[4] C. O. Dodd, a member of the Church of God (Seventh Day) who began to keep the Jewish festivals (including Passover) in 1928, adopted sacred name doctrines in the late 1930s.
[5] American religious scholar J. Gordon Melton wrote, "No single force in spreading the Sacred Name movement was as important as The Faith magazine.
The Assemblies of Yahweh, which is not part of the Sacred Name Movement, came in to being because of the need to have a doctrinally sound, harmonious, organized and unified worship.
These dedicated brethren have become concerned with the widespread disorganization which has been rampant during the past several years in the Sacred Name movement.
We believe that this statement of doctrine will be instrumental in uniting as all under one banner as the Body of the Messiah, and will enable us to give a ready testimony of our faith to all who seek truth, I Peter 3:15.The Sacred Name Movement spurned the Assemblies of Yahweh.