Editing Jesus Christians (section)

====Californian Whipping Trial====

[[File:Joseph Johnson Jesus Christian.jpg|thumb|Jesus Christian, Joseph Johnson, South London, 2006]]

In October 2006, Jesus Christians in the United States, along with Dave and Cherry McKay, held a mock trial in [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], [[California]] where they charged the parents and two brothers of one of their members, Joseph Johnson, with attempted murder and with aiding and abetting others in doing this. It followed an attack on one of their members, Reinhard Zeuner, in which he received a fractured spine, bleeding on the brain, broken teeth, and numerous cuts to the head and face. An amateur video was made of the attack<ref name=":1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cemriEzDiQk Christian Bashing Covered up by Police]. YouTube. Retrieved on 2010-11-26.</ref> but the police never prosecuted the case. Although the family did not attend the trial, various sentences of 5–25 lashes of the whip were carried out on volunteers from the Jesus Christians themselves, as an attempt to illustrate their understanding of the cross of Christ. "God hates the sin, but loves the sinner", they said, in an effort to summarize what they were doing. ("The Trial")<ref>[https://jesuschristians.com/media-section/controversies/the-whipping-trial The Trial]. jesuschristians.com (Media section) Updated on 2019-10-28.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Whipping Trials |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrHDDNHZGM0&t=180s |website=A Voice in the Desert Exposed! |publisher=YouTube |access-date=9 May 2025}}</ref>