Gays and lesbians are not allowed to join. Many other conservative Christians believe that everyone is born a heterosexual but that some individuals become addicted to homosexual behavior. Gays, lesbians, mental-health professionals, human sexuality researchers and others believe that homosexual orientation is a normal, natural orientation for a minority of persons, and is beyond a person's control. They view their organization as a tree. The trunk represents the national organization.
Limbs are the individual state and provincial organizations.
Branches are local groups. Twigs are individual home study groups, sometimes called the Abundant Live Church . Leaves are the individual members. This consisted of 12 sessions, each of about 3 hours duration. Some later joined twig home fellowships.