This blog post’s mission is to attempt to pull together the more recent history of the cult The Church of the Living Word aka The Walk after the death of the founding leader John Robert Stevens, AKA Shiloh in Kalona, Iowa, Marilyn Farms from a variety of sources published independently. Many former members are seeking a resolution to the years of toxic control. Other members are quiet for their own personal reasons. I am a former member from approximately 1956 or 1957 in Washinton, Iowa. I either visited or was sent with my late ex-husband to a number of other bodies. I “blew out” in 1983 with a newborn baby, a 7-year-old, and a 9-year-old. The videos that I have […]