path of danger. <br><br>Let me be plain: Steve Koko has fled. He is unaccounted for. That alone disqualifies him from any conversation about restoration. But even if he were to return, contrite and broken, the question is not whether he can be forgiven. The question is whether he should ever again be entrusted with spiritual authority. The answer is no. <br><br>The rates of recidivism among sexual predators are high—even with therapy. The patterns of manipulation, secrecy, and abuse are deeply entrenched. To place such a man back into leadership is not grace—it is negligence. It is a betrayal of the gospel’s call to protect the least of these. <br><br>If the church is serious about repentance, then let it begin with structural repentance. Let it commit to safeguarding women and children. Let it vow that Steve Koko will never again be in a room alone with a female—minor or adult. Let it declare that spiritual authority is not a right to be reclaimed, but a trust to be guarded. <br><br>Restoration to the body? Perhaps. Restoration to power? Never.

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  @thecassandraeffectvsperilo6754 · 1 year ago

  <b>The &quot;cover-up culture&quot; is an abomination to God!</b> I&apos;m sick to death of the free pass these disgusting people are <b>getting AND giving</b> to each other 😠

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  @JeanMAllen · 1 year ago

  I&apos;m so exhausted with these evil men targeting Christian women and abusing them. &nbsp;This has to stop! Thank you Mike for shining a light on this darkness

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  @SenorCherv · 1 year ago

  Thanks for exposing this monster Brother Mike. &nbsp;I’m a missionary here in Panama and sadly this predator is not the only one. &nbsp;There is a history of predators in the pulpit here in Panama. &nbsp;Sadly, Panamanian culture frowns against speaking ill of individuals, especially those behind a pulpit. &nbsp;Please pray for this beautiful nation. &nbsp;Please pray for the saints. &nbsp;There is favour over this nation and likewise there is a war for souls. &nbsp;Passing this video on to my Brothers here. &nbsp;Love you Mike.

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  @Amerethio214 · 1 year ago

  As someone who has been abused (spiritually, psychologically) in a ministry, THANK YOU for standing up against abusers in the body of Christ.

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  @PhoebsBananaHammock · 1 year ago

  Please remember that videos like this are NOT for entertainment. This is to bring awareness and if you are watching you should be praying!

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