Doug Perry refers to himself as “the reluctant leader” of a 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. To help cover the community’s expenses Doug runs a 12,000 square foot warehouse and thrift store stocked with donated goods.

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. But he believes that churches and Christian organisations have been corrupted by capitalism and that greed stands in the way of unity. According to Doug, he channels God’s will in the books he writes and the YouTube videos he regularly records.

Meanwhile his wife, Cindy, manages the people in their community by mediating disagreements, getting volunteers to fix broken trailers and helping those struggling with addiction, financial insecurity or mental instability to find their feet.