`  == Passing of Patriarch + Firings ==  The following section was deleted from the main page: (It was prodded with the {fact} tag since November) and moved here for discussion. The first sentence was also removed but will be placed below with my reasonings for discussion.  ``Shortly afterwards, he sent a letter to all members announcing the firings, which resulted in approximately 80% of the current membership to leave en masse with their local leaders. At present,some ex-TWI groups either rival or surpass TWI in current membership numbers.``  If we can source those 2 items then this section can go back in.    ``Their presence as organizations became significant in 1989, when L. Craig Martindale fired all Way staff-including local ``branch``, ``territory``, ``limb`` and ``region`` leaders who did not swear an oath of allegiance to him.``   That line was removed as well for discussion only. Are we sure he fired them? Were they all paid staff of The Way International? I am asking for clarity sake and especially because I removed the other sections. I don't have a problem with the sentence I just didn't know how to correct it. Actually wait.. I shouldn't delete it. I will re-enter that line into the article and leave it here as a reference to discuss the word 'fired'. Thanks for understanding!  `