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Sorry to hear this. Endeavoring to make sense of the evil fraud that is vpw and twi can trigger trauma responses that are as malignant as the crimes suffered - the persistent rotting fruit. It's a trap. I do pray, and I will.

Having studied and reviewed wierwille's history of failures and bloviating.....and reading thru Mrs. W's book a few times.....wierwille traveled up and down the highways for 10 years [1958-1967] running pfal classes and LOTS (90%?) of those pfal grads WENT BACK TO THEIR CHURCHES. People, even after taking the pfal class, did "not stick" with twi. TWI-Gatekeepers No More Wierwille, the malignant narcissist, could not understand this. Why would people having heard "the Word" (cough, cough) NOT want to continue in fellowship and support of The Way Ministry? So, what's an authoritarian to do? Well......tweak language, insert directives and mandates, disguised intentions, etc. ... all with subjugation [control] over others. Inserting little one-liners like "The Word is the ministry and the ministry is the Word"......to ensnare them. "The Word" was/is a generic, all-encompassing term of claiming ownership and sole biblical authority "the ministry" was/is those who faithfully support and affirm that pfal class is foundational truth Deception.....making it appear that two things are congruent, in agreement Wierwille wanted to weld these two terms/concepts together Much like Jesus Christ is THE WAY and twi's corporation "followers of the way" Thus, anyone who LEFT "the ministry" ALSO LEFT "the word" And further, any clergy (or anyone) who left twi did NOT have "the word" Lots of wierwille's one-liners and cliches, when further inspected, were deceptive Wierwille was an opportunist, hustler and grifter. The Van Wert church board voted unanimously to have his name stricken from the church's clergy register. Erased. Forgotten. Good Riddance. Wierwille, then, spent 10 years trying to peddle Leonard's "The Gifts of the Spirit" class to church goers. Very few people thru the years stuck with vpw....except a couple of dozen enablers who got fiefdoms in twi for their efforts. The 1967 film class gave wierwille more time to recruit youth as "class instructors" while he promoted summer camps. More youth. Music. Counterculture. Distance from parents. Night owls. Sex, drugs and rock and roll. Finally, wierwille figured that his best strategy was to have Youth Firebrands front the ministry.....while he drives the country in his secluded motor coach. And, when in public....surround himself with an entourage of yes-men, body guards. Build the mystique as "the man of God" and let the adulation pour in. Marketing 101