The church had little money and fewer than 100 members. Colo. Here the church quickly attracted followers from the counterculture movement of the mid-60s. Among these new converts were Randall Kosp and Edward Francis. According to Kosp, the Prophets had fierce quarrels over control of the church. In February 1973, Mark Prophet died of a stroke.
Many people quit the church.
Nine days after Prophet died, Elizabeth secretly married Kosp. Six month later, the marriage was made public and official in Idaho. However, Elizabeth retained the surname Prophet and requested that Kosp change his name to King. King made some bad investments which spurred an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service. Fearing the loss of non-profit status, the church changed its name to The Church Universal and Triumphant and moved to California, where it bought a former Nazarene college in Pasadena in 1976.