Cindy, Doug and their dog Buttercup record a YouTube Live video in the trailer they call home in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
Doug, Cindy and their dogs Buttercup and Ari in their truck in the trailer park get ready for a long day of running errands on behalf of the community.
Cindy takes a mobile call while on her way to the community thrift store in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
Cindy stops the car to offer prayer to one of the Fellowship's members.
Doug and Fellowship members take a break after moving a new delivery of second-hand furniture into the thrift store in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
Detail of a wall of Doug's thrift store. The store must bring in at least $500 every day in order to help the community stay afloat.
Doug manages the movement of boxed goods which are often gifted to other Christian organisations, distributed to homeless people or sold in the Fellowship thrift store.
Doug prays with other Fellowship members in the trailer park where the majority live, wearing a "Jesus" t-shirt.
Fellowship members join Doug in a moment of reflection at a worship meeting circling a bonfire in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
Sean, who has been with the community for around three years, wishes to resolve anger management issues through group prayer at Liberty Farm.
A member of the Fellowship listens to Doug's sermon.
The community’s bicycles stack up alongside cars, trailers and RVs at Liberty Farm located 3.3 miles outside Excelsior Springs close to Rocky Hollow Lake.
Doug in his at-home office in his trailer at Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
Cindy embraces Kerry, a Fellowship member, when she comes to settle a misunderstanding in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
Doug and ex-US Navy veteran Josh regularly visit supermarkets in the area to collect out-of-date food which would otherwise go to waste in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
A member of the Fellowship who struggles with addiction issues hugs Buttercup the dog. Cindy has been doing her best to help her get a job in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
Ross, who currently lives in his car with his wife and is hoping to join the Fellowship, shows off his religious tattoos at the farm in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. The tattoos were hand-poked by another inmate during his time in prison using a guitar string and ashes.
Cindy cares for a woman and her dog at Liberty Farm in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. The police had just dropped off the woman, who was recently released from the hospital, at the farm at the woman’s request.
Cindy and community members Aaron and Chris wait at the entrance of a cave located on Liberty Farm’s land for the drizzle to clear.
The entrance of the cave, used to house members of the Fellowship of the Martyrs.
For the Love of God
Doug Perry calls himself the reluctant leader of a controversial religious community known as the “Fellowship of the Martyrs.” Approximately 50 people live in trailers in a mobile home park and adjacent farm on the outskirts of Excelsior Springs, Missouri; their proximity to a nearby lake has led some in the town to refer to them as the “Rocky Hollow Cult”.
Doug says that in 2004, God told him to save humanity from the New World Order – a secret totalitarian world government – and that Christians needed to unite against it. He believes he channels God’s will in the books he self-publishes and the YouTube videos he regularly records. To help cover the Fellowship’s expenses, Doug runs a 12,000 square foot warehouse and thrift store stocked with donated goods.
Meanwhile his wife, Cindy, manages the people in their community by mediating disagreements, encouraging volunteers to help fix broken trailers, and helping those struggling with addiction, financial insecurity, or mental instability to find their feet.