Doug, Cindy, and the Fellowship of the Martyrs

Cindy and Doug Perry record a YouTube Live video with their dog, Buttercup, in their home in Excelsior Springs, Mo. Their YouTube channel had 21,000 subscribers as of September 2022.

Fellowship members join Doug in a moment of reflection at a worship meeting. The Fellowship of the Martyrs have fortnightly gatherings at Doug’s plot of land called “The Liberty Farm.” These meetings are often accompanied by food and song.

Sean, center, who has been with the community for around three years, wishes to resolve anger management issues through group prayer at Liberty Farm, helped by Violet, Doug and Cindy. Prayers continued as rain begins to fall.

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.

Cindy takes a mobile call while on her way to the community thrift store. Cindy, originally from Texas, first learned about Doug on the internet. She moved to Missouri to join him and his budding community. They have now been married for ten years.

Cindy cares for a woman and her dog at Liberty Farm. The police had just dropped off the woman, who was recently released from the hospital, at the farm at the woman’s request.

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. The tattoos were hand-poked by another inmate during his time in prison using a guitar string and ashes.

Doug and U.S. Navy veteran Josh regularly visit supermarkets in the area to collect out-of-date food which would otherwise go to waste. Food is then delivered to those living in the trailer park or spread on tables outside Doug’s thrift store for needy customers to help themselves.

Doug manages the movement of boxed goods which are often gifted to other Christian organizations, distributed to homeless people or sold in the Fellowship thrift store. The warehouse houses everything from boxes of the board game "Monopoly", hospital beds, clothes horses and bulk crates of kitchen towels.

Doug and Fellowship members take a break after moving a new delivery of second-hand furniture into the thrift store. The store must bring in at least $500 every day in order to help the community stay afloat.

Cindy embraces Kerry, a Fellowship member, when she comes to settle a misunderstanding. Cindy says she tries to encourage Fellowship members to communicate any grievances to her or Doug as soon as possible rather than letting it stew.

Doug, Cindy and their dogs, Buttercup and Ari, get ready for a long day of running errands on behalf of the community.

Cindy pulls her truck over in order to pray with Joe, who will soon be leaving the Fellowship to return to his home in Panama.

Cindy and community members Aaron and Chris wait at the entrance of a cave located on Liberty Farm’s land for rain to clear so they can begin lighting a bonfire for the evening’s worship.