Early Life
Meyer was born in Bethel, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He grew up in a conservative, religious German-descended family, and was active in his local congregation. He studied at the Evangelical Congregational School of Theology (now the Evangelical Seminary) in Myerstown, PA. While there, Myer became concerned that professors, teachers and theologians who confirmed that the biblical name of God was Yahweh used terms such as God outside the classroom. Believing that liberalism was undermining the Church of the Brethren denomination to which he belonged, Meyer and his wife began to look for alternative religious groups including Sacred Name Movement groups.
Meyer returned to Bethel in 1964, was ordained in 1965, and in 1966, aged 30, founded the Assemblies of Yahweh.
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