Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
Date: April 20, 2017 12:45AM
changedagain Wrote:
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> FCSLC Wrote:
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> > Maybe G-man could give a message about
> forgetting
> > Submission, he could go on a roll.
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> Yes
> I've read from a few posters on this forum,
> familiar with his early days, stating he rose
> quickly up the authority chain after joining the
> fellowship in SD. One poster said he was an
> assistant pastor within 6 months. If so, how did
> that happen? Perhaps just more dedicated,
> submissive than his peers?
I don't think that was difficult. I saw a lot of that in San Diego. All you really had to do was suck up to RD and say the right stuff and you were on your way. This is not to say these guys were "fakes", in fact, most were quite passionate about the "party line", the "word" du jour, etc. All you really had to do was listen to the tapes, learn how to talk the talk and you were on your way. At some point RD would be impressed and would start promoting you to the likes of JRS, etc.
This didn't work well for me, I tended to be objective, scientific and questioned everything -- too much of an engineers perspective I guess. I remember sitting down with my wife and deciding we weren't cut out for this thing and we just stopped attending and never looked back.