One thing I have noticed from working at many different companies in the same trade, that each of those companies seem to take on the personality of the owner of that company. Churches are no different, each movement takes on the personality of the leader.
If you trace the history of the Walk, from early on to now, you will see that it had the personality of the leader. I believe the one factor that changed the personality of the leader, and APCO, was the influence of one person, as that one person got more and more of a stronghold in the life of the leader, I am speaking of Marilyn, John changed. Marilyn was put over the tapes in 1963 according to what I have read, so for quite some time she was an influential member. According to many here, there was a change, a drastic change along about the end of the 70s where the church got more disciplinary and controlling, the divorce and remarriage, the divorces started happening all over. When John died, it REALLY changed.
I will cut it short, I think we will see now what sort of man Gary Hargrave is, (or whatever leader takes his place) without the influence of Marilyn, we will see what sort of church the Living Word Fellowship is. Walk 3 will be transformed now into something else entirely. That is my prediction. And you can all look back and notice that it has always been Marilyn that was the biggest factor.
The head of the church is Jesus Christ, the head of a cult, is the leader himself. I think that is the largest factor by far to separate a cult from a sect or a movement or a denomination from a church, is who is exalted, Christ or the leader.
If you trace the history of the Walk, from early on to now, you will see that it had the personality of the leader. I believe the one factor that changed the personality of the leader, and APCO, was the influence of one person, as that one person got more and more of a stronghold in the life of the leader, I am speaking of Marilyn, John changed. Marilyn was put over the tapes in 1963 according to what I have read, so for quite some time she was an influential member. According to many here, there was a change, a drastic change along about the end of the 70s where the church got more disciplinary and controlling, the divorce and remarriage, the divorces started happening all over. When John died, it REALLY changed.
I will cut it short, I think we will see now what sort of man Gary Hargrave is, (or whatever leader takes his place) without the influence of Marilyn, we will see what sort of church the Living Word Fellowship is. Walk 3 will be transformed now into something else entirely. That is my prediction. And you can all look back and notice that it has always been Marilyn that was the biggest factor.
The head of the church is Jesus Christ, the head of a cult, is the leader himself. I think that is the largest factor by far to separate a cult from a sect or a movement or a denomination from a church, is who is exalted, Christ or the leader.