New Religious Movements Assignment - Church of All Worlds

By wsawyer

  • CAW inspiration

    Richard Lance Christie and some of his friends are fascinated by Abraham Maslow's self actualization concepts. The group also read the sci-fi novel "Stranger in a Strange Land" which acted as inspiration for their church

  • CAW is made official

    Timothy Zell files for CAW's incorporation as a church.

  • CAW expands

    The Church of All Worlds has expanded to have "nests" in more than a dozen U.S. states. Zell gets married.

  • Zell steps down

    Zell steps down as a leader of the church, leading to most of it dissolving

  • The church is reborn

    Zell takes up the mantle again after the church relocates and revamps the "nest" structure.

  • CAW becomes an umbrella organization

  • One of the subsidiaries makes unicorns

    The Zells surgically manipulated the horn buds of baby goats to make the horns grow into one, much like the mythological unicorn.

  • CAW becomes legally incorporated in Australia

  • CAW utilizes the internet to attempt to restore the Delphi Oracle

    They held virtual rituals.

  • CAW is terminated

    They were having legal and financial struggles.

  • CAW is reestablished

    The Zells are in charge again.
  • Period: to

    CAW thrives