Twi Began Its Independent Undertaking -- December 19, 1957

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On 10/3/2020 at 2:18 AM, skyrider said:

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Victor Paul Wierwille lied about the date of The Way International's founding.

Dorothea Kipp Wierwille denied that date and told us the true date of TWI's founding.

The first Sunday of October has always been twi's celebration of their "Anniversary Weekend".......but when one reads Mrs. Wierwille's book, the anniversary was NOT in October and NOT in 1942.

 

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Page 219 in Mrs. Wierwille's book, Born Again to Serve, quote.....

• "We began our independent undertaking by having meetings in this Washington Street home on Thursday evenings and late Sunday afternoons.  The first Thursday evening fellowship was held on December 19, and the first Sunday meeting, on December 29, 1957."

So, who you going to believe?  Victor Paul Wierwille or Dorothea Kipp Wierwille?

To look at the Vesper Chimes broadcast as twi's beginning when wierwille was a pastor at St. Jacob's Evangelical and Reformed Church in Payne, Ohio stretches credulity to the limit.  In no way, shape or manner did victor paul wierwille have any inkling of a "class-based, independent ministry" in 1942.  Wierwille was rooted in the denominational structure of the church......and by listening to Rev. Fuller's radio broadcast each week, wierwille crafted this plagiarist path to get his voice heard to a wider audience.  No revelation from above.  No originality.  Just wierwille studying the religious landscape to up his influence.

 

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I never did get that anniversary date.  Never made any sense to me.

[Grace Valerie Claire]

On 10/23/2017 at 11:51 AM, skyrider said:

Some background that preceded this letter.........page 234

"Since the November 16, 1958 meeting, believers had again worked on plans for starting The Way Biblical Seminary.  One proposed location for the seminary was the Wierwille farm.  The solicitation of funds to begin work on the seminary found resistance at the meeting of the Miami Valley Group.  The Way branch in Troy, Ohio, said that they wanted the farm of The Way in New Knoxville to be kept separate from the spiritual arm of the ministry. They wanted to be sure that their money was going to help spread the work of the ministry and not to help pay off the mortgage at the farm or for the business of the farm.  They wanted a seminary to be started but at a location other than the Wierwille farm."

"In responding to this concern, H. E. Wierwille gave a detailed report on how the farm had been given to The Way by his brother Victor and himself.  None of the money from any graduates of the Power for Abundant Living classes had been used thus far in work done at the farm or for business related to the farm."

In reading thru mrs. w's accounting of this time period.......it is clear that Troy, Piqua, Dayton and Columbus areas were growing hubs of outreach.  Wierwille taught an "advanced class" in Troy, OH from June 30 - July 11, 1958. 

Still "headquartered" on Washington Street in Van Wert at this time, plans were formulating towards establishing "a new headquarters" at the Wierwille Homestead now that Old Man Wierwille died and the farm was inherited by Vic, Harry and Reuben.  Dissention was growing.....and trust to keep money separate from the business side of the farm was evaporating.

The First Exodus of TWI.............was the Troy/Piqua believers.

Sky, wow!!  I didn't know this. Thanks for the information.