(Photo: Kathleen Woods Klein preaching at Kingdom of God Global Church on January 18, 2026.)

This week a grand jury indicted Prophetess Kathleen Woods Klein, a leader in televangelist David E. Taylor’s Kingdom of God Global Church (KOGGC),  charging her with Conspiracy to Commit Forced Labor. The Justice Department disclosed the indictment in press release published Thursday.

Klein is the third church leader to be indicted, following last year’s indictment of Taylor and Michelle Brannon. In addition to allegations of money laundering, the KOGGC leaders are accused of forcing church members to work without compensation in call centers operating from church parsonages.

Following the August 27, 2025, arrests of Taylor and Brannon, prophetess Klein (she rarely uses the last name Klein in church events, opting to use her maiden name Kathleen Woods), preached at KOGGC claiming that Taylor would be vindicated by God.

KOGGC is often described as a cult because of the authoritarian manner in which the organization operated. According to the indictment, “Taylor, Brannon and Klein told victims that, if they leave KOGGC, they will be met with divine judgment in the form of physical harm and eternal damnation.”

The superseding indictment includes examples of threatening text messages Taylor, Brannon and Klein sent to call center workers.

 

(Screenshot: Sample of text messages Klein sent to call center workers. Appears on page 12 of indictment.)

The indictment also  reports, “Taylor frequently requested and received sexually explicit photographs and videos from female KOGGC/JMMI victims and, in some instances, victims were fearful of disobeying Taylor and sent Taylor what he demanded.” (The predecessor organization to KOGGC was Joshua Media Ministries International known by the acronym JMMI.)

Klein appears to be discouraging Taylor’s female victims from going public with complaints. While preaching last year, Klein said, “Look at around the world and just see how many women are Me Too movement … I want to tell my story. I got to tell my story. And I’m not saying you don’t have a story to tell, but if it doesn’t line up with the love of God, if it doesn’t line up to accomplish the purposes of God, it is satanic and demonic.”