Invisible that's a good point. Within the Walk I am aware that Francis Frangipane, David Cokas, and Mike Sthuler (he was from Southgate and has a different name now which I can't remember) all broke away from the LW and started their own churches. Maybe there are others we don't know about. There was discussion on the forum that G&M feared that John Miller might have taken a following with him when he left but it appears that didn't happen. Apostle Dog once posted that he wished his small group had formed a church after John died. During my time, I recall many ministries had aspirations and felt a call to be pastors. Then when the second or third generation took over it was as if the first generation was put out to pasture.
For myself I think there are probably many ministries in the world who have charisma and aren't cultish so I don't rely too much on the charisma factor in my thinking about cults. I think most likely charisma is probably in the eye of the beholder. I don't think G&M had/have the charisma factor but I think G was/is a persuasive communicator with the ability to highjack minds.
BTW if I had started a new church after I broke away I would have borrowed from Ravi Zacharias and called it "Let My People Think" and made sure there were no work days. lol
For myself I think there are probably many ministries in the world who have charisma and aren't cultish so I don't rely too much on the charisma factor in my thinking about cults. I think most likely charisma is probably in the eye of the beholder. I don't think G&M had/have the charisma factor but I think G was/is a persuasive communicator with the ability to highjack minds.
BTW if I had started a new church after I broke away I would have borrowed from Ravi Zacharias and called it "Let My People Think" and made sure there were no work days. lol