to the Seventh-day Adventist Church leadership shortly before the termination of the 42 months on April 22, 1959. Mrs. Houteff's challenge stated that the fulfillment of her prediction would determine whether her late husband's message was true or not. April 22, 1959, passed without the predicted events materializing. Confusion and embarrassment set in and the Davidian movement continued to fracture. Many adherents left. In 1962, another group of Davidians sent a protest letter to Seventh-day Adventist Church leadership, rejecting Houteff's 42-month prediction. This group went to California to reorganize and continue the distribution of Houteff's original literature. These individuals became the forerunners of the Davidian Seventh-day Adventist Association of today. Houteff announced her intention to disband the Davidian organization, with the assets to be sold off and the proceeds disbursed among her Executive Council. This arrangement was opposed by many members. She and the Executive Council members that remained loyal to her resigned on March 1, 1962, took five thousand dollars in cash with them, and left the remaining assets in the hands of a lawyer for distribution. Most of the Mount Carmel Center property ended up in the hands of the EE Ranch, but the Branch Davidians retained a core around the administrative building. Resulting groups Branch Davidians Advanced Truth Laymen's Movement, Florida General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, Waco, Texas Mt. Carmel Center, Salem SC (Adair) General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, Mountaindale, NY Bashan Hill, Exeter, Missouri (Bingham) Assembly of God, Eldon, Iowa In popular culture One faction of the Shepherd's Rod known as the Branch Davidians was involved in a siege at the Mount Carmel Center in 1993, in which both law enforcement agents and Branch Davidians were killed. This event received significant sustained media attention. Eight of Victor Houteff's prophetic charts were featured in an art exhibit entitled "At the Eleventh Hour" at Cabinet in Brooklyn, New York, in 2009. Name Followers of Victor Houteff's writings are referred to as The Shepherd's Rod (or The Rod), but also use the term to refer to Davidian Seventh-day Adventists. The appellation "Shepherd's Rod" is derived from the title of a two-volume series authored by Houteff, the first volume of which was released in 1930. In both volumes of his work, Houteff made references to the biblical book of Micah: The Lord's voice crieth unto the city and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: Hear ye