Herbert W ArmstrongA brother sent this to me recently and I felt it was worth thinking about:

Recently, a lot of current and former Jehovah’s Witnesses have increased their calls for reform in the governing body of it’s Watchtower and Tract corporations. Many are unsure where these efforts may be headed. Yet there are intriguing parallels to another incorporated religious body; that to outsiders looks like a sister faith to WT’s beliefs. It’s The Worldwide Church of God, founded by Herbert Armstrong!

What that religious group experienced could possibly be a foretelling of some events to soon overtake the Jehovah’s Witness community. As you read through, note how much this sounds like the WT’s history: Armstrong had been successful in the advertising business and stated: “It was a training such as one could never receive in any university or theological seminary.” His long solitary studies in the scriptures (not the Bible Student’s book) gave him the idea that “legalism” was it’s interpretation. Herbert also read Seventh Day Adventist literature, circulated “The Plain Truth” magazine, ran “The World Tomorrow” TV program, and founded “The Ambassador College.” Years later; Armstrong’s son Garner Ted Armstrong, took over the Church. Where-as his father spoke with the authority of “Elijah”, Garner became known for several accounts of sexual misconduct. The Worldwide Church of God disfellowshipped him, and reformed some of it’s cult like beliefs. Today; religious factions based on his teachings, amount to 90% out of a hundred that were formed. Those dedicated to it’s founder, Herbert W. Armstrong formed about fifty splinter groups at that time. Soon there after; Armstrong’s son organized and lead many of these dedicated groups, now know as  the International Church of God. This cultic community was setting on top of the world before the reform; after it, their only at half the congregates. As for those dedicated to the Armstrong’s; the son had to step down twice, and are reduced to cable programs in North America. If you noticed many similarities to the splinter groups of Russell and Rutherford’s day, then no doubt the WT&BTS is in fear of the same! Splits are bad for all parties; but for victims of cultic abuse, it’s a major advent for change. It will create a better church, many of them and allot of confusion for the faithful. They will have more options and be freer. Yet these babbling groups will still be parts of false religion, all be it even more confused then ever!” -AwareBeing

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These excellent and insightful thoughts [1] got me to thinking and doing research into Herbert Armstrong [2a] and this topic in general. The more I looked into it, the more parallels I found with our plight and with the Watchtower Organization. I recall seeing a Plain Truth magazine [2b] left in a laundromat one day when doing early morning witnessing years ago- it looked extremely similar to the WT and Awakes I was replacing it with. There was not a doubt in my mind that they “borrowed” liberally from the official journals of the Society. And why not? They are very well done and professionally presented. The graphic design and photography is top notch.

But the point of all this is that The Worldwide Church of God emulated a successful religious publishing corporation, and for a time had some limited success. The story of course today is quite different. That organization is a shadow of it’s past membership and is fragmented and has morphed into something very similar to most other Protestant movements, and is now called Grace Communion International. I found this information written by Randy Watters on his excellent freeminds.org website about this movement [5]:

Herbert W. Armstrong shared many similar doctrines with Jehovah’s Witnesses when he began his ministry in the 40s. No hell, Jesus is not God, the message of the gospel is not about Jesus or about “grace” but about obedience to God’s laws, and that his job was to spread the “gospel” to the world. He even taught that Christ would return in 1975! And no, he was never a Jehovah’s Witness nor did he study with them.

In 1947 he founded “Ambassador College” in Pasadena, Calif. with four members. By 1955 he began his work of spreading his “gospel” via radio with a program called “The World Tomorrow,” and had followers in 60 countries. His “Plain Truth” magazine had a huge circulation of 8 million copies per issue. “When this message has gone around the world, THEN the end will come,” say Armstrong.  His church grew to 150,000 followers at its peak. Before he died in 1986, he appointed Joseph W. Tkach as his successor. In 1995 Tkach Sr. died and was succeeded by his son Joseph Tkach Jr.

But in a scenario similar to Raymond Franz and a small group of writers at the Watchtower headquarters in 1979, Joseph’s son, Joseph Tkach Jr., along with a few other staff members, began to understand the true message of the New Testament; the true New Testament gospel – the death, burial and resurrection of Christ and the subsequent reign of grace that replaced the Old Testament Law. That meant no more sabbath observance, no more tithing, and no more festivals. In other words, they were no longer to be controlled by the sticklers of salvation by following laws.

WHAT IF Joseph Jr. had not convinced his father of what errors they must abandon – the false prophecies and teachings of their original leader, Herbert W. Armstrong? Most likely it would have turned out like it did at the Watchtower headquarters in 1979-1980 with the expulsion of all who disagree with Armstrong’s teachings.

But amazingly, much of the core leadership embraced a more orthodox understanding of the Bible. This COULD have happened at Brooklyn Bethel, but it did not. The old men in control were too powerful and railroaded out anyone who questioned the teachings of the Watchtower organization out with their ten “loyalty” questions.

Nevertheless, the WCG splintered, as many chose to remain followers of Armstrong. And much like the Bible Students that followed Charles Taze Russell splintered into many sub-sects, the same happened with over half of the WCG members. They had to quit the radio, The Plain Truth magazine, and sell Ambassador College because funding dropped off severely.

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So we see their problem and what happens when you “put your trust in nobles” as Psalms 146:3, 4 says. What about the folks that followed Armstrong? How did they fair? What did they learn? [4]  We may never know, but our Heavenly Father does care for them and he and his Son love these sheep that have done been skinned and tossed about. What have some NOT learned from this cautionary tale? Apparently some still doggedly press on, revering H.W. Armstrong and sticking to his teachings as best they can. [3] This is their conscience and their choice of course. All we can do is take this story in and use it for our own edification. If we cannot learn from history we are doomed to repeat it.

The successor to Armstrong, Joseph Tkach, Jr., made sweeping changes, perhaps more so than any other leader of a large-scale church movement in history. In part he said [6]:

Our flawed doctrinal understanding clouded the plain gospel of Jesus Christ and led to a variety of wrong conclusions and unscriptural practices. We have much to repent of and apologize for. We were judgmental and self-righteous—condemning other Christians, calling them “so-called Christians” and labeling them “deceived” and “instruments of Satan.”

We imposed on our members a works-oriented approach to Christian living. We required adherence to burdensome regulations of the Old Testament code. We exercised a strongly legalistic approach to church government.  Our former old covenant approach fostered attitudes of exclusivism and superiority rather than the new covenant teaching of brotherhood and unity.  We overemphasized predictive prophecy and prophetic speculation, minimizing the true gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ. We’ve been wrong.

No matter what we may personally think about their beliefs and their movement, this Christian man [7] appears to have shown great bravery in saying these words. Will the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses ever show such courage and humility? Could they ever dare speak such words? Many of us would answer this question instinctively and quickly, in the negative. But stranger things have happened in this world- and stranger things could still happen…

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SOURCES AND REFERENCES:

[1] http://revelatoryawakening.wordpress.com/

[2a] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Armstrong

[2b] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plain_Truth

[3] http://www.gcww.org/recent_church_history_after_herbert_armstrong.htm

…Just before Mr. Herbert Armstrong died, he chose Joseph Tkach, Sr. to succeed him as Pastor General of God’s Church. Since, as Mr. Herbert Armstrong stated in his last book, Mystery of the Ages, he had completed his commission of taking the true gospel of Christ’s coming kingdom to the nations, Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong instructed Mr. Joseph Tkach to prepare the Church for Christ’s imminent return. Mr. Tkach started out on the right track by reminding God’s people that “we are family.” Later, with the introduction of the Trinity doctrine, he was to deny that indeed God (Elohim) is a family. Changes to Mr. Herbert Armstrong’s healing booklet and the introduction of false doctrine in the form of the nature of God, being born again at baptism, and the Trinity, soon had God’s people heading back into the world, instead of coming out of it as commanded (II Cor. 6:16-18). The door was closing on the Philadelphia era and the transition into the final Laodicean era had begun.

From 1989 to 1995, various ministers broke away from the Worldwide Church of God, to establish their own organizations, with the intent supposedly of holding fast to the doctrines Mr. Herbert Armstrong had established in the Church for over fifty years. As time passed, in fact, these groups have succeeded in distancing themselves from many of his teachings. They refuse to accept his word that the taking of the gospel to the world as a witness and warning is complete. Today their concept of taking the gospel to the world more closely resembles the Protestant view of saving humanity. Many have repudiated government from the top down in the Church, to some form of democracy, or no government administered by ministers. Most show little or no respect for Mr. Herbert Armstrong personally and are not prepared to admit that he was the Elijah sent before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord, who would restore all things.

Few people today realize that we are now in the final era, the lukewarm Laodicean era of the true Church. An era of people so vile in Christ’s view, that He states in Revelation 3, He is about to vomit them out of His mouth into the terrible tribulation. The majority are mistaken in viewing the era we now live in as the Philadelphia era, with an open door to take the gospel to the world. This is most dangerous, because it puts those who believe this in a time warp unprepared and without any sense of urgency. The reality is that time is short and instead of examining themselves for any vestiges of Laodiceanism, they complacently think that the Worldwide Church of God is now the Laodicean Church. The Worldwide Church of God is wrongly named today, for it is nothing more than a tiny Protestant denomination. God is not in it and Christ is not head of it! However, Laodiceanism is alive and well among those who think they stand because they believe they are still “doing the work.” As a result of this delusion, most are not examining themselves with the intent of routing out Laodiceanism which Christ hates. Soon their leaders will have to bear much of the responsibility for this. They have forgotten, or perhaps never took seriously Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong’s warning that there was too much Protestantism in the Church.

[4] http://www.servantsnews.com/sn9602/wcgcrisis.htm

Danger of Hierarchical Structure. A first lesson to be learned from the experience of the WCG is that there is great danger in a hierarchical form of church government in which the decision-making process rests in the hands of a few administrators. Pastor General Joseph W. Tkach exercised almost pontifical authority in the WCG. A small administrative cabinet advised him, but ultimately he dictated what ministers ought to preach and what members ought to practice. Such an autocratic form of church government does not allow for any meaningful participation by the laity and clergy in the government of the church, and it rejects any type of dissent.

Several former ministers of the WCG informed me that they repeatedly requested Mr. Tkach to convene a ministerial council to discuss the doctrinal changes, but their request was rejected. Such autocratic policy can only alienate members and undermine the leadership’s credibility. The strength of a church organization is measured by the degree of consensus and conviction among its members. These cannot be dictated from the top down; they must grow from the bottom up through involvement in the decision-making process.

[5] http://www.freeminds.org/media/youtube/called-to-be-free-dissolution-of-the-worldwide-church-of-god.html

[6] http://www.gci.org/aboutus/forgiveus

…The Worldwide Church of God [now named Grace Communion International]…has changed its position on numerous long-held beliefs and practices during the past few years. At the heart of those changes has been an acceptance that salvation is by grace through faith…For decades we regarded scrupulous adherence to the law as the basis of our righteousness. We attempted to relate to God through old covenant rules and regulations in our fervent desire to please him.

At the same time, we are acutely aware of the heavy legacy of our past…It is my painful responsibility to acknowledge that the Worldwide Church of God has been among the offenders…Our flawed doctrinal understanding clouded the plain gospel of Jesus Christ and led to a variety of wrong conclusions and unscriptural practices. We have much to repent of and apologize for. We were judgmental and self-righteous—condemning other Christians, calling them “so-called Christians” and labeling them “deceived” and “instruments of Satan.”

We imposed on our members a works-oriented approach to Christian living. We required adherence to burdensome regulations of the Old Testament code. We exercised a strongly legalistic approach to church government.  Our former old covenant approach fostered attitudes of exclusivism and superiority rather than the new covenant teaching of brotherhood and unity.  We overemphasized predictive prophecy and prophetic speculation, minimizing the true gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ.

We’ve been wrong. There was never an intent to mislead anyone. We were so focused on what we believed we were doing for God that we didn’t recognize the spiritual path we were on. Intended or not, that path was not the biblical one.  As we look back, we ask ourselves how we could have been so wrong. Our hearts go out to all whom our teachings have misled in the Scriptures. We don’t minimize your spiritual disorientation and confusion. We earnestly desire your understanding and forgiveness. We recognize that the depth of alienation can make reconciliation difficult….We make no attempt to cover up the doctrinal and scriptural errors of our past. It is not our intention to merely paper over the cracks. We are looking our history squarely in the face and confronting the faults and sins we find. They will always remain a part of our history, serving as a perpetual reminder of the dangers of legalism…

[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Tkach

 

 

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21 Comments on JWs and The Worldwide Church of God

  1. Much respect to any religious organization, or any individual for that matter, that can lay bare their faults like that.

    Of couse, the ‘danger’ that follows is when subsequently, people previously under their influence begin to ask themselves if they’ve made the right choice, in light of all that has been admitted.

    It’s a question of humility, or the lack of it – arrogance, haughtiness.

    I think that currently, the WT Organization would rather lead Jehovah’s Witnesses off a cliff, than admit error. I hope at some point to be proven dead wrong.

    I am reminded of Acts 5:39, and that whatever God wills to happen will occur. Maybe Jehovah is content to let the WT Society fade into history’s trash can. After all, the Jews of Jesus’ day thought they had a get-out-of-jail-free-card for all time, and what did their pride garnish?

    Maybe God’s plan is to salvage the Organization. If that is so, maybe we’ll see the Spirit move some hearts to action.

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    • rus virgil says:

      Friend,
      I would like to acknowledge you
      that God’s plan is not “to salvage” the Organization
      He’s plan is to save all the human souls/sheep/ who have a desire to know Him (John 17:3) – including those sheep who are trapped and oppressed in Organization

      and He is doing this by “letting His Kingdom to come on earth” / or, starting this Kingdom on earth and the “sheep” will be rescued into His Kingdom .

      I am inviting you to search for the Song of Moses – Deuteronomy 32:1-43 : this prophecy is the “spinal column” of all “later days” and “end time” prophecies .

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    • Ed says:

      As a former member of WCG for over 32 years, I cannot and will not forgive the Worldwide Church of God and Herbert W. Armstrong for the misleading teachings and imposed doctrines that suited the enrichment of the Worldwide Church of God. Thinking I was wise by laughing at Billy Graham, the Seven-Hundred Club, Billy Swaggard and others on how much they were mislead and misleading others, I myself was thrown to the wolves without realizing that this True Church, was an imposter and how I was chained into obedience. Herbert W. was the best by saying “Prove all things” and read it for yourself in the Bible, the Word of God. I cannot think of anything more convincing than that. Was he also convinced? God knows. The hurt of losing close friends and even family members in the so-called separation of loved ones to be replaced by God’s love never worked and I don’t think that God meant it that way. Enough for now. Write if you want to know more.

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      • JJ says:

        Ed

        Your experience is far beyond any of the rest of us on this blog re: the WCG. Thank you for sharing what you went through.

        I would definitely like to hear more of your story if you are comfortable sharing it. What is your advice as to how a person can avoid a cult-like group, and avoid being misled by the teachings of men?

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        • Ed says:

          Hello JJ,
          I am touched by the replies to my letter concerning membership in the Worldwide Church of God for 32 years.
          I mentioned that I cannot and will not forgive the WCG of their teachings and misleading thousands of honest people seeking the right church and the true word of God. We were convinced that there was a ¨True Church¨ for in Mat.16:18 we read…“And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it”. Of course, Herbert W. Armstrong used that verse over and over to convince church members that the Worldwide Church of God was the ¨True Church¨ and we believed him. You will also notice that I did not criticize nor condemn Herbert W. Armstrong, nor did I talk about a ¨lake of fire¨, of punishment, and brimstone for the guilty as some of you do. God in his own time will judge ALL people and it’s not for me to decide on God’s behalf of who will be punished and who will be saved and I don’t think God has authorized anyone on this earth to do so.

          There were two churches in Montreal, one English and one French. I was a member of the Montreal French Church (Canada) and even from the beginning, used to attend one or the other because I thought that God is one and not a divider of brethrens. I was told not to do so because of the Sabbath Head Count (attendance). That’s another story about keeping the Sabbath and the Holy Days and how some people lost their well-paying jobs because of the sunset-to-sunset Fridays and weekday Holy Days and were told that God will bless them for obeying the fourth commandment. How this fourth commandment ruined lives is unbelievable but as I said, that’s another story in itself.

          I was in Tucson, Arizona attending the usual Sabbath services when the split happened. Another horror story. Tears flowing from all sides as fathers crossed the floor to the other side without their wives or children. The scene was both shocking and sickening. I was blessed for one thing, I was single (no pun intended ladies). A week later, W. Tkach Jr came to Arizona to put the fire out but it was too late, This was brewing for some time and for him not to act before, was the downfall of the Church and to hear him say ¨I should have came sooner¨ did not make any dents at all.

          After loosing all my so-thought friends in the church and a so-thought best friend minister, where we both worked weekends and evenings into building a decent choir (because I was a musician and even taught him to play the guitar) and other church activities, and only to see these friends and good buddies vanish in a blink of an eye, was painful and cruel. To this day, I have not made new friends nor have any wish to do so.

          I don’t want this letter to be too long but some are curious to know how I’m coping with all of this today. Very well I must say and will write again (if you so wish) and explain the steps I took to overcome these hurdles and with God’s help, remain faithful in Him and to Him.

          Ed

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          • Hi Ed,

            I want to make sure that you know (if I may be so bold as to speak for all of us), we are so glad that you found this forum. You are among friends here. That being said, I just want to hold your feet to the fire (no pun intended) a bit on a comment you made above.

            You said, “nor did I talk about a ¨lake of fire¨, of punishment, and brimstone for the guilty as some of you do.”

            Given that most of us here view the “second death” as one from which a resurrection is not possible, eternal destruction, I fail to see how anyone here has judged any individual as being worthy of this. We have spoken of the possible demise of the organization
            and other self serving religious bodies and even been critical of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses as well as the leadership of certain other religions, but I am unaware of anyone judging individuals as being worthy of “Second Death”. Talking about the demise of an organization, wishing for such or being critical of the Watchtower leadership is NOT the same as judging individuals as being worthy of (Lake of Fire) eternal destruction. I hope you can see the difference.

            You said, “God in his own time will judge ALL people and it’s not for me to decide on God’s behalf of who will be punished and who will be saved and I don’t think God has authorized anyone on this earth to do so.”

            There is not a single person on this site that would disagree with you on this statement. Thanks for sharing more of your story.

            Your brother in Christ,

            Dennis Parker

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  2. AwareBeing says:

    Dear Brother JJ;

    My wife and I are pleased that you enjoyed the research I’ve done and your posting of it. We were anxious to hear from you again; but after reading your additional material, we realized that you’ve been busy! Thank you for rounding out the subject with a broad range of resources, these had several good points as well.

    Yehuwah’s blessings; AwareBeing

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  3. greybeard says:

    Very good article JJ. Thank you! Who knows what might happen after the present governing body is dead and gone. The leadership itself had to die out before this Armstrong movement confessed to it’s wrong doing. I believe that would need to take place also before any major changes take place with the Jehovah’s Witnesses. It would be wonderful but I don’t see it happening in the near future. God has let an “operation of error” dominate them from the beginning on a world wide scale. I for one believe the “wild beast” will knock them off their Babylonian Tower high in the sky and eat their fleshly parts along with all the other religions that make their leaders equal to Christ. Jesus said to not be called leaders for one is your leader, the Christ. Somehow they miss this simple command and refuse to be lead by Holy Spirit putting their trust in man to whom “no salvation belongs”.

    Your brother in Christ,
    Greybeard

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    • Ed says:

      greybeard:
      Very good article JJ.Thank you!Who knows what might happen after the present governing body is dead and gone.The leadership itself had to die out before this Armstrong movement confessed to it’s wrong doing. I believe that would need to take place also before any major changes take place with the Jehovah’s Witnesses.It would be wonderful but I don’t see it happening in the near future. God has let an “operation of error” dominate them from the beginning on a world wide scale.I for one believe the “wild beast” will knock them off their Babylonian Tower high in the sky and eat their fleshly parts along with all the other religions that make their leaders equal to Christ.Jesus said to not be called leaders for one is your leader, the Christ. Somehow they miss this simple command and refuse to be lead by Holy Spirit putting their trust in man to whom “no salvation belongs”.

      Your brother in Christ,
      Greybeard

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      • Ed says:

        Hello Greybeard. I’m not rooting for JW’s but your response has a “Lake of Fire” in it and you have become the judge. Everyone has a right to reply and to write their comments, but don’t think for a moment that God thinks like you do.

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        • Hi Ed,

          Can you explain how your comment relates to Greybeards comment. How has he become a judge. As I see it, he is commenting about an organization not individuals. He is talking bluntly about an organization (and all religions that would make themselves equal to our Lord) much as you did in your earlier post about the WCG. He is talking about the eventual destruction of such organizations. I fail to see how he has consigned any individual to the Lake of Fire. Also, what does this mean in regards to his comment, “don’t think for a moment that God thinks like you do.” What exactly in his comment prompted your harsh (as I see it) reply? I think a comment such as yours above calls for further explanation. How bout it?

          Dennis

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        • greybeard says:

          Dear Ed,

          You don’t know me or how I think. I have no doubt that Gods thoughts are higher than my own thank you very much 😉

          As Dennis said, I was speaking of the organization. I do not judge or condemn any man. The Bible talks about the Beast eating the fleshly parts of the Harlot, Babylon of witch JW’s are apart of IMO. I believe God has the ability to save ALL of his children on this EARTH and WANTS to and WILL DO IT. 1 Corinthians 15:22 / Romans 11:32

          Peace to you my brother,
          Greybeard

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  4. Polly Brown says:

    After listening to Mr. Tkach Jr. story on utube, I bawled like a baby as I recognised Gods mighty hand in breaking the bondage from the WWCofG. If he did it for them, he can do it for the Watchtower! AMEN and AMEN!

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  5. JJ says:

    Sister Polly

    Were you a member of WCG? The video obviously moved you deeply- could you tell us more as to why?

    Thanks Sis for your comments.

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  6. Bob says:

    Just happened on your post today.
    I must say that you have some real errors in your description of the WCG’s teachings and its relationship to the JW teachings.

    I was a student at Ambassador in the early 60’s, and basically disagree with most of your post. You are talking about the WCG after the influx of people who over time began to deteriorate the WCG and its teachings.

    The majority of the complaints about so-called ENFORCED teachings are unfounded. No one enforces anything on anyone except they give in to something on their own volition.

    Because a doctrine is close to or like any of the JW teachings has nothing to do with following JW teaching as a source. In classes at Ambassador we spent many hours covering the errors in the teachings of the RCC, the SDA’s, standard Protestant teaching and JW’s. Which makes it quite interesting to see someone claim the WCG teachings, in part, came from the JW’s. That simply is not true, nor did any come from the Mormons. What was taught was found in the Scriptures, not in outside church organizations.

    Today, it seems that all, ALL, christian organizations are now going through what the WCG went through. For, now, the same people are now infiltrating those groups too to destroy them.

    Be careful whom you criticize for those same problems WILL come upon you and your organizations. Just read the daily news reports about Christian groups in America and the world. The WCG was just one of the first to be destroyed.

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  7. JJ says:

    I appreciate your viewpoint Bob. The intention and focus of the article is on the problems with the Watchtower organization and its Jehovah’s Witness religion. The vast majority of us here are current or former JWs that see the many problems in the religion.

    I am unsure on which side you align yourself, but as mentioned there are many apologists for Mr. Armstrong that remain loyal to him despite the facts and the apology from his predecessors.

    Regardless, I wish you well in your endeavors and hope that you are free in your belief system and not ensnared in another cult as many of us here used to be.

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  8. Brian says:

    My brother and his family were a part of the WCG. I tried to witness but were hung up on the sabbath. Did not appreciate the NEW covenant. When the the church started to emphasize this they became disgruntled and left soon after.

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  9. Brian says:

    My brother and his family were a part of the WCG. I tried to witness but were hungbup on the sabbath. Did not appreciate the NEW covenant. When the the church started to emphasize this they became disgruntled and left soon after.

    Brian:
    My brother and his family were a part of the WCG. I tried to witness to them but were hung up on the sabbath. They did not appreciate the NEW covenant. When the the church started to emphasize this they became disgruntled and left soon after.

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  10. john says:

    I remember Mr. Armstrong.His message was just like the watchtower. The end is coming and it is just around the corner.Now at age 79 I sit and think about all thse crooks that thought they knew it all. Armstrong and the watchtower.I realize now that it was just another time in my life to hear all this nonsense.The preachers on tv were money hungry and getting all they could from the people.All of them are guilty of misleading the people.There is no true religion.The only way to know about God is to read your bible and do the best you can. God knows that you are sincere You do not have to make a bunch of men rich to be saved.Let God worry about who is right and who is wrong.

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