UK Media Coverage and Subsequent Documentary
British journalist Alex Hannaford first visited Strong City in 2004, investigating claims that the cult was contemplating suicide. His feature, including interviews with Wayne and Jeff Bent and various sect members, was published in the UK the same year. Hannaford later wrote a follow-up piece for the Sunday Times magazine in the UK
Three years later, The End of the World Cult, a documentary, aired on Channel 4 in the UK. It covers Bent's announcement that the Day of Judgment began on October 31, 2007. Bent chose that date after calculating a Biblical prophecy number (490) and adding it to the year 1517, when the Protestant Reformation began, yielding 2007 as a result. The specific date, October 31, comes from the day that Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses.
"Inside a Cult" was shown on the Four Corners program on the ABC in Australia. Inside a Cult was also broadcast on the National Geographic Channel in the United States; this version is shorter and uses the same footage as the one mentioned above, but with some interviews with cult experts. The church has stated that the National Geographic documentary was highly inaccurate and inflammatory in nature.
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