The 2x2 church—often referred to as “The Truth,” “The Friends”, “The Way,” or “The Church With No Name”—has been the subject of extensive investigative reporting and an ongoing FBI investigation into child sexual abuse within the group. The coverage below is a starting point for understanding the church and the accountability efforts surrounding it.
BBC News · January 2024 · Article
A landmark BBC investigation into decades of child sexual abuse within the church known as The Truth, in which a former minister publicly admits for the first time to abusing a boy in Canada in the 1980s. The report explains how the church’s insular structure—including itinerant ministers who live in members’ homes—left children vulnerable, and notes that a survivor hotline had received more than 700 names of alleged perpetrators.
BBC News · February 2024 · Article
The BBC reports that the FBI has opened an investigation into the church widely known as the 2x2s, The Way, The Truth, and The Church With No Name, weeks after the BBC’s own reporting on child sexual abuse within the group. The article details the FBI’s public appeal to identify victims and the work of Advocates for The Truth, the survivor-founded group whose hotline gathered hundreds of perpetrator names.
ABC News / Hulu (IMPACT x Nightline) · June 2024 · Documentary
A Hulu Original documentary from ABC News’ IMPACT x Nightline drawing on a year-long investigation into the 2x2 Church, where itinerant ministers live in members’ homes and hundreds of former members allege childhood sexual abuse. The program examines claims that abuse reached the organization’s top leadership, was covered up for decades, and is now the subject of an FBI investigation.
KXLY 4 News Now (Spokane) · August 2024 · Article
An in-depth look at the sect known as the 2x2s, The Truth, or The Way as it operates in Spokane and the Inland Northwest, now under FBI investigation over widespread allegations of child sexual abuse. Survivors and advocates describe a pattern of abuse being handled internally rather than reported to authorities, with a survivor hotline identifying more than 900 alleged perpetrators.
ABC7 News (San Francisco) · January 2025 · Article
A local investigation into the Two by Twos’ presence in the San Francisco Bay Area, where former members describe abuse by ministers who stayed in congregants’ homes. The report documents how men with prior convictions for child sex crimes remained affiliated with the group, while local church leadership denied knowledge of misconduct.
FOX 10 Phoenix · February 2025 · Article
Former members describe how the Two by Two church’s secrecy and its practice of placing ministers in family homes created conditions where abuse could go unchecked. The report notes the November 2024 sentencing of church elder Raymond Zwiefelhofer to 120 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor, and that more than 2,000 victims have reported over 900 alleged perpetrators to a survivor hotline.
Daily Maverick (South Africa) · July 2025 · Video
A Daily Maverick video investigation examining the global child sexual abuse allegations against the Two by Twos from a South African vantage point. South African members share their accounts, and the piece confirms that both the FBI and the South African Police Service have active investigations into historical abuse within the organization.