{"id":2978,"date":"2009-12-26T13:24:48","date_gmt":"2009-12-26T21:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2009-12-26T13:24:48","modified_gmt":"2009-12-26T21:24:48","slug":"wcg-canada-to-change-its-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/wcg-news\/wcg-canada-to-change-its-name\/","title":{"rendered":"WCG Canada to Change its Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Worldwide<\/p>\n

COGwriter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The following news item should not be a considered as a surprise:<\/p>\n

Canadian Christianity<\/strong> – Dec 22, 2009 <\/span><\/p>\n

No longer worldwide<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Worldwide Church of God<\/strong>–Canada<\/strong> is in the process of changing its name to Grace Communion International-Canada<\/strong>. In a recent survey, Canadian congregations voted 60 percent to 20 percent in favour of the change. The US branch of the church made a similar change in 2009. The denomination was founded by radio preacher Herbert W. Armstrong in 1934 and was widely considered a cult at one time but has since become accepted as a mainstream evangelical denomination. <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.canadianchristianity.com\/nationalupdates\/091222briefs.html<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The fact that the WCG of the USA earlier switched to GCI suggested that foreign affiliates would likely change their names as well.<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that mainstream groups applaud WCG’s changes since the death of Herbert W. Armstrong<\/a>, the reality is that the new GCI is no longer a real “Church of God” and the group that was led by the late HWA was.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COGwriter The following news item should not be a considered as a surprise: Canadian Christianity – Dec 22, 2009 No longer worldwide Worldwide Church of God–Canada is in the process of changing its name to Grace Communion International-Canada. In a recent survey, Canadian congregations voted 60 percent to 20 percent in favour of the change. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wcg-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t