Twi-Servitude

[T-Bone]

1 hour ago, skyrider said:

 

• If wierwille would have lived another 10 years....... PERHAPS, his plagiarism and sexual predation would have caught up to him and landed his a$$ in prison.

 

 

 

49 minutes ago, Rocky said:

Given the timing of the advent of the internet and trancechat/waydale, my guess would be at least 15 more years. But the f**ker's dead now, thankfully.

 

if wierwille was still alive I bet there’d be a lot of folks believing for him to share a prison cell with Harvey Weinstein and Larry Nassar.

 

[Bolshevik]

The internet and the algorithm are more efficient at creating modern cults.  Wouldn't VPW simply explode at the sight of unlimited, superior, countless sources of competition?

[skyrider]

Wierwille was a phony, pathetic, petty piker.

Doesn't anyone in twi read Mrs. Wierwille's book?  Nearly 70% of this sanitized book, young victor is on a mission to learn from other ministers and plagiarize their work.  He is pictured (standing in the back row with some 220 attendees) at E. Stanley Jones' retreat in North Carolina.  Another picture -- wierwille is a student at Rev. B.G. Leonard's class in Calgary, Alberta.  Wierwille is the student  Is his quest sincere.... or is it merely opportunistic?

Preachers here, there and on the radio.  Wierwille was looking for a shtick that would elevate his status from the rural ministers in Ohio.  Degree-mill papers from Pikes Peak "Seminary."  Snow-on-gas-pumps "revelation" that was contrived in wierwille's ego-head.  Deceptive thru and thru....

His history was phony.  His lifestyle was flawed, drunken, deviant and predatory.  He surrounded himself with enablers who stayed silent in their loyalty to him.... and were rewarded with fiefdoms when the money came pouring into twi's coffers from free-labor exploitation.  

When one walks the halls of the Outreach Services Center (OSC) or visits the Auditorium or BRC..... where are all the pictures on 3,400 corps grads or 800 clergy who helped build The Way International?  Why have all those panoramic pictures that were taken at each Corps Week in the late 70s, early 80s been stored away (or thrown away) from others?  The history is scrubbed.  The pictures are not displayed.  The cult is only displaying their AIR-BRUSHED VERSION of wierwille's ministry.

 

 

[Bolshevik]

30 minutes ago, skyrider said:

. . . and were rewarded with fiefdoms when the money came pouring into twi's coffers from free-labor exploitation.

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Oh . . . please continue on that?  I like how you phrased that. "rewarded with fiefdoms" . . . the MOG almost has a goal and purpose for competency 

[skyrider]

4 hours ago, Bolshevik said:

 

Oh . . . please continue on that?  I like how you phrased that. "rewarded with fiefdoms" . . . the MOG almost has a goal and purpose for competency 

fiefdom 

• the estate or domain of a feudal lord.
• Informal. anything, as an organization or real estate, owned or controlled by one dominant person or group.

Ermal and Dorothy Owens invited wierwille to be a guest speaker at their church in Lynn Grove, Indiana.  With their faithful service and attendance in wierwille's first class..... Ermal became the first Vice President of The Way International.  As trustee, he reported directly to vpw as he oversaw building construction and maintenance work on the property.  Dorothy became first, foremost and always the head organist at twi.  Her fiefdom was to oversee Advanced Classes, Way Family Camps, and teaching Christian etiquette and Christian song service to way corps students.

 

Mal George was the first person wierwille led into speaking in tongues.  In the early 60s, Mal was the only one to teach live pfal classes when wierwille was not available.  Later, Mal was designated as Camp Director to oversee all Way Family Camps with a small staff.  Family Camps were the initial outreach arm of twi before the WOW Program or Way Corps Program.

 

Howard and Emogene Allen were from Kentucky.  Howard worked in a lumberyard as an employee; Emogene was a housewife.  Howard helped oversee the construction of the BRC (built in 1961?).  When wierwille started traveling a lot in the mid-1960s..... Howard drove the camper (and later, the coach).  With many years of dedication, Howard became a trustee in 1977 when Harry died.  He was designated to oversee the root locale of Camp Gunnison.  It was commonly known that wierwille and howard liked to hunt together, deer and elk.  Some have said, that they together also went after "two-legged deer" as well.  And, with building trades as a background, Howard oversaw Way Builders.

 

Emogene rose up thru the ranks of helping with a "church bookstore" to Queen of BookstoreLand.  She used bully tactics to oppress and suppress any rivals.  Not only did her fiefdom extend throughout twi's bookstore, but into the departments of Shipping, Receiving and Warehousing.  And, she had special meetings at the roa to meet with all bookstore personnel in all 50 states, but with international countries as well.  Some under her command in 1981/1982.... noted that she would lock herself into her office every afternoon for an hour to watch her favorite soap drama on tv.

 

Of course, Don Wierwille became a trustee in 1977 when Ermal stepped down.  Don oversaw the Emporia Campus, the corps "curriculum" (cough, cough) and all things related to education.  He was given responsibility over Word in Business and Profession Conferences.  Wanda handled the Housing Department and Interior Decorating with Mrs. Wierwille.

 

There's more...... but that's a running start.

 

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Edited August 13, 2021 by skyrider
typos

[Bolshevik]

28 minutes ago, skyrider said:

fiefdom 

• the estate or domain of a feudal lord.
• Informal. anything, as an organization or real estate, owned or controlled by one dominant person or group.

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This would result in Silo Mentality?  Emogene's use of bully tactics to suppress rivals is noteworthy.

[Rocky]

On 6/27/2021 at 4:37 AM, skyrider said:

Malignant narcissism is a psychological syndrome comprising an extreme mix of narcissism, antisocial behavior, aggression and sadism.  Delving deeper into this mixture, one finds emotional cruelty purposefully manipulating others through the use of fear.  And, throughout this manipulation.....there is an extreme lack of empathy for one's troubles and plight.  Inevitably, one's fear only reinforces and empowers the narcissist.

As corps and staff, I witnessed firsthand cruelty of others by wierwille.  

Here are 3 such incidents:

 

I just saw this meme... and immediately thought of Victor Wierwille.