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The Worldwide Church of God that Armstrong founded did not subscribe to the anti-Semitism commonly espoused by the Christian or Israel Identity groups but instead adhered to the traditional beliefs of British Israelism ; i. e., the belief held that modern day Jews were descendants of the Tribe of Judah whereas the Anglo-Saxons, Celts, Danes, etc.
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Worldwide the three largest groups of Christianity are the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the various denominations of Protestantism.
The Worldwide Church of God ( Armstrongism ) taught seventh-day Sabbath observance.
The theory of British Israelism was also vigorously promoted by Herbert W. Armstrong in the 1950s founder and former Pastor General of the Worldwide Church of God.
Armstrong created his own church, first called the " Radio Church of God " and later renamed the " Worldwide Church of God ".
Church members who disagreed with the doctrinal changes left the Worldwide Church of God / GCI to form offshoot churches.
For instance, the Proclamation and the issues it addressed were discussed during the 2008 Worldwide Leadership Training meeting of the LDS Church.
Local resident Buck Hammer was a member of the Radio Church of God, ( which later became known as the Worldwide Church of God ) a California-based, Sabbatarian movement headed by radio evangelist Herbert W. Armstrong.
* Graphical timeline of major Millerite groups from the Worldwide Church of God official website
Herbert W. Armstrong ( 31 July 1892-16 January 1986 ) founded the Worldwide Church of God in the late 1930s, as well as Ambassador College ( later Ambassador University ) in 1946, and was an early pioneer of radio and tele-evangelism, originally taking to the airwaves in the 1930s from Eugene, Oregon.
" Despite his own unique teaching on baptism his own account is noteworthy for the absence of any mention of the process of laying on of hands or a special prayer in the dispensation of the Holy Spirit, which were considered fundamental for membership in the Worldwide Church of God and reason for many a new converts rebaptism.
These broadcasts eventually became known as The World Tomorrow of the future Worldwide Church of God.
This belief, called British Israelism, formed the central basis of the theology of the Worldwide Church of God.
On January 5, 1968, the Radio Church of God was renamed the Worldwide Church of God.
* Worldwide Church of God ( WCG ) members believed that Herbert W. Armstrong was Christ's first apostle since the first century.
" The Sabbath day of rest is thus commanded for all mankind and should be kept holy from Friday sunset to sunset on Saturday The Worldwide Church of God conducted its worship Services during that period, accordingly, on Saturdays.
" Splinter groups ( previously members of the Worldwide Church of God ) today usually identify the current European Union as the unified Europe Armstrong devoted much writing to.
The Worldwide Church of God taught seven ' Festivals of God ' ( Passover, Days of Unleavened Bread, Pentecost, Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, Feast of Tabernacles, Last Great Day ) and regarded such to be ' worship ' days including Sukkot or " Feast of Tabernacles.
Armstrong spoke highly of principles of good diet ( outside of the Levitical food regulations ) and proper living, and members of the Worldwide Church of God as a result tended to gravitate towards whole grains, home-grown vegetables etc., although such acts were not an express tenet of faith.
* Armstrong and the Worldwide Church of God viewed Revelation 2, which contains seven messages to seven churches in Asia Minor at the time of its writing, to actually be descriptive of seven " church eras " in chronological order.
This concept has assumed greater importance among current WCG splinter groups, as those that practice Armstrong's teachings tend to view the modern Worldwide Church of God ( and sometimes other splinter groups ) as " Laodicean " or entirely Protestant.
Worldwide and God
The first tithe ( 10 % of member's gross household income ) went to the Worldwide Church of God organization, which viewed itself as the " Melchizedek priesthood " with Jesus Christ as the High Priest with the rank of Melchizedek, which priesthood superseded the Levitical priesthood, and thereby entitled to support by tithes.
* About Our Founder, Worldwide Church of God
A collection of Facts, Opinions and Comments from survivors of Herbert W. Armstrong, Garner Ted Armstrong, The Worldwide Church of God and its Daughters.
Worldwide and Armstrong
Founded in 1934 by Herbert W. Armstrong as a religious broadcasting radio ministry named Radio Church of God, the Worldwide Church of God had a significant, and often controversial, influence on 20th century religious broadcasting and publishing in the United States and Europe, especially in the field of interpreting biblical end-time prophecies.
The personal ministry of Herbert W. Armstrong became the Radio Church of God, which became the Worldwide Church of God.
Garner Ted Armstrong ( February 9, 1930 – September 15, 2003 ) was an American evangelist and the son of Herbert W. Armstrong, founder of the Worldwide Church of God, at the time a Sabbatarian organization that taught strict observance of seventh-day Sabbath, holy days typically associated with the Jewish faith, and other observances derived from the Old Testament scriptures.
Armstrongism refers to the teachings and doctrines of Herbert W. Armstrong while leader of the Worldwide Church of God ( WCG ), and is professed by him and his followers to be the restored true Gospel of the Bible.
* Archive of the Ambassador Report, publication includes critical history of Herbert W. Armstrong, the Worldwide Church of God, and the Global Church of God '
The World Tomorrow was a radio and television half-hour program which had been sponsored by the Radio Church of God ( later renamed Worldwide Church of God ( WCG ) while under the direction of Herbert W. Armstrong ).
The Timmons, members of WCG, and Garner Ted Armstrong's Church of God International and Intercontinental Church of God, split from the Armstrong organization after the death of Garner Ted Armstrong and formed a breakaway independent group named Church of God, Worldwide Ministries with its headquarter offices located in Sevierville, Tennessee.
The Plain Truth is a U. S .- based magazine founded by Herbert W. Armstrong, who also founded the Radio Church of God ( later renamed the Worldwide Church of God ( WCG )), Ambassador College, and The World Tomorrow radio and television programs.
After the vast majority of beliefs that the Worldwide Church of God taught under the administration of Herbert W. Armstrong had also been repudiated and having lost the majority of its original membership, the Worldwide Church of God sought and was granted admission to several mainstream evangelical groups.
The college was established in 1947 in Pasadena, California by radio evangelist Herbert W. Armstrong, leader of what was then the Radio Church of God, later renamed the Worldwide Church of God.
It was built under the guidance of Herbert W. Armstrong as both a facility to be used by the Worldwide Church of God for religious services and as a concert hall for public performances celebrating the performing arts.
Worldwide and founded
In 2007, digital studio Worldwide Biggies, founded by Nickelodeon and Spike TV executive Albie Hecht, acquired film rights to Tom Swift.
It was founded by Conrad Hilton and is now owned by Hilton Worldwide.
He founded what is now Cable & Wireless Worldwide, and was a director of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway.
In 1970, the first of many groups to splinter from the Worldwide Church of God were founded.
In 1984 he founded the Schiller Institute in Germany with his second wife, and three political parties there — the Europäische Arbeiterpartei, Patrioten für Deutschland, and Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität — and in 2000 the Worldwide LaRouche Youth Movement.
Academi — previously known as Xe Services LLC, Blackwater USA and Blackwater Worldwide — is a private military company founded in 1997 by Erik Prince and Al Clark.
Junior Achievement ( also JA or JA Worldwide ) is a non-profit youth organization founded in 1919 by Horace A. Moses, Theodore Vail, and Winthrop M. Crane.
* Sports Management Worldwide – ( SMWW ) – global sports agency founded by Dr. Lynn Lashbrook.
* Vavoua International School, an international boarding school in Côte d ' Ivoire founded by Worldwide Evangelisation for Christ
Manuel Chabrera has founded the Chabrera Worldwide Foundation which is dedicated to promoting art to under privileged children and adolescents through the distribution of recycled computers, as well as promoting young artists through international exhibitions, and finally to foster and promote the work of Chabrera.
Stanley R. Rader ( August 13, 1930 – July 2, 2002 ), was an attorney, accountant, author and, later in life, one of the Evangelists of the Worldwide Church of God, then a Sabbatarian organization, which was founded by Herbert W. Armstrong.
Soon, the Worldwide Apostolic Federation of Schoenstatt was founded, and eventually grew to involve people of every degree of commitment, from every walk of life, in a free association of people united by the “ Covenant of Love ”.
Newmont Mining Corporation was founded in 1916 in New York by Colonel William Boyce Thompson as a holding company to invest in Worldwide mineral, oil, and related companies.
#" IPCA Europe works on an ecumenical basis, founded on the IPCA Worldwide Charter ".
In 1992, he founded an international charity named the " Worldwide aid organization for infirm people " and the medical diagnostic concern " Aesculapius ," which he chairs.
In late 2008, Hess, along with several other well-known cocktail personalities, founded The Chanticleer Society, a " Worldwide Organization of Cocktail Enthusiasts.
Cirrus is a worldwide interbank network operated by MasterCard Worldwide, and was founded in 1986.
The United Church of God, an International Association ( UCGIA or simply UCG ) is a Christian religious denomination based in the United States, an offshoot of the Worldwide Church of God ( WCG ) founded by Herbert W. Armstrong.
In the 1960s he founded New Life Worldwide.
Reg Grundy Productions was the American wing of the worldwide television production company Grundy Worldwide, which was founded by Australian television producer Reg Grundy.
Checketts founded S & S Worldwide in 1994 with the simple concept of using an ample resource ( air ) to power thrill rides.
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