Deliverance ministry

== Sources of demonic presence ==
According to believers in oppression, demons are believed to be able to enter a person's life in many different ways.<ref name=":0" /> Some believe that objects, by their very nature, harbor demons; for example, certain types of literature, especially if it leads the reader to question their faith and other media such as [[fantasy]]/[[Horror fiction|horror]] [[Novel|novels]] or films, [[Dungeons & Dragons|Dungeons and Dragons]] or other types of [[Role-playing game|role-playing games]], [[Compact disc|CD]] recordings of alleged [[Satanic panic|satanic]] music, art with non-religious or [[Blasphemy|blasphemous]]/sinful themes, or artifacts depicting [[Deity|pagan gods]]. [[Religious text|Sacred texts]] (false religious texts) or simple decorations from a non-Christian religion may also be a hiding place for demons. Other types are objects with a [[sin]]ful history (e.g. a piece of [[Jewellery|jewelry]] from an [[Adultery|adulterous]] relationship, an object purchased with [[greed]], etc.).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=McCloud, Sean, Verfasser.|title=American possessions : fighting demons in the contemporary United States|year=2015|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-020538-6|oclc=950475394}}</ref>

Demons can also be said to "[[Ancestral sin|run in families]]." The usual cause is ancestors who were [[Satanism|Satanists]], [[Freemasonry|Freemasons]], or [[Witchcraft|witches]], or who died unrepentant of terrible sins such as abuse, adultery, or murder. Some claim that negative traits and practices run in families because of the demonic presence that is passed down from parent to child.<ref name=":0" /> Others claim that physical ailments and persistent problems such as [[poverty]] and addictive behaviors ([[drug]]s, [[pornography]], etc.) can be caused by ancestral sin and the resulting [[family curses]].