Leaderboard

I would say it is a mixed bag. At the lowest level leaders are controlled. And the better ones try and shield followers from that impact. Has it changed to produce a "kinder gentler front"? Yes rfr has done that and open vicious swearing confrontations are no more mostly. Now she meets with high level leaders behind closed doors and fires people or kicks them out. But there is still the same viciousness of intent and devastation to people's lives. 98% of the people who went through their 4 year training program are no longer willing to even associate with the Way. Those that do are in a demoted state. What other church has even close to those negative numbers? And this is nothing to brag about under a many are called few are chosen false bravado. This is a ministry sucking the life and youth out of people then throwing them on a trash pile when they are middle aged to older with life responsibilities. There are so many case studies of this. For example go look up previous VP s on Linked In. Low level coordinators are currently singled out whether they have debt or not and if they do have a diminished title. Previously they weren't allowed to lead with a mortgage due to the Way's extreme doctrine on debt. the way will always present a kind gentle front. Otherwise they wouldn't exist at all. But you can't mask the evil at the top for very long. The wizard behind the mask slips, exposes something or makes a comment revealing their true intentions. And people leave after that. They realize the leaders of the organization only care about themselves and protecting their little kingdom at all costs. And make no mistake they are shunned when they leave, instructed to do so by leadership. Every bit as dramatic as an Amish shunning. But people will lie about that all day long. Now you could make a case for some higher numbers of people leaving, but 98%? That is more like Proverbs telling you wisdom cries out from the streets. But youth seldom listens to wisdom without personal impacting experience. So imo all you can do is keep loving them and communicate and be there to pick up the pieces when they fall. Like a good parent. A non way brained parent. A parent more like my own parents and less like the parent rfr is.

John Schoenheit was a grad of the 6th Corps and a member of the research team from Aug. 1983 (at least) - Oct. 1986 when he got fired for writing the paper on adultery. I worked with him on the research team at HQ from Aug. 1984 - Aug. 1986. His focus was Old Testament history and Oriental customs. He taught classes on these topics to the Way Corps. He often answered research-oriented letters from people who wrote to VP or Walter Cummins, the head of the research dept. Often his answers were published in the Way Magazine. He headed up the trip to the Bible Lands in Oct. 1985. His approach to interpreting the Bible is much the same as VPWs - fundamentalist in nature.