Bill Mallon's Passing

Weighingin · 05-20-2019, 08:28 PM

I have been notified that Bill Mallon has passed away.
Is there any information available?

Cal · 05-23-2019, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Weighingin

I have been notified that Bill Mallon has passed away.
Is there any information available?

Who was Bill Mallon?

UntoHim · 05-23-2019, 04:44 PM

Bill Mallon was one the first home grown Americans who became one of Witness Lee's "co-workers" back in Los Angeles in the 1960s. Bill and his wife were foreign missionaries before coming to the Local Church. At some point he was sent or migrated to Miami I believe. Later he helped establish the church in Atlanta. Unfortunately for Bill and those around him, they were caught up in the turmoil surrounding Phillip Lee and "the Office" fiasco of the mid-late 1980s. Of course when push came to shove, Witness Lee betrayed Bill and considered him and his 25+ years of service to Lee and his ministry as dispensable.

Lots more to say about brother Bill Mallon. Somewhere on the forum is a long letter he wrote to Lee, resigning from "the work". Maybe someone can dig it up and re-post it here.
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manna-man · 05-24-2019, 08:17 AM

Here's a link to the letter.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/198U...w?usp=drivesdk

If this is so, my heart is heavy but also rejoices for he is in the presence of our Great God and Savior.
Bill and his wife Barbara were awesome peeps.

ZNPaaneah · 05-24-2019, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by manna-man

Here's a link to the letter.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/198U...w?usp=drivesdk

That letter is an amazing window into what it was actually like and the stress elders and leading ones were under. When you read that letter you are not impressed with the love for all the saints, nor are you impressed that "these are the Lord's disciples". Rather they appear to be manipulative, back biting, false witnesses for self advancement.

When I read the entire letter it bothers me the lengths he went to in the first two paragraphs to soften the truth. How many times did he have to say that he respected WL as though everything that followed should not be ascribed to him.

Ohio · 05-24-2019, 09:19 AM

I remember my takeaway finding and reading brother Bill's letter as I departed the program: WL demands loyalty over righteousness, and those who treasure a good conscience before God will always be expelled.

The case of Bill Mallon during the "New Way" movement of the late '80's is a textbook example of the real operation of the Lee family. All personal character and integrity must be sacrificed for unwavering loyalty. Bill Mallon believed that he could appeal to WL's godly sense of decency, uprightness, and honesty to right a wrong. Bill appealed to his personal relationship with WL and his perceived sense of righteousness as an elderly Christian minister.

Brother Mallon found out the hard way how very wrong was his impression of WL and his circle of co-workers. Lee threw Mallon under the bus, making him and John Ingalls into historic examples of what a true MOTA was all about. In so doing, Lee violated every spiritual principle he ever taught from the podium.

05-20-2019, 08:28 PM	#1
Weighingin Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Posts: 95	Bill Mallon's Passing I have been notified that Bill Mallon has passed away. Is there any information available?

05-23-2019, 04:44 PM	#3
UntoHim Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον For God So Loved The World Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,824	Re: Bill Mallon's Passing Bill Mallon was one the first home grown Americans who became one of Witness Lee's "co-workers" back in Los Angeles in the 1960s. Bill and his wife were foreign missionaries before coming to the Local Church. At some point he was sent or migrated to Miami I believe. Later he helped establish the church in Atlanta. Unfortunately for Bill and those around him, they were caught up in the turmoil surrounding Phillip Lee and "the Office" fiasco of the mid-late 1980s. Of course when push came to shove, Witness Lee betrayed Bill and considered him and his 25+ years of service to Lee and his ministry as dispensable. Lots more to say about brother Bill Mallon. Somewhere on the forum is a long letter he wrote to Lee, resigning from "the work". Maybe someone can dig it up and re-post it here. - __________________ αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν - 1 Peter 5:11

05-24-2019, 08:17 AM	#4
manna-man Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fort Lauderdale Florida Posts: 405	Re: Bill Mallon's Passing Here's a link to the letter. https://drive.google.com/file/d/198U...w?usp=drivesdk If this is so, my heart is heavy but also rejoices for he is in the presence of our Great God and Savior. Bill and his wife Barbara were awesome peeps.

05-24-2019, 09:19 AM	#6
Ohio Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Greater Ohio Posts: 13,693	Re: Bill Mallon's Passing I remember my takeaway finding and reading brother Bill's letter as I departed the program: WL demands loyalty over righteousness, and those who treasure a good conscience before God will always be expelled. The case of Bill Mallon during the "New Way" movement of the late '80's is a textbook example of the real operation of the Lee family. All personal character and integrity must be sacrificed for unwavering loyalty. Bill Mallon believed that he could appeal to WL's godly sense of decency, uprightness, and honesty to right a wrong. Bill appealed to his personal relationship with WL and his perceived sense of righteousness as an elderly Christian minister. Brother Mallon found out the hard way how very wrong was his impression of WL and his circle of co-workers. Lee threw Mallon under the bus, making him and John Ingalls into historic examples of what a true MOTA was all about. In so doing, Lee violated every spiritual principle he ever taught from the podium. __________________ Ohio's motto is: With God all things are possible!. Keeping all my posts short, quick, living, and to the point!