ɪt wʌz dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðɪs tˈaɪm ðæt bɹˈɛdɛsən mˈɛt ænd bɪkˌeɪm klˈoʊs fɹˈɛndz wɪð dʒˈɔːɹdʒ ˈoʊɾɪs, fˈaʊndɚɹ ʌv bˈaɪbəl vˈɔɪs, ænd ˈɜːli ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti ɹᵻloʊkˈeɪɾᵻd fɹʌm hɪz hˈoʊm ɪn mˈaʊnt vˈɜːnən tʊ ˈoʊɾɪs hˈaʊs ɪn sˈʌðɚn kˌælɪfˈoːɹniə, ænd pɹˈaɪɚ tə lˈiːvɪŋ hiː ænd ɐ vˈɪzɪɾɪŋ bɹˈʌðɚ hˌuː hæd ˈɔːlsoʊ bˌɪn mˈɑːɹkᵻdli ɐfˈɛktᵻd baɪ bɹˈɛdɛsən, skˈɑːt ɹˈɔs, ɔːɹdˈeɪnd θɹˈiː lˈoʊkəl bɹˈʌðɚz tə kəntˈɪnjuː wʌt hæd bɪkˌʌm ɐn ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndənt bˌʌt nˈɑːnˌɪnstɪtˈuːʃənəlˌaɪzd hˈaʊs tʃˈɜːtʃ.
It was during this time that Bredesen met and became close friends with George Otis, founder of Bible Voice, and early in 1970 relocated from his home in Mount Vernon to Otis' house in southern California, and prior to leaving he and a visiting brother who had also been markedly affected by Bredesen, Scott Ross, ordained three local brothers to continue what had become an independent but non-institutionalized house church.