The Living Word Fellowship is a Christian cult[1][2][3] that at various times was located in the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico.
[6][2][5] The fellowship celebrated the Jewish Old Testament festivals, 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.
Membership declined after founder Stevens's death in 1983[3] and the fellowship continued to close churches throughout the 1990s.
[4] In late November 2018, in the wake of a sexual misconduct scandal within its branches, The Living Word Fellowship closed down the organization and its central governing body.
The lawsuits claim that Living Word employees and officials sexually abused these women when they were minors.