TRANSFORMED FROM TRUTH My son Michael thought that the above picture could capture in humor what I believe has happened to the WCG. My wife Joyce coined the expression “Transformed from Truth” many years ago when she first heard of the book improperly titled “Transformed by Truth” by Joseph Tkach (Jr.). Late yesterday in an email, […]
Category: WCG News
“They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us” (1 John 2:18-19).
WCG: Anti-God Critics Wrong
The following written by WCG’s John Halford is in the Aug-Sep 2007 edition of WCG’s Christian Odyssey: These are stirring times to be a Christian. Critics are having a field day, questioning, undermining and ridiculing every aspect of our beliefs. Nothing, it seems, is sacred. That is because, if you are to believe some […]
HWA Would Have Been 115 Today
COGwriter Herbert W. Armstrong would have been 115 today. This morning, the anti-COG Ambassador Watchsite reminded everyone that Herbert Armstrong was born on July 31, 1892. The webmaster (Gavin Rumney) then essentially satirically attacked his memory. But more offensive were several comments made by his readers, many of whom apparently believe the misinformation and much […]
PCG: What the Tkaches Originally Said
The following is in the July 2007 edition of the PCG’s Philadelphia Trumpet and is from another chapter in S. Flurry’s book: On Dec. 17, 1994, Joseph Tkach Sr. delivered a landmark sermon, bringing out into the open several far-reaching doctrinal changes that centered around a “new” (actually mainstream) understanding of the Old and New […]
WCG Foundation: Importance of Trinity
This afternoon, WCG announced a video: Foundations of Worldwide Church of God Theology – 26 minutes – Joseph Tkach, Mike Feazell, Mike Morrison, and Dan Rogers discuss the importance of Trinitarian theology. However, the true foundation of theology should be the Bible. The truth is that the acceptance of the trinity is based upon the […]
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. […]
WCG Boasts of Easter Service
The July 2007 edition of Together (Worldwide Church of God News) had the following story: Bengali Easter celebration On Easter, the Bengali Evangelical Association held a Bengali-language celebration in Loma Linda, CA. The service was organized with other Bengali leaders as a sanctuary to the many Bengalis in the Los Angeles area who feel in need of […]
Plain Truth Ministries and WCG
In the latest issue of Together (subtitled Worldwide Church of God News) WCG reported: Even after 20 years, people find old advertisements for magazines and booklets that we used to publish. If they ask for The Plain Truth, we explain that the PT is published by an organization that is not affiliated with us, and […]
WCG and Women
Yesterday, WCG reported: Paul’s Policy on Women: Three Key Questions: In 1 Timothy 2, verse 12, Paul writes: “I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.” Primarily because of this verse, we as a denomination did not ordain women as elders until the year […]