{"id":5115,"date":"2010-10-28T04:44:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T12:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=5115"},"modified":"2010-10-27T07:04:52","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T15:04:52","slug":"cg7-now-claims-300000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/cog-news\/cg7-now-claims-300000\/","title":{"rendered":"CG7 now claims 300,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ts123.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span>Rebuilt Gymnasium in Sardis<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/cogwriter.htm\">COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/cg7.htm\">CG7-Denver<\/a> is now reporting the following on its official website:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Church of God (Seventh Day) recognizes more than 200 congregations  in the United States and Canada. It also has affiliated ministries in  more than 25 countries outside North America, with a worldwide  fellowship of over 300,000 members.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is up from 200,000 earlier this year (<a title=\"Permanent Link to CG7 Claims 200,000 and Teaches the Mark of the Beast is Past\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/news\/cog-news\/cg7-claims-200000-and-teaches-the-mark-of-the-beast-is-past\/\">CG7 Claims 200,000 and Teaches the Mark of the Beast is Past<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The General Conference is a family of more than 200 local  congregations  scattered across the United States and Canada. Through the relationship  between the General  Conference and the International Ministerial  Congress, we are a global church, connecting well over 200,000  brethren  in Christ around the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the two reports, it seems that the &#8220;growth&#8221; apparently came from affiliating with other international groups as the reported number of US and Canadian congregations is unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>It may be because of affiliations this year in Brazil (<a title=\"Permanent Link to CG7 in South America, 1000 Congregations in Brazil\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/news\/cog-news\/cg7-in-south-america-1000-congregations-in-brazil\/\">CG7 in South America, 1000 Congregations in Brazil<\/a>) and more recentlyIndia (<a title=\"Permanent Link to CG7 in India?  Indians Need to be Warned\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/news\/cog-news\/cg7-in-india-indians-need-to-be-warned\/\">CG7 in India?  Indians Need to be Warned<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>While reaching the international community is a great and biblically appropriate goal, sadly CG7 has watered down so much in the past year or two that their members (both domestically and those affiliated internationally) should be outraged.<\/p>\n<p>Here are seven items that I were reported here earlier that I believe help demonstrate that:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"post-3047\"><a title=\"Permanent Link to What CG7 Needs\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/news\/cog-news\/what-cg7-needs\/\">CG7 Says Judgment of Harlot of  Revelation is NOT a Future Event<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"post-2952\"><a title=\"Permanent Link to CG7 Does Not Understand the  Book of Revelation\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/news\/prophecy\/cg7-does-not-understand-the-book-of-revelation\/\">What CG7 Needs <\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"post-2822\"><a title=\"Permanent Link to CG7 Minimizes Prophecy, Again  and Now Claims That Christian Persecution is Past\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/news\/cog-news\/cg7-minimizes-prophecy-again-and-now-claims-that-christian-persecution-is-past\/\">CG7 Does Not Understand the Book of Revelation<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"post-2536\"><a title=\"Permanent Link to CG7: Israel in Bible Prophecy\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/news\/doctrine\/cg7-israel-in-bible-prophecy\/\">CG7 Minimizes  Prophecy, Again and Now Claims That Christian Persecution is Past<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"post-2536\"><a title=\"Permanent Link to CG7: Israel in Bible Prophecy\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/news\/doctrine\/cg7-israel-in-bible-prophecy\/\">CG7:  Israel in Bible Prophecy<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"post-3983\"><a title=\"Permanent Link to CG7\u2019s Change of Beast Position\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/news\/church-history\/cg7s-change-of-beast-position\/\">CG7\u2019s Change of Beast Position<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3 id=\"post-4776\"><a title=\"Permanent Link to CG7 Allows Working on the Sabbath!\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"\/news\/doctrine\/cg7-allows-working-on-the-sabbath\/\">CG7 Allows Working on the Sabbath!<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Of course, other groups have had some similar problems, but CG7 seems to have really began to lose more and more in the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>It probably should be mentioned that some who once were part of the old WCG that ended up in\/associating  with CG7 thinking it was a safer place than WCG was when it was  apostasizing.\u00a0 And while that may have been true from a relative  perspective, CG7 is no \u201cplace of safety\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Those in cg7 need to realize  that Jesus warned that the Sardis Church \u201cif you will not watch, I will  come upon you as a thief, and you will not  know what hour I will come  upon you\u201d (Revelation 3:3).\u00a0 The losing of prophetic knowledge and other doctrinal understandings by CG7 is  a fulfillment of that prophecy.\u00a0 Irrespective of how many they claim affiliate with it.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information about CG7 and other subjects in this post,    please prayerfully study the following:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/cg7.htm\">Church of God, Seventh    Day: History and Teachings<\/a> Nearly all COG\u2019s I am aware of trace    their history through this    group. Whaid Rose is the president of the    largest CG7 group (Denver).    Do you know much about them?<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/sardischurch.htm\">The Sardis Church    Era<\/a> was predominant circa 1600 A.D. to circa 1933 A.D. Discusses    early    history of the Seventh Day Baptists, Seventh-day Adventists, and       COG-7th Day.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/philadelphiachurch.htm\">The   Philadelphia Church Era<\/a> was predominant circa 1933 A.D. to 1986 A.D.   The old Radio Church of  God and old Worldwide Church of God, now   basically the Living Church  of God.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/laodiceachurch.htm\">The Laodicean   Church Era <\/a>has been predominant circa 1986 A.D. to present. These   are non-Philadelphians who mainly descended from the old WCG.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/place.htm\">There is a Place of Safety   for the Philadelphians. Why it May Be Petra<\/a> This article discusses a   biblical \u2018place of safety\u2019 and includes  quotes from the Bible and   Herbert W. Armstrong on this subject\u2013thus,  there is a biblically   supported alternative to the<a href=\"\/rapture.htm\"> rapture<\/a> theory.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/persecutions.htm\">Persecutions by   Church and State<\/a> This article documents some that have occurred   against those  associated with the COGs and some prophesied to occur.   Will those with  the cross be the persecutors or the persecuted\u2013this   article has the  shocking answer.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/falseleaders.htm\">Why Be Concerned   About False and Heretical Leaders?<\/a> There have been many false   leaders\u2013here is some of why you should be concerned about them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rebuilt Gymnasium in Sardis COGwriter CG7-Denver is now reporting the following on its official website: The Church of God (Seventh Day) recognizes more than 200 congregations in the United States and Canada. It also has affiliated ministries in more than 25 countries outside North America, with a worldwide fellowship of over 300,000 members. 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