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I’m hopeful about the changes to the inner-workings of TWI…I wonder what it will look like 10 or 20 years down the road – provided it would last that long, of course… …is it possible for a cult to transition into something less harmful and controlling     ? (pardon my shameless plug of another thread…oh how subliminal of me )…I’m not rooting for TWI or endorsing the organization in any way – just saying I can’t help but feel hopeful anytime I hear of what seems like positive changes and that just might eventually gum up the works. Imagine some techno-thriller fantasy about a monstrous piece of machinery especially designed to irritate and frustrate others…saboteurs that were assumed to be maintenance personnel are afoot periodically pouring just a tablespoon of sand directly into the carburetor of the engine of this machine…sand in the machinery of strife …now the system designed to irritate and frustrate others gets a taste of its own medicine…The sand particles will grind between the pistons and cylinder walls, degrading them…eventually the seals are compromised…combustion efficiency goes way down…performance gets worse and worse…smoke pouring out the tailpipe…sluggish acceleration…the engine guzzling more and more oil… …voila ! You’ve got a veritable WOW-mobile on your hands !!!!...eventually the WOW-mobile goes kaput…a lot of folks leave the field and go back to normal lives…a few diehards get the WOW-mobile towed to Big Daddy Vic’s Shady Chop Shop and turn it into a Klunker-offshoot…end of story…or is it?

Lonnell was in the 2nd (Second) Corps with me. Facts matter. Cheers!

Yes......Lonnell Johnson, 5th corps, ordained clergy. He exited twi in late 70s, early 80s.......and got his PhD. Smart. Successful. Strong Christian.

I remember Angela and Perry from a few years ago; good people. i also seem to recall Angela's PhD was related to child psychology. Anyway, i think to get anywhere in the field, a PhD is pretty much a necessity. I do remember a Lonnel Johnson from years ago, a pharmacist, if i remember correctly, as well as an author. thats my $0.02.

Hi GreaseSpotters, This is Charlene checking in to say HI and let you know that you can read a FREE chapter of my memoir about being in the Way during the early 1970s and 1980s. I was on the biblical research team. To read Chapter One, "Hiding in Plain Sight" click here. A little about me: I am Charlene Lamy Edge formerly known in The Way as Charlene Lamy then Charlene Bishop. I graduated from the second Way Corps in 1973. My memoir, Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International was published November 21, 2016. It is available in paperback and eBook at major booksellers and independent bookstores. Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9978747-0-9. In 1970, college students at ECU, who were grads of PFAL, recruited me to The Way. I gave The Way 17 years of my life. From August 1984 to August 1986 I worked on the Biblical Research Team at Way headquarters in Ohio, specifically on the Aramaic Concordance project. In 1987, I escaped from The Way headquarters with my family and disassociated myself from the organization for good. MY WEBSITE: https://charleneedge.com