Assemblies of Yahweh
As head ("directing elder") of the Assemblies of Yahweh, Meyer gave up his business career to become a full-time minister in 1970. At some point in the 1970s he undertook a short part-time course leading to the award of an 'associate degree' from Thomas Edison State College.
He wrote extensively in his monthly magazines The Sacred Name Broadcaster and the The Narrow Way, created the conservative Sacred Name Bible, the Sacred Scriptures Bethel Edition and published several books. He established a radio station, WMLK, and two private educational institutions in Bethel, the Obadiah School of the Bible and Dalet School. He travelled to South America, Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and Israel.
There were at least two attempts to oust Meyer from his leadership of the Assemblies of Yahweh, and members defected to other sects such as the Sacred Name Movement. Following Meyer's death in 2010 the leadership was assumed by three of his ten children, who are referred to by their followers as "the Three Fold Cord".
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