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The Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ (ICGJC), formerly known as the Israeli Church of Universal Practical Knowledge, is an American organization of Black Hebrew Israelites. [1] Its headquarters are in New York City and in 2008 had churches in cities in 10 U.S. states.
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.
Pastor Aloysius Bugingo is a Ugandan born-again pastor and businessman. [1] [2] He is the Director of Salt Media Group of Companies, [3] and a church in Makerere, Kikoni, Kampala, the House of Prayer Ministries International (also known as Canaan land).
In North America, cooperative work is coordinated through Church of God Ministries with offices in Anderson, Indiana. Currently, the general director is Jim Lyon. There are 2,214 congregations in the United States and Canada which are affiliated with the Church of God with an average attendance of 251,429. [20]
International Gospel Centre Word of Life Bible Church: 2014 35,000 [18] [19] Warri, Nigeria United Family International Church Chitungwiza United Family International Church: 2022 30,000 [20] Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe Deeper Life Bible Church Lagos Deeper Christian Life Ministry: 2018 30,000 [21] [22] Lagos, Nigeria Great Temple
One West Camp groups are known for open-air preaching and protests, and attracted media attention with the January 2019 Lincoln Memorial confrontation which included a small New York-based group. [6] [1] The great majority of Black Hebrew Israelite groups outside of One West Camp and Nation of Yahweh do not share these beliefs. [7]
2002 Ranger Kids, the first portion of the newly revised Royal Rangers ministry, is tested and released to U.S. churches. 2002 The eighth National Camporama is held at Camp Eagle Rock. 2002 Royal Rangers International (RRI) is formed, which helps to coordinate efforts and needs of ≈45 countries using Royal Rangers at the time. [8]
The church's international headquarters, Faith Tabernacle, was built in Cannanland between 1998 and 1999, taking twelve months to complete. [6] The foundation laying took place on August 29, 1998. [7] In 1999, the Faith Tabernacle was inaugurated with 50,400 seats. [8] Faith Tabernacle was reputed to be the world's largest church in terms of ...