The Living Word Fellowship

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The Living Word Fellowship is a Christian organization that at various times was located in the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico. The group was founded in South Gate, California, by John Robert Stevens in 1951. It has been known in the past informally as "The Walk" or "This Walk," referencing the Christian view that every Christian should have a "personal walk" with Jesus, from 1 John 1:6–7. The fellowship celebrated the Jewish festivals described in the Hebrew Bible, and "It believes in the inerrancy of the Scripture, in the Trinity, in Christ's saving work, and in the various gifts and ministries of the Spirit as taught by the apostle Paul." At its peak in the 1970s, the fellowship had about 1000 member congregations. Its oversight was centered at Shiloh, a farm and retreat site near Kalona, Iowa. Membership declined after founder Stevens's death in 1983 and the fellowship continued to close churches throughout the 1990s. As of early 2018, it comprised around ten primary churches...

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