{"id":51944,"date":"2018-11-28T13:45:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T21:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=51944"},"modified":"2018-12-05T02:29:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T10:29:56","slug":"cogaics-david-hulmes-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/cog-news\/cogaics-david-hulmes-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"COGaIC’s David Hulme\u2019s \u2018Vision\u2019 per a 7th day reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nLogo on 7th Day Sabbath Churches of God page<\/em><\/p>\n

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

The 7th Day Sabbath Church of God News website has the following on its news page<\/a>:<\/p>\n

David Hulme\u2019s \u2018Vision\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n

As the church that David Hulme founded slides slowly from obscurity into oblivion, he is seeking to use his accumulated knowledge and diplomatic expertise to bring peace to the world.
\nHis vision is \u201cto become a renowned diplomat to establish peace among international entities\u201d [Crunchbase]<\/a><\/em>, because he is \u201cthe ultimate resource for all matters about foreign policy\u201d [Twitter]<\/em><\/a>.
\nHe spent 10 years studying International Relations at the University of Southern California, with an emphasis on the Middle East, in order to obtain a doctorate.
\nWhat work experience has fitted him for this role?
\nDavid Hulme gained a BA degree from Ambassador College, Bricket Wood, and served as a minister in the Worldwide Church of God in the UK, South Africa, Canada and the USA.
\nHe rose to prominence in 1986, when the WCG\u2019s new pastor general, Joseph W. Tkach, ordained him as an evangelist, and appointed him, Richard Ames and David Albert as presenters of The World Tomorrow<\/i> TV broadcasts.
\nIn 1995 he was elected to be the first President of the United Church of God, the largest breakaway group from the WCG. In 1998 he was removed from this position by the UCG\u2019s Council of Elders for unauthorized spending that had plunged the church into serious debt.
\nHe then left United, drawing away around 3000 members to his new church, the Church of God, an International Community.
\nHe launched a quarterly magazine, Vision<\/a>, which was printed on very high quality paper. The magazine was almost entirely secular in content, with no mention that it was being sponsored by a church.
\nDavid Hulme claimed that the new church would be more active than UCG in preaching the gospel, but in 2013 several of his ministers had finally had enough, and left to form a new church, with probably close to 1000 people.
\nStephen Elliott, wrote, in his resignation letter to David Hulme in December 2013: \u201cOur membership has declined, not grown. After 15 years and an estimated expense for Vision of $3+ million dollars for salaries, advertising, publishing, design, shipping, PR, video, travel and whatever, there has been no fruit from Vision or the Vision website. The only new members, other than children of members, have come because of a personal relationship with a member \u2013 not because of Vision.\u201d
\nIn 2016 the magazine was reduced to a website version, which is actually just a collection of 5 or 6 articles.
\nThree early videos<\/a> \u2013 Quest for the Real Paul, Cheating God out of Christianity and Message to the Seven Churches \u2013 were filmed on location in the Middle East. These are well produced and worth viewing, but very expensive to make. Latterly, his Insight videos<\/a> are much shorter and filmed in a studio.
\nDavid Hulme promotes himself, but not his church, posting his personal profile on various websites dedicated to business professionals.
\nIf you go to David Hulme\u2019s page at LinkedIn<\/a> (a social networking website), you find that he describes himself as the President of Vision Media, and clicking on the link to his \u2018personal website\u2019 takes you to Vision.org. It\u2019s not a church website, as far as he is concerned.
\n\u201cDavid Hulme is publisher of the quarterly online journal, Vision (vision.org), president of Vision Media Productions and chairman of Vision Foundation International.\u201d
\nHe lists his previous experience as:
\n\u2022 1977-1979 Circulation Manager (Africa) of Quest Magazine
\nAlthough Quest was owned by the Worldwide Church of God, TIME magazine<\/a> described it as: \u201cnonetheless thoroughly secular. Armstrong gave editorial control to Robert Shnayerson, 55, a former TIME senior editor and Harper\u2019s editor in chief, who dedicated the magazine to what he called \u2018the pursuit of excellence\u2019 in fields as diverse as mountain climbing and genetic research.\u201d Herbert Armstrong closed down the publication when Shnayerson declined to modify his editorial policy.
\n\u2022 1986-1995 Vice-President of Ambassador Foundation
\n(David Hulme formerly described AF on LinkedIn as a \u201cNon-Profit Organization, Management industry\u201d.)
\nAmbassador Foundation carried out some charitable works, but Ambassador Auditorium\u2019s performing arts program was not one of them.
\n\u2022 There is no mention of being a presenter of the WCG\u2019s TV program, The World Tomorrow, 1986-1994.
\n\u2022 There is no mention of being the President of the United Church of God, 1995-1998.
\n\u2022 President of Vision Media, 1998- (not President of a church).
\nThere is a mention of the church on the Vision website (if you search for it):
\n\u201cVision.org is sponsored and funded by the Church of God, an International Community.
\nThe Church does not intend this site to convert readers to its beliefs \u2026\u201d
\nAs Stephen Elliott noted above, David Hulme succeeded in not converting readers \u2013 but surely that was not the wish of the church members?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As far as David Hulme’s COGaIC<\/a> goes, it never accomplished what those who first went with it hoped it would. It is likely that salaries of the remaining ministry and staff have been factors in preventing COGaIC<\/a> from printing its Vision<\/em> magazine anymore.<\/p>\n

Vision<\/em> was supposedly aimed at a more high-brow crowd, and tended to be light in unique Church of God doctrine. Groups like COGaIC<\/a> have had a different proclamation focus than the Continuing<\/em> Church of God<\/a> has had.<\/p>\n

When there was the split in COGaIC<\/a> a few years back, I had hoped that either those that left or stayed would awaken to support the Final Phase of the Work<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Which is a better vision, in my view, than what COGaIC has had.<\/p>\n

As it turned out, a few in Europe and some in Tanzania once part of COGaIC came with us (probably about three dozen in total).<\/p>\n

As far as growth is concerned, the Continuing<\/em> Church of God<\/a> has been the fastest growing COG in the 21st century. We have grown in members and reach each year since it needed to be formally declared in late 2012. We have about 3800 congregants, but only started with 5.<\/p>\n

Some items of possibly related interest may include:<\/em><\/p>\n

Church of God, an International Community (COG aic)<\/a> This is the group led by David Hulme. It seems to minimize parts of biblical prophecy.
\nChurch of God, (Seventh Day): History and Teachings<\/a> Nearly all COG’s I am aware of trace part of their history through some affiliation with this group. Loren Stacy is the president of the largest CG7 group (Denver). Do you know much about them?
\nShould the Church Still Try to Place its Top Priority on Proclaiming the Gospel or Did Herbert W. Armstrong Change that Priority for the Work?<\/a> Some say the Church should mainly feed the flock now as that is what Herbert W. Armstrong reportedly said. Is that what he said? Is that what the Bible says? What did Paul<\/a> and Herbert W. Armstrong<\/a> expect from lower level leaders? Two related sermons are available The Work per HWA and the Bible<\/a> and Priority of the Philadelphia Work<\/a>.
\nPreparing for the ‘Short Work’ and The Famine of the Word<\/a> What is the ‘short work’ of Romans 9:28? Who is preparing for it? Here is a link to a related video sermon titled: The Short Work<\/a>.
\nThe Final Phase of the Work<\/a> What is the final phase of the work? Who will lead it? Do you have the courage to support it? Here is a related YouTube video titled The Final Phase of the Work. <\/a> The written article has been translated into Spanish La Fase Final de la Obra<\/a>.
\nLeading the Final Phase of the Work<\/a> Matthew 24:14 teaches “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come ” will be fulfilled and RCG is not the group doing this. Who is leading the final phase of the work? What did Herbert Armstrong and the old WCG teach about that and about prophets? Does Bob Thiel meet the criteria that the Bible and the old WCG set? What is the proof? What has the Continuing<\/em> Church of God<\/a> been doing?\u00a0 This is a sermonette length video.
\nWhere is the True Christian Church Today?<\/a> This free online pdf booklet answers that question and includes 18 proofs, clues, and signs to identify the true vs. false Christian church. Plus 7 proofs, clues, and signs to help identify Laodicean churches. A related sermon is also available: Where is the True Christian Church? <\/a>Here is a link to the booklet in the Spanish language: \u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 la verdadera Iglesia cristiana de hoy?<\/a> Here is a link in the German language: WO IST DIE WAHRE CHRISTLICHE KIRCHE HEUTE?<\/a> Here is a link in the French language: O\u00f9 est la vraie \u00c9glise Chr\u00e9tienne aujourd\u2019hui?<\/a> Here is a link to a short animation: <\/b>Which Church would Jesus Choose?<\/a>
\n<\/b>Continuing History of the Church of God<\/a> This pdf booklet is a historical overview of the true Church of God and some of its main opponents from Acts 2 to the 21st century. Related sermon links include Continuing History of the Church of God: c. 31 to c. 300 A.D<\/span><\/a>. and Continuing History of the Church of God: 4th-16th Centuries<\/a> and Continuing History of the Church of God: 17th-20th Centuries<\/a>. The booklet is available in Spanish: Continuaci\u00f3n de la Historia de la Iglesia de Dios<\/a>, German: Kontinuierliche Geschichte der Kirche Gottes<\/a>, French: L \u0019Histoire Continue<\/em> de l \u0019\u00c9glise de Dieu<\/a> and Ekegusii Omogano Bw\u2019ekanisa Ya Nyasae Egendererete<\/a>.
\nCCOG.ORG<\/a> Continuing<\/a><\/em> Church of God<\/a> The group striving to be most faithful amongst all real Christian groups to the word of God.
\nThe 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 the remnant of that era is basically the most faithful in the Church of God, like who hold to the beliefs and practices of the Continuing<\/a><\/em> Church of God<\/a>.
\nThe Laodicean Church Era <\/a>has been predominant circa 1986 A.D. to present. The Laodiceans are non-Philadelphians who mainly descended from the old WCG or its offshoots. They do not properly understand the work or biblical prophecies and will face the Great Tribulation<\/a> if they do not repent. One video of related interest is 17 Laodicean Errors in Prophecy<\/a>.
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