COGwriter in front of the Church of the Revelation in Patmos Every now and then, I deal with some of the inaccurate comments directed at me on the internet, and because I do not want one item (the eldership issue) to become an “urban legend”, I thought I would deal with […]
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UCG: Improving Ties In Jordan
The July 2007 edition of UCG’s “United News” reported: Young Adults Chosen for Jordan Youth Corps Project Two are set to teach in Jordan this year, and 10 to 15 will serve next summer in a six-week project. by David Register Matthew Bates and Mary Ann Miller have been chosen to serve as United Youth […]
WCG: Ordinations and Myrtle Beach
In the July-August edition of Together (Worldwide Church of God News) are the following items: Harvest Conference in Myrtle Beach Oct. 4-7 The Harvest Church in Marion and Myrtle Beach, SC, will again sponsor a conference titled “Gathering in the Harvest for Jesus.” The conference will be held Oct. 4-7 at the Springmaid Convention Center. […]
CG7 Announces Board Nominees
CG7-Denver announced: The Nominating Committee has submitted names to fill the four vacancies occuring on the national board of directors at the biennial convention in July 2007… Nauldy Henry (Licensed Minister) Age: 58 Pastor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; secular employment… Chip Hinds (Credentialed Minister) Age: 55 Pastor in Wister, Oklahoma; Superintendent of Southwest District… Ruben Marquez […]
CGOM: God is Father
In its July 2007 newsletter, CGOM (UK) writes: Fatherhood of God Unpopular as discipline may be in our day, the Bible is clear that the Father God takes seriously his responsibility to discipline His children: ‘For they [our human fathers] indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our […]
Britain & USA: King of the South?
COGwriter Two Jehovah’s Witnesses came to my door a couple of days ago and dropped off a book titled Pay Attention to Daniel’s Prophecy! On page 56 of that book is an illustration of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream image with various dates. It starts with Babylon as the head of gold, followed by Medo-Persia as the chest and […]
COGwriter In June 2007
During June 2007, the News of Interest to those once Affiliated with the Worldwide Church of God page was changed to this Church of God News page. In addition to the title change, there was a format change as well. While most readers seem to have liked the change, I did hear from one who […]
Vatican Goal is Unity, but…
‘Pauline Year’ stresses Christian unity UPI – June 29, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI announced Thursday that the Catholic Church will dedicate next year to Saint Paul, from June 28, 2008 to June 29, 2009. The “Pauline Year” will have important ecumenical implications due to Paul’s example as “Apostle to the Nations,” AsiaNews reported Friday… A delegation […]
EU Wanted to Ban Teaching Evolution Opposition, but…
European rights body calls off Creationism vote Reuters – June 25, 2007 STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – Europe’s main human rights body on Monday cancelled a scheduled vote on banning creationist and intelligent design views from school science classes, saying the proposed resolution was one-sided. http://uk.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUKL2543885120070625 I have suspected for some time that the “intelligent design” […]
CG7 Still Against Unclean Meats
The lead article of the latest issue of CG7’s Bible Advocate begins with: Our bodies are better witnesses than our beliefs alone. I learned this truth over lunch with three co-workers at Pizza Hut. One was a long-time friend and committed Christian. The other two were fresh on the job and not believers. Loading our […]