ACMTC's starting location was Sacramento, California, and it finally settled east of the rural town of Fence Lake, in Cibola County, New Mexico, 60 miles (97 km) south of Gallup.

[7] James Green pleaded no contest to child abuse charges and in December 2018 was sentenced to ten years in prison.

In 1988, Maura Schmierer and several others filed a lawsuit against Free Love Ministries for abusive treatment, asking for 20 million dollars in damages.

[19] In their 1987 "Responsibilities of Command" officer's manual, the ministry states its beliefs: We Believe: In the divine inspiration of the Bible (2nd Tim.

[20] The ministry also states its spiritual beliefs that can be found in some of the earliest writings done in 1986 by James Green, (1) His grace is demonstrated that we might be free from captivity, but this freedom is to be used for and unto His ultimate intention.

(2) God always asks that which is impossible to the natural man in order that His people will be dependent upon divine, spiritual resources.

(5) God's pattern is not spurts of consecration and dedication, but a consistent walk leading into a continuous unfolding revelation of His plan and purpose.

[22] In 1989, Jodi Hernandez was part of a group of newspeople that reported on the Aggressive Christians from March to September through KOVR-TV, CBS channel 13 Sacramento.

On November 4, 2005, Jim Maniaci, of the Gallup Independent's Cibola County Bureau in Grants, reported that a co-leader of a religious group was jailed on an aggravated battery with a deadly weapon charge.

[23] In June 2006, Annie McCormick of KRQE, CBS channel 13, Albuquerque, also investigated the Greens with reports from former members and families.

[24] In April 2012, the National Geographic Channel featured the accounts of Maura Schmierer, and of her daughter Rebekah, of their experiences with the group.

[25] Season 2, episode 4 of Dangerous Persuasions on Investigation Discover Channel tells Maura Schmierer's story.