Oakland began as an outreach Bible study from the Tuscola Assembly in 1973. The Houks, the Fredricks, the Chris Millers and others traveled to Tuscola for Sunday worship. The Fredricks left the Tuscola Assembly in 1988. In 1990 the Houks, the Millers and others also left, and began meeting for Sunday worship on their own in Oakland, apart from the Geftakys ministry. The gathering in Oakland wish to make the following statement about their status: "Just to be clear, Oakland was never an assembly started by George. Oakland had a Bible Study outreach only all the years Houks were in the assembly. The fact that they decided some time after they left fellowship to meet together on Sunday mornings, was not Geftakys associated. Houks are very upset that the websites lists the existing Oakland Assembly as though it was started by George. It does not in any way support nor welcome any association with George or anyone involved in the existing Assemblies. Even though they decided to have a basic worship style similar to what they had in Geftakys Assemblies, their Bible teaching is quite different. Not only that, their leadership, structure, meetings and day to day living are nothing like Geftakys teachings."