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The LCG's founder and Presiding Evangelist was, until his death, Roderick C. Meredith (June 21, 1930 – May 18, 2017). Following Meredith's graduation from Ambassador College in Pasadena, California in June 1952, he was assigned by Herbert W. Armstrong (Pastor General of the Worldwide Church of God) to set up and pastor WCG congregations in Portland, Oregon; San Diego, California; and Seattle ...
The Godbeites were members of the Godbeite Church, officially called the Church of Zion, [1] organized in 1870 by William S. Godbe. This dissident offshoot of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was aimed toward embracing all belief systems. Known for embracing spiritualism and mysticism, the church died out by the 1880s.
Later known as the "Godbeites", Godbe and several of his followers soon formed The Church of Zion. Initially the new church based its practices around traditional LDS doctrines, with the intention of reforming those practices and policies that Godbe felt were incorrect. Many of the church's new members became disenfranchised, however, when ...
Shembe's Nazarite church was to become the largest Zionist congregation until eclipsed by the Zion Christian Church in the 1950s. Shembe's church was distinct from most other Zionist sects in that he insisted that he was a prophet sent directly from God to the Zulu nation. Most other Zionists were distinctly non-ethnic in outlook. [7]
Church of Zion may refer to: Church of Zion, Jerusalem, Roman-era church or synagogue on Mount Zion, of which 4th-century remains are visible;
The Living Church of God congregation was gathered at a Sheraton hotel building. Ratzmann left the group and then returned 20 minutes later carrying a 9mm Beretta handgun, and fired 22 rounds into the congregation, killing the minister and six others, including the minister's son.
The Church of Jesus Christ in Zion was established in 1984. Asay died in 1985, [1] after which the church was taken over by Roger Billings. Billings incorporated the church in Missouri in 1989. [2] As of 2004, the church was based in Independence, Missouri. [3]
Zion Congregational Church is located in Alto, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its architectural significance in 2006. [1] [2] [3]