"Releasing Shalom: A Report From Olney"
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Mon Sep 12, 2011 at 11:31:50 AM EST
This is an archived report which originally was posted on April 21, 2007, at ICA apostle Tom Schlueter's Trinity Apostolic Prayer Network website. Shlueter's network was subsequently absorbed into the Texas Apostolic Prayer Network, now headed by Schlueter.

The "Report From Olney" describes ceremonies, carried out by ICA apostles Tom Schlueter, Jay Swallow, John Benefiel, Chuck Pierce, and others, that symbolically represented "divorce" of geographic areas and also people groups (such as Native American tribes) from the demon powers of Baal and Leviathan. The ceremonies were described as including the smashing of Native American art objects, such as matrimonial vases.  
As the report describes the Olney ceremony,

Approximately 130 people gathered at Olney, Texas on Saturday, April 21, 2007. The gathering was hosted by the Trinity Apostolic Prayer network under the leadership of Pastor Tom Schlueter. The meeting was led by Apostles Jay Swallow (Oklahoma and Cheyenne Nation), John Benefiel (Oklahoma Apostolic Prayer Network - OAPN), Tom Schlueter (Trinity Apostolic Prayer Network - TAPN) and Sandy Newman (Kansas). Pastors, leaders and intercessors from Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas were in attendance.

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Tom Schlueter, Director of TAPN, gave an introduction to the day. The gathering had unfolded in response to a p