In 1975, he was expelled from the church for preaching without credentials. He continued his independent ministry, which in 1982 became the Deeper Life Bible Church. By the early 1980s that small group had grown to several thousand, at which time Deeper Life Bible Church was formally established.
In 1975, he was ejected from the church for proclaiming without credentials. He persisted in his autonomous ministry, which by 1982 evolved into the Deeper Life Bible Church. By the early 1980s, that small group had expanded to several thousand, at which point Deeper Life Bible Church was formally founded.