when did john robert stevens, the living word fellowship die?
John Robert Stevens (August 7, 1919 â June 4, 1983) founded The Living Word Fellowship in the 1950s and was the movement's leader until his death. Stevens was born in Story County, Iowa, his parents, Eva Katherine and William J. Stevens, moved the family to California in 1929, during the Great Depression; in Los Angeles they attended the Angelus Temple, founded by Aimee Semple McPherson.