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Herbert W. Armstrong (July 31, 1892 – January 16, 1986) was an American evangelist who founded the Worldwide Church of God (WCG). An early pioneer of radio and television evangelism, Armstrong preached what he claimed was the comprehensive combination of doctrines in the entire Bible, in the light of the New Covenant scriptures, which he maintained to be the restored true Gospel. [3]
Herbert W. Armstrong – Founder of the Radio Church of God, which later became the Worldwide Church of God. His teachings are the basis for Armstrongism today. Garner Ted Armstrong – Herbert W. Armstrong's son and a long-time WCG evangelist; he later had a falling-out with his father who excommunicated him
In 1934, Herbert W. Armstrong, an advertising agent turned radio- and televangelist, founded the Radio Church of God, a radio ministry [3] in Eugene, Oregon.Armstrong's biography states that he had been ordained in 1931 by the Oregon Conference of the Church of God (Seventh Day), an Adventist group, but split with them in 1933.
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 Philadelphia Church of God claims that it looks to the Bible for all guidance and believes that the Bible is the full word of God. [1]Claiming to follow WCG founder Herbert W. Armstrong's teachings, the Philadelphia Church of God rejects the orthodox Christian doctrine of the Trinity, teaching that the Holy Spirit is not a separate aspect of God but rather is the "power of God".
Stanley R. Rader (1930–2002): [18] Baptized in a Hong Kong hotel bathtub in 1975 and ordained by Herbert W. Armstrong in Tucson, Arizona, in 1979; author of Against the Gates of Hell and unpublished Law and Liberty; died in 2002; buried in Altadena, California. Although he faded from public view after 1981, he remained a member of the church.
CGI was founded in 1978 by four former members of the Worldwide Church of God, [2] including evangelist Garner Ted Armstrong (1930–2003) [3] after his father, Herbert W. Armstrong, excommunicated him from the WCG and fired him from all roles in the church over disagreements about operations and certain doctrinal positions.
Ambassador College (1947–1997) was a four-year liberal arts college run by the Worldwide Church of God.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.