Editing New Message from God (section)

== History ==
Founder Marshall Vian Summers (b. [[Berkeley, California]]) was raised in a conservative [[Episcopalian]] family and worked as a special education teacher for the blind before reporting a "profound encounter" with the Angelic Assembly.<ref name="Liang2"/> Summers described this as the beginning of a process of direct revelation that guided him to record teachings over several decades.<ref name="Liang2"/> His son, Reed Summers, claims that the voice of the Angelic Assembly was audibly recorded during these encounters, asserting this preserves the 'Voice of Revelation' for the first time in history.<ref name="Pakman"/> The first of these texts, ''Wisdom from The Greater Community'', was published in 1990.<ref name="Liang2"/>

Summers explicitly claims the title of "Messenger," asserting that he is part of a lineage of prophets that includes the [[Buddha]], [[Jesus]], and [[Muhammad]], sent to prepare humanity for a new era of global change and extraterrestrial contact.<ref name="Liang421">Liang, 2019, p. 35 (citing "The Lineage of the Messenger").</ref>

Summers later relocated to Boulder, Colorado, which serves as the headquarters for "The Society for the New Message from God," the organization responsible for preserving and disseminating the movement's texts and recordings.<ref name="Liang5">Liang, 2019, p. 5.</ref> The Society manages the "New Knowledge Library" and organizes global outreach efforts.<ref name="Society">{{cite web |title=The Society |url=https://www.newmessage.org/about/the-society/ |publisher=The New Message from God |access-date=November 25, 2025}}</ref>