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California-based religious organization

Not to be confused with Society of friends.

The Fellowship of Friends, also known as Living Presence and the Fourth Way School, is a new religious organization which is non-denominational that has been labelled as a cult by critics, ex-members and some academics.^[1]: 1

Membership and finances

As of 2022, the organization had over 1,500 members, over 600 of whom live in or near the organization's 1200-acre (48 ha) compound named "Apollo" in Oregon House, California, United States.^{[2]: 1 [3]} Members also reside in North and South America, Europe and Asia.^[1]

Members are generally expected to tithe 10% of their income to the organization.^[2][1] In 1994, the organization's chief financial officer stated that the organization had a yearly income of greater than $5 million.^[1] Their total assets were esti