VKocsis, I am not well educated on the early years of TLWF. Can you elaborate on how JRS was involved with what you described? Did he know Bill Grier? Just trying to get a full picture of the course of early events.

lone.wolf,

Bill Grier was a pastor in The Walk during the late sixties and seventies. He was a high school teacher and pastor in Fallbrook, CA and later pastored in Claremont, N.H. He apparently joined another group called The Move, founded by Sam Fife, after leaving The Walk. He is currently a leader of Whitestone Farm in Delta Junction, AK, which is part of The Move group.

A recent sermon by Bill Grier for your listening enjoyment...notice that the song at the beginning is a Walk chorus from the seventies.

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Welcome Pressing On

Sometimes I go days and miss a lot of posts then try to catch up. I am not sure when you first posted- and with the survivor site now--it is hard going back and forth. But welcome to you and keep posting

An interesting link to the Move of God (Sam Fife) that Vennie Kocsis was involved with (and Bill Grier still is):

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Reepicheep

(((Hugs))

Update today from TLWF website regarding the independent investigation that will take place:

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Thanks, kBOY and Reepicheep for the additional info!

kBOY, I also found an entire page dedicated to The Walk / The Living Word Fellowship on the website you referenced.

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To Past and Present Members of The Living Word Fellowship Churches


Like you, we were profoundly saddened by the reports of sexual misconduct from a former member of our congregation. We have become aware of other allegations of misconduct, in part through recent correspondence from current and former members of our congregation.

The Living Word Fellowship takes seriously its duty to ensure the safety of its congregation and the integrity of its leadership. We are committed to conducting a thorough investigation of any and all acts of alleged sexual and related misconduct reported.

To this end, and as promised, The Living Word Fellowship has appointed a neutral, independent investigator to head up an investigative committee to investigate these claims.

Aisha Shelton Adam of the Reddock Law Group will lead the investigation of specific reports received recently by The Living Word Fellowship and will investigate any new allegations of sexual misconduct against current or former members of The Living Word Fellowship congregation that we may receive.
She will be assisted, as appropriate, by Rick Harris, a Pastor and a retired Los Angeles Police Department Officer, and Jeff Cortina, a Sergeant and former Detective with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Shelton Adam will review The Living Word Fellowship’s records to determine whether the Living Word Fellowship received previous reports of alleged sexual misconduct and, to the extent such allegations exist, Ms. Shelton Adam will further investigate or follow up with those reports as warranted. Ms. Shelton Adam will have full access to The Living Word Fellowship personnel and all necessary files and records in order to support her investigation.
Neither Ms. Shelton Adam, nor anyone from the Reddock Law Group, nor Mr. Harris has worked previously for The Living Word Fellowship or has any existing connections to The Living Word Fellowship.
Cortina has been a congregant of Church of the Living Word, a Living Word Fellowship Church, since 1994, and may participate in the investigation to the extent Ms. Shelton Adam deems appropriate.
The specific scope of the investigation will be incidences of sexual misconduct or other inappropriate physical interaction occurring within any of the churches of The Living Word Fellowship from the early 1990’s (when the Apostolic Company was formed) until the present.
We strongly encourage anyone with knowledge of any sexual misconduct by any current or past leaders or staff at any of The Living Word Fellowship churches to contact Aisha Shelton Adam right away:

Email: tlwfinvestigation@reddocklaw.com
Phone: (213) 342-6812
We are committed to protecting your confidentiality.

Shelton Adam will safeguard the identity of anyone who reports information to her confidentially, if the individual wishes; and
She will not share that identity in her final report or anywhere else without the individual’s consent, except in situations where law mandates a report to government authorities or where, in the judgment of the committee, a report to those authorities is necessary to protect a minor from harm.
These actions reflect The Living Word Fellowship’s genuine commitment to examining all reports and allegations of sexual misconduct.

Oh wow. TLWF hired an attorney to investigate itself. Isn't that novel?