Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens

kByrne you aren't alone in feeling like you don't fit into another church. A number of posters have expressed that. It's ironical that JRS said rather arrogantly that the LW had ruined us for anything else. I think JRS meant that he gave us pure unadulterated truth when in fact much of what he gave us that came from his own personal so called revelations was false. And that in itself, getting people to believe all your words are God's truth when they are not, can ruin people emotionally and psychologically creating deep trust issues. I recall an Anaheim service in which JRS was on the platform crying crocodile tears and saying, "I've tried to keep this thing pure." I bought into it and yet around me strange and highly unethical things were happening.

I learned here that Mary left (Blix girl) and went on to become a lawyer. She has a website too. I think Shannon left right before JRS married Marilyn. I think Wendy is still in. I think you are correct that many of those girls were fragile. One of the Blix girls was attempting to get me to commit to work full time in accounting as I helped out there briefly for a short time. I knew Marilyn's history about how she strictly ran things and knew enough about myself that I was kind of slacker. I'm thankful I never got sucked into that life of serving JRS.

I also bottled things up for decades before making an effort to look at what happened. I think it is helpful to share memories and stories among people who pretty much may have experienced similar circumstances. Thanks for sharing.