Christian woman has dramatic thrashing episode as she meets celebrity female pastor at book signing

Published: 19:50, 17 July 2026 | Updated: 19:55, 17 July 2026 A woman thrashed on the floor while others screamed, shook and collapsed during a celebrity pastor’s book signing at a Barnes & Noble. The scenes unfolded as Kathryn Krick, the self-described ‘apostle’ and lead pastor of Five-Fold Church in Los Angeles, addressed more than 200 people at the Houston bookstore. Krick, 35, practices what her ministry calls spiritual ‘deliverance,’ which it describes as freeing people from demonic forces. She characterized the attendees’ intense physical reactions as encounters with God’s power and evidence of a religious ‘revival.’ Footage shared by Krick shows one woman approaching the signing table visibly emotional as her right hand begins to shake. Within seconds, the woman’s torso began jerking and her head snapped backward as two people moved in to support her. Her knees eventually buckled and she arched backward over a folding chair while a man cradled her head before she was lowered onto the bookstore floor. The video then cut to other attendees crying, screaming, doubling over and slumping in their chairs as Krick touched or gestured toward them. Kathryn Krick met more than 200 followers during a May 12 talk and signing for her book Ignite Revival at a Barnes & Noble in Houston One attendee began trembling after approaching Krick’s table before the shaking appeared to spread through her body The woman’s knees buckled before she arched backward over a folding chair and was lowered to the bookstore floor  Kathryn Krick leads a global church called 5F Church, based in Los Angeles, California During one interaction, Krick could be heard commanding something to ‘leave her body,’ apparently performing what her ministry describes as spiritual ‘deliverance.’ Text superimposed over the footage declares: ‘God’s power is not limited to the four walls of a church.’ Krick said the reactions occurred during her message and continued as attendees approached her to have their books signed. ‘Revival broke out in this bookstore!’ she wrote in an Instagram caption. She claimed people began ‘falling out of their seats’ as she spoke. ‘Person after person was touched as they came to get their books signed, and I was left in awe of the tangible love of God that filled the store,’ she wrote. ‘Many were set free, some received impartation, and others were touched powerfully by God’s love. Hallelujah!’ Five-Fold Church describes its mission as bringing Christian revival around the world and restoring practices it believes have been lost from the early church. The edited footage showed other attendees crying, shouting and slumping in their chairs as Krick touched or gestured toward them Krick described the event as a ‘revival’ and said attendees had been ‘set free,’ ‘received impartation’ or been touched by God’s love According to its website, the church teaches that God’s power can ‘deliver the oppressed and heal the sick.’ The ministry also says its followers are called to ‘heal the sick, cast out demons, and raise the dead’ by acting as vessels for what it describes as God’s anointing. That ‘anointing,’ the church says, can be passed to others through a practice known as ‘impartation.’ She provided no evidence to support the purported healings or demonic deliverances. The Daily Mail has contacted Krick and Five-Fold Church for comment.