The Way International is a Christian ministry based in New Knoxville, Ohio, with home fellowships located throughout the United States, and in over 35 countries and US territories, including Argentina, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chile, and the UK. It was founded by Victor Paul Wierwille in 1942 as a radio program, subsequently becoming "The Chimes Hour Youth Caravan" in 1947, and The Way, Inc., in 1955. The ministry distributes publications such as "The Way Magazine" through its company, American Christian Press, and has developed and promotes classes and other programs, some of which are in several languages. It formed The Way Corps, a leadership training program, in 1970. The Way offers classes in biblical studies to its followers, prominently "The Way of Abundance and Power" class series. The Way International has given focused attention on first-century Christianity and extensive research into the Church Epistles. It has been described as combining biblical literalism, evangelicalism, Calvinism, ultradispensationalism, and Pentecostalism. The teaching of The Way is based on that "no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation" (KJV translation) and they believe the Bible interprets itself in a variety of ways, which is taught in its studies, classes, and publications.