Editing Pilgrims of Arès (section)

===Organization and meetings===
The believer has a spiritual and individual freedom. The Pilgrims may be defined as any person who accepts the word of the ''Revelation of Arès''. Two essential elements provide yet cohesive movement, otherwise very disparate and that reject any idea of centralized organization: ''The Revelation of Arès'' and their prophet, Michel Potay. Publishing and disseminating the message of this book is one of the main purposes of the movement. The House of Revelation, in Arès, publishes ''The Revelation of Arès'', and provides bookstores and libraries. Periodicals ''The Pilgrim of Arès'', ''Brothers of the Dawn'' (''Frères de l'Aube''), ''The Egala'h'', ''The Bul'fda'' and pamphlets are also published.<ref>{{cite web |title=Que sait-on de... Arès |url=http://www.prevensectes.com/ares1.htm |publisher=Prevensectes |author=UNADFI |author-link=UNADFI |work=BULLES |language=fr |year=2000 |access-date=26 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420222835/http://www.prevensectes.com/ares1.htm |archive-date=20 April 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The associative structure then responds to these needs.<ref name="Chantin">{{cite book | first=Jean-Pierre |last=Chantin |title=Des sectes dans la France contemporaine : 1905–2000, contestations ou innovations religieuses |place=Toulouse |year=2004 |isbn=2-7089-6855-6 |pages=94–98}}</ref>

As a [[prophet]] who claims that God spoke to him directly, Potay is the founder of the movement, and is the coordinator between the various associations. Sociologist [[Jean-François Mayer]] thinks there is a tendency in sanctifying Michel Potay, but after having invested heavily in conferences and meetings, he is more discreet now. The continuation of the movement is mainly done by believers themselves.<ref name="Chantin"/> Potay died on 9 March 2025.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://michelpotayblog.net/254.html/254-entree.html | title=254 }}</ref>

The Pilgrims of Arès believers are free<ref>{{cite web |title=Religions > Mouvements divers > Mouvements divers – 1 |url=http://www.quid.fr/2007/Religions/Mouvements_Divers/1 |publisher=Quid |language=fr |year=2007 |access-date=26 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130121512/http://www.quid.fr/2007/Religions/Mouvements_Divers/1 |archive-date=30 November 2009 }}</ref> but they are grouped into associations of local mission, called "Assemblies of God." Legally and for practical purposes, they are formed as [[voluntary association]]s. The first assembly was founded in Bordeaux in 1976, followed by a second in Paris in 1978.<ref name="Chantin"/> It was created sixty associations linked to the faith in France, in twenty French cities. These associations publish periodicals, pamphlets, organize conferences and meetings. However, no association represents Pilgrims of Arès in full. One of them, named The Work of the Pilgrimage of Arès, organizes the pilgrimage to the House of the Holy Word.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}