ForgottenIA Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thank you for the few that have already > acknowledged my post here! > As I’ve been wading through research I’ve > struggled to organize my thoughts (I’m sure that’s > no surprise!). Typically my write ups are mostly > about a physical location, with a little history > of its origins, however
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Thank you for the few that have already acknowledged my post here! As I’ve been wading through research I’ve struggled to organize my thoughts (I’m sure that’s no surprise!). Typically my write ups are mostly about a physical location, with a little history of its origins, however with Shiloh, I believe much more information about the organization is necessary (JRS Iowa ties, TLW history, and d
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In June of 2021, I posted this obsevation after rereading recoverdfinally's post. Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens Posted by: Reepicheep () Date: June 16, 2021 08:48AM The above stories reported regarding YASP in Shiloh are very much in keeping with what I know to be true. I know for a fact that young people in the program fainted, had heat exhaustion, an
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ForgottenIA, Below is one of the earliest posts about Shiloh. It deals exclusively with that person's summer camp experience as a "young adult." If I recall, almost all the posts on this subject deal with experience, very few (if any) about the decisions that went into designing the physical structure of that place. It's likely that most of those who could provide you with
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changedagain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi ForgottenIA, > I suspect most people who have been involved with > Shiloh and have written about their experience in > this forum (now at 1197 pages) are mentally and > emotionally exhausted addressing this topic. The > very first post here, back in 2004, was focused on > Shiloh and the
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Hi ForgottenIA, I suspect most people who have been involved with Shiloh and have written about their experience in this forum (now at 1197 pages) are mentally and emotionally exhausted addressing this topic. The very first post here, back in 2004, was focused on Shiloh and the poster was looking to start a discussion. Of course, this person was met with an overwhelming response. Anyway, don�
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Hello everybody. I am an outsider, and have never been involved with TLW. However, I am working on a story regarding Shiloh, the compound as a physical location. This story will be for a project I've been working on called "Forgotten IA: Lost and Abandoned Places of Iowa". I photographed Shiloh last year before it was torched, however the research for the story has been a doo
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Hello, I remember the Cohasset House, chuch and Jim and Sue. Yeah, I'm one of the twin girls that JRS and The Church helped them adopt us. We lived in several homes as they moved around and even in Cohasset. Funny how none of the many adult females didn't care about what was happening to my sister and I in that house. Probably didn't know or see? Yeah, I finally broke free from Ji
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changedagain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Chicken catching? At least I was spared that. Posted by: fool me twice Date: March 23, 2019 08:01AM kbyrne wrote: Yes, and add to that not just the free labor, sub-minimum wage, but the money that was made FOR TLW from kingdom businesses. I don't know how many times I went "chicken catching."
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Chicken catching? At least I was spared that. A post by 'fool me twice' from March 2019: Posted by: fool me twice Date: March 23, 2019 08:01AM kbyrne wrote: Yes, and add to that not just the free labor, sub-minimum wage, but the money that was made FOR TLW from kingdom businesses. I don't know how many times I went "chicken catching." What a horrible and
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As we head toward the holidays...posts by Reep and kbyrne from December of 2017: Posted by: Reepicheep Date: December 13, 2017 11:24AM This time of year is especially hard for me because of time missed with loved ones during the holidays. Many of those I miss the most have passed away, and that time will never be recovered. I’m sure that I’m not the only one posting here who has this sadn
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More on the 'upward flow' (i.e. enrich the leaders): Posted by: Reepicheep Date: March 21, 2019 08:15AM Unfortunately, there were no outside financial checks or balances in TLWF, only the Annual Shepherd's Report. The ASR kept church members busy counting paperclips every year while never having access to important info like Apostolic Fathering Ministries' salaries or
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changed wrote: > I hear you, dbc. Your posts have been invaluable > here, helping people in similar situations, so > take some comfort in that. Below is your 'coming in at number 11' comment that stuck with me. ;) Posted by: dbc Date: February 23, 2015 09:01AM It's sad to note that a part of the annual School Of Prophets meeting at Shiloh is the designation
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TheycalledmeJonah from January of 2018: Posted by: TheycalledmeJonah Date: January 05, 2018 06:10AM Hey All, I've been a lurker for many months now, and I finally got an account. I'm hoping I can add a bit to the conversation since I have only very recently left the church. In fact, this Sunday will be my first time going to a non-TLWF church on my own accord. I am a young ma
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A few posts by typer from October 2019: Posted by: typer Date: October 24, 2019 08:01AM To Denise Waller Laughlin: My wife came from Iowa to work in the word work in 1976 after she graduated from High School. JRS talked to her and assigned her to the Blix House and then to the Living Word Building in shipping and printing. She had saved $400 which lasted a year. She would like to thank
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the heyday of Shiloh (summer of 1979--400+ people living in building) storming Heaven attempting to give God a black eye If we knew when he took his naps, we could ambush him when his defenses are down. He's been around for a very long time, seen what mankind is capable of, so it stands to reason that he's a frequent napper. #PrayerWarriorStrategy
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From kBOY's WALK TALK Lexicon: Victory Siege = The heyday of Shiloh (summer of 1979--400+ people living in building) storming Heaven attempting to give God a black eye I always think of this when I hear "Under His Eye" in Handmaid's Tale. But really all the heaven stormers achieved was making themselves hoarse and giving themselves PTSD. And God help the poor children wh
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I hear the old MFC farmhouse on the Shiloh property was intentionally burned down 2 nights ago. More purging of the property. I guess all buildings are being cleared out. I wonder if the water tower is next?
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Wow--this is one extensive list. Posted by: kBOY Date: December 24, 2018 07:55PM WALK TALK Lexicon Amphitheater = Facility at Shiloh where the annual July 4th (sometimes on the 3rd) fireworks show took place APCO = Apostolic Company Authority = Ministries claim to exercise the authority of Christ. Congregants must submit to their authority Babylon = Any church or business not associ
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changedagain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > typer wrote: > The violent intercession is back, from what I > hear, online from the Shiloh group of about 40-60 > people. > > Like all the violent intercession in the > Walk/TLWF, it appears to have had the opposite > effect. In fact, I think the best way to > not have something ha
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typer wrote: The violent intercession is back, from what I hear, online from the Shiloh group of about 40-60 people. Like all the violent intercession in the Walk/TLWF, it appears to have had the opposite effect. In fact, I think the best way to not have something happen, is to pray violently for it to happen...persistently "hitting God under the eye," and basically pissing him off.
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Hope you're doing well, typer. From April of 2020 Posted by: typer Date: April 23, 2020 12:26PM I hear quite a few people are moving from San Diego to Arizona right now. I hope they are delivering themselves from the cult; and that San Diego diehards will finally go away and / or find healing from the toxic Julie Larson / Bruce Larson poison and other henchmen like Seebolt and the
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Post by "Wasted" from October 2020: Posted by: Wasted Date: October 30, 2020 03:28PM I have spent a lot of time reading many people’s stories and experiences within the cult that was/is The Living Word Fellowship. It is horrible, disgusting, and I am so sorry for all of those it has impacted. Thank you to so many who have shared. I sincerely hope as you move forward from these e
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The above stories reported regarding YASP in Shiloh are very much in keeping with what I know to be true. I know for a fact that young people in the program fainted, had heat exhaustion, and suffered other serious ailments from doing hours of hard manual labor in the Iowa heat and humidity. I became ill once while guarding the front gate, and I wasn't doing hard labor in the blazing sun...ju
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One of the earliest comments in this forum, back in 2006. It's a description of one young adult's experience at Shiloh summer camp. In a subsequent post, this person says the year was 1992. Posted by: recoveredfinally Date: October 07, 2006 10:46AM Shiloh really was a slave camp. I was forced to work all day long in the blazing heat cutting rose bushes one summer. I fainted fr
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Reepicheep Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > changedagain Wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Onion wrote: > > My cousin in Iowa shared with me that the > > English River offshoot of Shiloh, had an email > > from Steve Seboldt (which was read aloud in > their > > Zoom service) where he
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BTW, I recall one summer while working on a project at Shiloh I was approached by an Apco member that had never spoken to me before. He wanted to let me know that Marilyn (Mom) thought her sex life was dead after John passed, but it had been revived with Gary--better than ever. That was pretty much it. I'm not sure why I needed to know this. Perhaps I was to spread this 'exciting'
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Reep wrote: Hopefully, this will never happen again anywhere in Iowa, especially in what used to be Shiloh. Marilyn's funeral sounds like a clown show. I hope that the illustrious leaders felt good about themselves. Their special seats amounted to thirty pieces of silver for throwing the rest of us to the wolves for so many years. true reveal wrote: Four, at the reception everyone wa
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Posted by: changedagain Date: April 09, 2019 02:16AM If this forum dies, my only request is that it not be buried in the Shiloh cemetery. If this happens anyway, I sincerely hope those attending the funeral are not charged more than $40 per person. I want our forum to always be remembered as being extremely fair. Here is the original post. Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John
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A few posts from April of 2019: Posted by: puddington Date: April 09, 2019 02:17AM Prettyboy - You say that we are letting Gary & Rick win. I’m not really keeping score and I’ve already prepared myself for an outcome where they both walk free. As far as I am concerned, the war is over souls and setting the captives free. By that metric, we won already. So many people are free now. Gar
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