Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps (Jim & Lila Reidhead)

Aggressive Christianity Missions Training Corps (ACMTC) was founded in California in the 1980s by James (Jim) and Deborah ('Lila') Green-Reidhead as a Pentecostal-revivalist 'spiritual warfare' ministry that adopted explicit military symbology — uniforms with rank insignia, Generals / Colonels / Sergeants leadership titles, and a 'troops' framework for adult and child members. The group relocated to a fortified compound at Berino, New Mexico in 1991, where the Reidheads required all members to surrender outside contact, income, and parental authority over children to the Generals. The 2017 escape of two adult ex-members triggered a New Mexico State Police investigation; in 2018 Deborah Green and four co-defendants — Peter Green, Stacey Miller, Brandon Green, and Joshua Green — were convicted on 30+ counts including child abuse, criminal sexual penetration of a minor, human trafficking, and racketeering. Deborah Green received 72 years state prison; Peter Green 36 years; the other co-defendants 14–24 years each. Court documents established that children at the compound had been routinely beaten with rubber hoses, denied medical care for serious injuries, made to perform forced labour in lieu of formal schooling, and in several cases subjected to sexual abuse by senior 'Generals'. Jim Reidhead died in 2008 prior to prosecution; the residual Aggressive Christianity organisation continues to operate at small scale through the Battle Cry magazine and an online presence under successor leadership. The Albuquerque Journal investigation series (2018) and the Hochman Salkin Toscher 2018–2020 federal-tax-related coverage are the canonical journalistic record.