Laymen's Home Missionary Movement - Schisms

Schisms

After the death of Pastor Johnson in 1950, Raymond G. Jolly led the movement, but soon there were disagreements with other members:

• John Krewson of Fort Myers, Florida was disfellowshipped in 1955 and formed the Laodicean Home Missionary Movement in Philadelphia.
• John Hoefle of Mount Dora, Florida left the Watchtower Society to join Johnson in 1928, and was disfellowshipped in 1956. He formed his own group, the Epiphany Bible Students Association, and published a newsletter under the same name. He died in 1980 and his wife Emily continued the work until her death in January 2010. The work continues under a board of directors.
• After Hedman's death, another schism arose. The movement took on the name Bible Standard Ministries under Herzig's leadership. As a result the movement began to polarize with dissension in Chicago, Illinois, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Springfield, Massachusetts and classes in California. Other members in the US, Canada and abroad withdrew support of the movement.