Daniel Oliver, Portland. Guy Stilborn, Moosonnin, Sask. Miss. Philippines Ross Flynn, Trenton, N.J. Herschel L. Foote, Independence, Kan. Larry Ford, Reseda, Calif. James E Forrest, Memphis, Tenn. James Foster, New Orleans, La. Joseph P. Szymkowiak, Akron. Hull, Bloemfontein and Klerksdorp, South Africa David Hulme, Pasadena, Calif. Chris Hunting, Sydney and Wollongong, Australia Clarence O. Huse, Pasadena, Calif. Filidor Illesca, Temuco, Chile William R Jacobs, Erie, Pa. Harold Jackson, Pasadena, Calif. William G. Jahns, Eau Claire, Wis., and St Paul, Minn. Lincoln Jailail, San Juan, Puerto Rico Ronald K. Jameson, Greenville, S.C. Mohan Jayasekera, Colombo, Sri Lanka James E. Jenkins, Union and Bricktown, N.J. John A. Jewell, Plymouth, United Kingdom David M. Johnson, Clarksburg, W. Va , Belle Vernon and Washington, Pa. Dennis Johnson, Glendora, Calif Douglas Johnson. Clarence H. Scobee, Reseda, Calif. Charles F. Scott, Big Sandy. Paul Seller. Shreveport, La. Shreveport, La. Harvey L Bauman, Lenoir, N.C. Hermelando Bauza, tmus. Go to Calendar. The following are names of recently deceased credentialed Church of God ministers. Further information on the history of the Church of God may be found at this website: This page was last edited on 15 November 2022, at 00:17. Jackson, Miss Arlie Patterson, Appleton, Wis. William T. Pearson, Miami Fla. Michael Pellar, Detroit, Mich. Dennis L. Pelley. Fla. Jerry P. McCauley, Springfield. Shreveport, La. Mo. Phillip C. Fowler, Chicago. Ronald C. Miller, Grand Junction and Meeker, Colo. William D. Miller. Joseph M. Hopkins October 19, 1984 1984 H erbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God (WCG) seems to thrive on adverse publicity. Larry Wooldridge, Meriden. Bill Sidney, Gold Coast, Australia David J. Silcox, Lancaster and Manchester, United Kingdom Frank Simkins, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Lyle V. Simons, Vancouver, B.C. Philippines Pedro Ortiguero, Santiago and Tuguegarao, Philippines David C. Pack, Buffalo, N.Y. William R. Pack. Eugene L Burton, Lexington, Ky. Sam Butler, Aptos, Calif. Bernie Campbell, Springfield, Mo. Ohio Charles E. Tackett, Lexington, Ky. Ceser C. Tan, LosBanos, Philippines Walter K. Tannert, Tucson. Ill. Harry Bente, Beaver Valley, Pa. Robert B. Berg, Fargo. William T. Morgan, Phoenix, Ariz. Arthur Morris, Mansfield, Ohio Joe D. Morris, Modesto, Calif. James Mortensen, Uvalde, Tex. Trevor Brown, Toronto, Ont. Mario Dulguime, Ambassador College, Pasadena, Calif. Richard D. Duncan, Vancouver, Wash. Wayne H Dunlap, Dallas, Tex. J. Thomas Oakley, Baltimore, Md. Many who left UCG, including former President Clyde Kilough recently formed another group called Church of God, a Worldwide Association (COGWA). Calif. Don Wendt, Pasadena, Calif. Ronald A Wheeler, Santa Rosa. S.D Jonathan N. Buck, Bonnyville. Dan Brockman, London, Ky. Alan Brooks, Edinburgh and Glasgow, United Kingdom Charles W. Brooks, Evansville, Ind. Rochester, N.Y. Larry Dietrich, Long Beach, Calif. Walter Dolengo, Brooklyn-Queens, NY Behrman Doucet, Houston, Tex. Green, Atlanta, Ga. A. Bruce Greenaway, Gold Coast, Australia Garvin L Greene, Muncie and Richmond, Ind. Donald R. Contardi, Glendale. Thomas E. Wiseman, Beckley, W. Va. Larry Wissert, San Bernardino, Calif. Neil Wolcott. Big Sandy, Tex. Colo. Robert Y. Pettit, San Antonio, Tex. Scott City. Shreveport, La. Ariz. James Tate. Juarez, Chihuahua, Jalpa de Mendez, Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico James E. Turner, Phoenix, Ariz. Bruce C. Tyler, Bunbury and Perth. Marie, Orit Rodney G. King, Canberra, Temora and Wodonga, Australia H. Judd Kirk, Wichita, Kan. James E Kissee, Big Sandy. James E Reyer, Denver, Colo. Camilo P. Reyes. Ill., and Wisconsin Dells, Wis. Sam Kneller, Paris, France Charles Knowlton. James E. Stewart, Raleigh, M.C. Toronto, Ont. Earl J. Williams, Cincinnati, Ohio Emory C. Williams, Jonesboro, Ark. On the way to the New World, John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, led a sermon, titled "A Model of Christian Charity", about Puritan ideals . Australia Albert Sousa, Bahia Blanca and Ezeiza. Jose Raduban, Manila, Philippines Charles Ranchie, Kelowna and Penticton, B.C. The Worldwide Church of God was created by . Tex. South Africa Harold van Lerberghe, Tilburg, the Netherlands Alfred Vans chuyver, Ada, Ok I a Roland Vanslooten, Grand Rapids, Mich. Braden T. Veller, Tampa, Fla. Owen A. Visagie, Cape Town. St. Louis, Mo. Benton County Circuit Judge Brad Karren ruled Hord to register as a sex offender and to avoid contact with any of the victims or any children, according to the Democrat-Gazette. United Kingdom Stephen R. Brown, St. Louis, Mo. Calgary, Alta. Larry Helscher, Glendale, Calif. Mike Henley. Melbourne, Fla. Haraid R. Richard, Washington, D.C. Dennis Richards, Dunedin, New Zealand Robert W. Richards, Flint, Mich. Charles A. Rightrneier, Topeka, Kan. Eleuterio Rizallosa, Manikling, Philippines William N. Robinson, Melbourne, Australia David Roenspies, Chicago, Ill. Raymond Roenspies, Chicago, Ill Arthur N. Roesler, Houston, Tex. Thomas. Ed Mentell is a former Worldwide Church of God member and runs what their organization refers to as an "apostate" site . Pulley, Hamillon, Bermuda Juan Quinones, Brooklyn-Queens. and Whealland, Wyo. D.C. Gary Ehman, Appleion, Wis. Arthur Elliott, Phoenix, Ariz. Gordon Emerson, Aptos, Calif. Richard E. Emery, LasCruces, N.M. Joseph F. Emmerth, Elkhart, Ind. Higher ranking positions (to that of "evangelist") being; "apostle" (first) and then "prophet" (second) as stated in Ephesians 4:11. Lyfe E. Welty. Neb. Kan. Thomas D. Turk, Cd. Idaho Bob Scott, Quebec City and Trois-Riuieres, Que Marc A. SegaII, Chicoand Eureka, Calif. Mario Seiglie, Santiago, Chile James Servidio. Tyler, Tex. Port-of-Spain, Trinidad Joseph Cheperdak, Victoria, B.C. Waterloo, Iowa, Advisory Council of Elders Serving Mr. ArmstrongDibar ApartianDean BlackwellHerman L. HoehHarold JacksonEllis LaRaviaRaymond F. McNairRoderick C. MeredithL. William Weed, Vancouver, B.C. Henry Petersen, Sioux Falls, S. D. Kenneth E. Peterson, Colorado Springs. Bill O. Guillen, Missoula and Kalispell, Mont. 2 min read. Through the first half of the 1990s, about 80% of the Church completely departed from the truth. Minneapolis, Minn. Rex Sexton, Pasco, Wash Steve Stiafer, Seattle, Wash. Larry E. Sham us, San Jose, Calif. Jack C. Sheppard, Montgomery, Ala. Donald Sherrow, Kingston, Ont. Stanley E. Denzinger, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Norman W Destardins, Portland, Ore. Stanley Deveaux, Houston, Tex. Garden Grove, Calif. Raymond Neuls, Cumberland, Ont. Wis. Irvin Hardiman. Wells, Topeka, Kan., and St. Joseph, Mo. In the words of Yves Congar, "Sacred history, the history of the Church as the Church of God, is made out of the succession of God's 'visitations' thanks to which men elicit those responses of faith and love by which the City of God is built up." Stanley E. Denzinger, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Norman W Destardins, Portland, Ore. Stanley Deveaux, Houston, Tex. Somerset and Middlesboro, Ky. Leslie A. Schmedes, Rochester and Syracuse, N.Y. Frank H. Schnee, Bonn, West Germany Bernie Schnippert, Las Vegas, Nev. Leonard J. Schreiber. Randi R. Bloom. Founder and Pastor General of The Restored Church of God, Editor-in-Chief of The Real Truth magazine, and voice of The World to Come program, David C. Pack has reached many millions around the globe with the most powerful truths of the Bibleunknown to almost all. Ministers Information - Church of God Ministries Ministers Information The information listed in the documents below is a collation of information that has been reported to Church of God Ministries by individuals, congregations and reports from state/regional assemblies. and Billings. 4, Pt. Moose Jaw and Regina, Sask. Daniel E. Orban, Greensboro, N.C. David L. Orban, Knoxville, Tenn. Brian W. Orchard. William T. Morgan, Phoenix, Ariz. Arthur Morris, Mansfield, Ohio Joe D. Morris, Modesto, Calif. James Mortensen, Uvalde, Tex. Robert Bragg, Brooklyn-Queens, N.Y. Lloyd E. Briggie, Montvale, N.J. Keith H. Brittain, El Paso, Tex., Las Cruces and Roswell, N.M. Frank Brown, St. Albans, United Kingdom Terence D. Browning, Johannesburg, South Africa Charles E. Bryce, Abbotsford and Vancouver, B.C. Steve Sctiantz, London. John B. Bald, La Crosse. and Scottsbluff, Neb. William D. Mott, Coos Bay, Ore Dennis Mouland, Flagstaff, Ariz. Gordon E. Murray. spending time with your family and former friends outside the cult Leo D. wan Pelt, North Bay and Sudbury, Ont. Roy T. Newell, Abilene, Tex. Alta. Calif. William F. Box, Tutsa, Okla. Ronald Reedy, Lexington and Morehead, Ky, Robert Re gazzoli, Ball a rat and Bend igo and Caste rton, Australia David Register, Laurel and Wilmington, Del. Lee Sefcak, Banning, Calif Sluart Segall, Coos Bay, Ore. J. R. Seiver, Houston, Tex. I Grant Spong, Winchester, Va.. Cumberland and Hagerstown, Md. Ont. Robert Devine, Nottingham, United Kingdom Earl D. Dickenson, Midi and, Tex. Robert Devine, Nottingham, United Kingdom Earl D. Dickenson, Midi and, Tex. Roger T. Shigehara. Rumie P. Nusz, Vankton, S.D. Kenneth A. Graham Sr., Detroit, Mich. Terrence Graves, Tacoma. Vancouver, B.C. Guy L. Ames. Allen D. Bullock. Henry Petersen, Sioux Falls, S. D. Kenneth E. Peterson, Colorado Springs. Calif Gene A. Scarbrojgh, Pasadena, Calif. Edwin Schedler. Gary Pendergraft, Denver, Colo. Jim Peoples, Banning and San Bernardino, Calif. Robert E. Peoples, Jackson and Greenwood, Miss. Alaska William Eddington, Melbourne, Australia George Efthyvoulos, Salisbury, Zimbabwe John P. Egbert, Washington. Miami, Florida Gordon Brauchla, Muncie, Ind. Pasco, Wash. Douglas Hardin, Rome, Ga. Glenn O. Harmon, Eugene, Ore. Ray Harrison, Richmond. Accra and Kumasi, Ghana Fran Ricchi, Windsof, Ont. United Kingdom Erick S. DuBois, BasseTerre and Point-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe James O. Duke, Tyler and Big Sandy, Tex. Lambert L. Greer, Olympia and Tacoma, Wash. Lawrence Greider Jr., Fayetteville. Richard R. Rand, Columbia, Mo. Our passion is global. That was the final year every boy in the church had to endure before finally crossing the 13 . Sydney, Australia Eldon Davis, Tonasket, Wash. Elmer C. Davis, Farmington, MM. Bill Whitaker, Cape Town, Mitchells Plain and Retreat, South Africa A. John White, Cape Town. [According to Jim Franks (now with COGWA), COGWA had 170 elders and 8,000 attendees as of March 1, 2011 (Franks J. Warren J. Heaton III, Hazard and Piheville, Ky. Michael A Hechel, Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga. SelmerL. J. Bernard Dowson, Bradford, Hull and Sheffield. In 1934, Armstrong became one of the first broadcast evangelists when he started a radio program. Wells, Topeka, Kan., and St. Joseph, Mo. Mont. Everett E. Rice. Sask. Gerald E. Hoyer, Olympia, Wash. Dwaine C. Hudson, Topeka, Kan. Keith E. Hudson, Omaha, Neb. Philippines Robert B. Bedlow, Dublin, Ireland William E. Beebe, Ajstin, Ten. Dell Stingley, Lafayette, Ind. Grand Rapids, Mich. Rand Millich, Michigan City and Elkhart, Ind. Prince George, B.C. Salem, Ore. Kenneth E. Walker, Columbia, Mo. Dudley D. Trone. David H. Mills, Salem and Albany, Ore. Pacified Z. Mirto, Cebu City, Bacolod City and Itoilo, Philippines Alfred J. Mischnick, Mojave and Bakersfield, Calif. Steve D. Moody, Mobile, Ala., and Biloxi, Miss. N.C., and Florence, S.C. Mike Greider, Kenosha, Wis. Charles E. Groce, Asheville, N.C. Kerry W. Gubb, Adelaide and Darwin, Australia Mark J. Gully, Melbourne, Australia Toluta'u Ha'angana, Mua, Tonga Nelson C. Haas, Flint and Lansing, Mich. James F. Haeffele, Portland and Hood River, Ore. John Halford, Pasadena, Calif. Daniel C. Hall, Pittsburgh, Beaver Valley and McKeesport, Pa. Buck Hammer, Big Sandy, Tex. Ont. Nev. Luis E. Chavez, Bahia Blanca, Argentina Trevor Cherry, Evansburg, Alta. Sask. It is imperative to seek the unity of his mystical body. Tex. Donald A. Brooks, Champaign, Ill. Larry Brown, Phoenix, Ariz Leonard Brown, Windsor, Ont. Dwight B. Viehe, Pasadena, Calif. Terrence Villiers, Childers and Gympie, Australia David P, Wainwright, Pasadena, Calif. Keith A. Walden. Royston E. Page, Williams, Minn.; Morden and Winnipeg, Man., and Thunder Bay, Ont. Bonn, Duesseldorf, Darmstadt and Stuttgart, West Germany Frederick C Kellers, Little Rock, Ark Colin Kelly, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Ronald Kelly, Big Sandy, Tex. Mark R Ellis, Ballymena and Belfast, Northern Ireland; and Dublin, Ireland Guy L. Engelbart, Cleveland, Ohio OswaToU. Calif. Sidney M, Hegvold, Pasadena, Calif, Felix Heimberg, Milwaukee. Alta. Somerset and Middlesboro, Ky. Leslie A. Schmedes, Rochester and Syracuse, N.Y. Frank H. Schnee, Bonn, West Germany Bernie Schnippert, Las Vegas, Nev. Leonard J. Schreiber. Eugene L Burton, Lexington, Ky. Sam Butler, Aptos, Calif. Bernie Campbell, Springfield, Mo. Wis. Charles H. Grider, Chattanooga, Tenn. Robert D. Griffith, Parkersburg, W. Va. Charles F. Grimm, Clarksburg, W. Va. Norris L. Grous, North Platte. Birminghann, Ala. Gwendell Holste, San Luis Obispo, Calif. James F. Hopkins, Columbus, Ohio Alan S. House, Lake of the Ozarks. Names will remain on this site for at least 30 days following the date of posting. Joseph Tkach Jr., Phoenix, Ariz. Morgan Tovey, Port land, Ore. Don aid Tray nor, Philadelphia, Pa. George E. Trent, Clarksburg, W. Va. Harold L. Treybig, Houston, Tex. to. Arthur W. Docken, Omaha and Lincoln, Neb. Larry Helscher, Glendale, Calif. Mike Henley. Big Sandy, Tex. Ill. Lionel Estinvil, Port-au-Prince. A task force focused on the issue this week announced the hiring of a firm to oversee a new database of credibly accused ministers. . Wilbur A. Berg, Long Beach, Calif, Francis Bergin, St. Albans, United Kingdom Robert F. Bertuzzi, Orlando, Fla. Karl L. Beyersdorfer, Baton Rouge and Lafayette, La, Daniel J. Bierer, Ft. Myers and Sarasota, Fla. Marcial Billacura, Davao City, Philippines Alton B. Billingsley, Fresno and Visalia, Calif. Dean Blackwell, Pasadena, Calif. Thomas H. Blackwell, Harrison and Mountain View, Ark Michael E. Booze, Raleigh, N.C. Robert C. Boraker, Channel Isles, United Kingdom John Borax, Pasadena, Calif. Adriaan J. Botha, Johannesburg, South Africa Daniel Botha, Pretoria, South Africa Steven Botha, Parkersburg, Charleston and Huntington, W. Va. Barry Bourne, Birmingham, Northampton and Nottingham, United Kingdom William C. Bradford, Shreveport, La., Mena, Ark., and Texarkana, Tex. Peter J. Wolf, Fresno, Calif. Richard Woodall. Vancouver, B.C. But that great work came to an end after 1974. With that in mind, here are ten awesome women pastors from early American history you should know. Richard G. McCall, St. Petersburg. Sacramento, Calif. Carl Tryggestad, Minneapolis, Minn. Aldon B. Tunseth, Anchorage, Alaska Donald Turk, San Diego, Calif. Luciano Valencia, Manila, Philippines Pietervan derByl, Retreat. Short, Corpus Christi, Tex. Malawi; Kibirichia and Nairobi, Kenya Dean Wilson, Portland, Ore. Hugh E Wilson, Fargo and Grand Forks, N. D. William D. Winner, Gadsden, Ala. Gerald K. Witte, Denison. Bill Sidney, Gold Coast, Australia David J. Silcox, Lancaster and Manchester, United Kingdom Frank Simkins, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Lyle V. Simons, Vancouver, B.C. John D. Strain. Royston E. Page, Williams, Minn.; Morden and Winnipeg, Man., and Thunder Bay, Ont. In fact, the number of female pastors in the country has doubled in the last 10 years, a 2009 study found.Women are finding more and more ways to assume leadership positions in the church and make their presence known at pulpits across the United States.. Here's a list of some of the most influential female Christian voices: Dale K. Krebbs, Lubbock, Tex. Mont. Bend, Ore. Ken H. Williams, Kalamazoo and Coldwater, Mich. Owen Willis, Blantyre. Pasadena, Calif. Cecil J. Sask. Lyfe E. Welty. Ohio Charles E. Tackett, Lexington, Ky. Ceser C. Tan, LosBanos, Philippines Walter K. Tannert, Tucson. Carlos E. Perkins, Philadelphia, Pa. Robert J. Persky, Roanoke, Va. Donat Picard, Montreal, Sherbrooke and Val d'Or, Que, George M. Pinckney, Charlotte, N.C. Richard R. Pirelli, Toronto, Ont. Tex. Ill. Kenneth Buck, Southampton, United Kingdom Albertus M. Burbach, Toronto, Ont. Va. Thornas J. Harrison Jr., Olympia, Wash. George W. Hatch, Meriden, Conn Graham Hawkins, Croydon, United Kingdom Keith Haworth. M.H., and Montpelier, Vt. Tracey C. Rogers, Cleveland, Ohio Viclor Root, Berlin, Hamburg and Hannover, West Germany Thomas Root, Pasadena, Calif. Bernardo Rgsario, Tacloban City and Sogod, Philippines James J. Rosenthal.Harrisburg, Pa. Terrence Roth, Big River, Prince Albert and Tisdale. John R. Elliott, Fayetteville and Fort Smith, Ark. Robert J. Lehmkuhi. Reared as a Quaker, Armstrong joined the Oregon Conference of the Church of God in the late 1920s and by 1931 was ordained as one of its ministers. John B. Bald, La Crosse. Kan. Carl D. Carmichael. The corruption regarding extreme financial waste, opulence, sex assaults, adulteries, and other very questionable practices in many regards carne to the forefront in 1974. Tkach began to move the church toward mainstream Christianity, a process that his son and successor, Joseph Tkach, Jr., carried to its logical conclusion. John F. Lord, Basildon, Norwich and Ipswich, United Kingdom George L. Lowes. Vancouver, B.C. Jerry Ortiguero, Manila. Tom Smith, Tyler, Tex. Waterloo, Iowa, Fundamental Doctrines of the Church of God. Kenneth W. Treybig, Houston, Tex. Tex. Lake Crystal and Minneapolis, Minn. Randy Schreiber, Twin Falls and Blackfoot. Harold C. Williams. Longview. Calif. William A. March 13, 1996. Peru Rainer Salomaa, Kam loops and Salmon Arm, B.C. Harold Lester, Atlanta. Accra and Kumasi, Ghana Fran Ricchi, Windsof, Ont. Ohio Donald Thomas, Mobile, Ala. Robert A. Thurlow, Portland, Maine Donald W. Thurman, Fort Smith, Ark. Rumie P. Nusz, Vankton, S.D. John R. Elliott, Fayetteville and Fort Smith, Ark. Information covering his early beginnings with the Worldwide Church of God, later Church of God International and today, Christian Educational Ministries. Columbus, Ga Earl L. Henn, Pittsburgh, Pa. Donald W. Henson, Portland, Ore. Paul J. Herrmann, New Orleans, La. Pa. Bob G. League, Greensboro, N.C. George W. Lee, Barrie, Ont. Kenneth W. Treybig, Houston, Tex. Al Kersha, Miami, Fla. William Kessler, Nashville and Dickaon, Tenn. Paul Kieffer, West Germany Reginald Killingley, Pasadena, Calif. Clyde Kilough, Jonesboro, Ark , and Poplar Bluff, Mo. Philippines Wilton Adams, Oklahoma City, Okla. Dillard B Alexander, Chicago, Ill. Leif Anderson, Minneapolis, Minn. Robert Ardis Sr., Charleston, S.C. Waldo Armstrong, Rapid City, S.D. Pack, Chattanooga, Tenn. Jose Parayno, Dagupan City, Philippines Marvin Parks, Windsor, Ont. In the end, more than a third of the ministers left the Worldwide Church of God [closer to 50% in the United States!]. Paul Seller. Colin Wilkins, Aberdeen. Up to three-quarters of Worldwide's former 125,000 members have departed. Wash David H. Ogwyn. Sedro-Woolley, Wash. Ronald Haines, Wichita, Kan. Charles Halliar, Chicago, Ill. Ernest Names, Toowoomba, Australia James E. Hanson, Eugene, Ore. Robert Happel. Pasco, Wash. Douglas Hardin, Rome, Ga. Glenn O. Harmon, Eugene, Ore. Ray Harrison, Richmond. Letter to the Ministry, March 4, 2011). Leonard E. James, Cleveland, Ohio Verner Jensen, Portland, Maine Mordakhai Joseph, Pasadena, Calif. Epeli Kanaimawi, Suva, Fiji Helmuth Kaserer, Salzburg, Austria Norman Keeble, Gippsland, Australia Glen W. Keeley, Kalarnazoo, Mich. Robert Kendall, Big Sandy, Tex. John Storey, Kingston, Ont. Armstongism refers to the teachings of Herbert W. Armstrong, which became the teaching of the Worldwide Church of God. . NONE of us are individually responsible for ALL the following but we had a . Australia Dennis Luker, Seattle, Wash Bienvenido Macaraeg, Davao. IN MEMORY. Ron D. Wallen, Hattiesburg and Meridian, Miss Donald L. Ward, Big Sandy and Tyler, Tex. Hunt, Pikeville, Ky. Marvin Hush, Baltimore, Md. Frederick G. McGovarin, Peterborough, Ont. Historically-speaking, in the former Worldwide Church of God an "evangelist" was a high ranking minister under governance of the Pastor General (also acknowledged to be an "apostle"), Herbert W. Armstrong from 1934 to 1986, then under Joseph W. Tkach, from 1986 until his death in 1995. Arthur H. Dyer, Johnstown and Huntingdon, Pa. Neil Earle,. Gary L. Nielander, Columbus, Ind. Melbourne, Fla. Haraid R. Richard, Washington, D.C. Dennis Richards, Dunedin, New Zealand Robert W. Richards, Flint, Mich. Charles A. Rightrneier, Topeka, Kan. Eleuterio Rizallosa, Manikling, Philippines William N. Robinson, Melbourne, Australia David Roenspies, Chicago, Ill. Raymond Roenspies, Chicago, Ill Arthur N. Roesler, Houston, Tex. John E. Adams, Ottawa, Ont. Gary King, Gaylord, Mich., and Sault Ste. Gerald Schnarrenberger, Denver, Colo. Dale Sehurter, Big Sandy, Tex. James N. Lee, Longviewand Lufkin, Tex. The Church of God in Christ, the largest Black Pentecostal denomination in the United States, was founded by Charles Harrison Mason, a former Baptist minister, in 1897 and incorporated in 1907. Carl Fields, Toledo, Ohio Martin Filipello. his decision to transfer his ministry to the Global Church of God. Hord was first arrested in August 2022 when he was charged with second-degree sexual assault and possessing matter depicting . The work that was done by the Worldwide Church of God before 1974 was the greatest Judaic-Christian movement to come on the world scene in 2000 years. Adam ministers in the Church of Christ, a conservative denomination. Randy D'Alessandro. Glenn Doig, Soldotna, Alaska Dennis Doucet, Lake Charles, La., and Beaumont. Pack, Chattanooga, Tenn. Jose Parayno, Dagupan City, Philippines Marvin Parks, Windsor, Ont. Ray E. Wawak, Little Rock, Ark. Glenn R. Holladay. J. Thomas Oakley, Baltimore, Md. Abner D. Washington, Los Angeles, Calif. Ronald P. Washington, St Louis, Mo. Pulley, Hamillon, Bermuda Juan Quinones, Brooklyn-Queens. Larry Wooldridge, Meriden. Philippines Wilton Adams, Oklahoma City, Okla. Dillard B Alexander, Chicago, Ill. Leif Anderson, Minneapolis, Minn. Robert Ardis Sr., Charleston, S.C. Waldo Armstrong, Rapid City, S.D. Douglass H. Bosshart, San Francisco. The Church of God began on August 19, 1886, in Monroe County, Tennessee, near the North Carolina border. Earl L. Roemer, Anchorage, Fairbanks and Palmer, Alaska Dan E. Rogers, Concord. Robort Millman, Atmore, Edmonton and Westlock, Alia. United Kingdom Don Mears, Kettle Falls. New Orleans, La. The program would eventually expand to 382 U.S. television stations, and 36 television outlets internationally. He also founded Ambassador College, a religious school in Pasadena, and was a controversial pioneer of radio and television evangelism whose show, "The World Tomorrow," eventually aired on 382 television stations. Ore. James M. Russell, San Bernardino, Calif. Allen R Ruth, Bethlehem, Pa. Anthony Sadler, Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom Daniel Salcedo, Garden Grove. Marie, Orit Rodney G. King, Canberra, Temora and Wodonga, Australia H. Judd Kirk, Wichita, Kan. James E Kissee, Big Sandy. Hersel L. Spoor, Kansas City, Mo. After reading a series of books, he became convinced that the atheists have better arguments than believers. Hegvold, Pasadena. Phil Rice, Tulsa, 0kla. Augustus Roycroft, Belfast, Northern Ireland William Royer, Tampa, Fla. Donald D. Russell, Klamath Falls. This website searchable archive is not secular knowledge, to get full access to the material within this site and attend services please contact: Mr. Ron Stephens Elder in the USA [email protected] The Basic Teaching can be found in the HWA StoreHouse. Ernest A. Hoyt, Eugene, Ore. Sydney J. Tex. Calif. Charles Whetson, Youngstown, Ohio Bobby D. Whitaker, Somerset, Ky. Henry White, Detroit, Mich. William White, Cairns, Australia Ben H. WhitfielrJ, Meeker, Colo. Richard A. Whiting, Hull, United Kingdom Tom E. Whitson, Houston, Tex. Lyle L. Campbell, Wichita. Roger T. Shigehara. Armstrong founded the Radio Church of God in 1934, broadcasting his prophecy-oriented "The World Tomorrow" program from Eugene, Oregon. Philippines Ross Flynn, Trenton, N.J. Herschel L. Foote, Independence, Kan. Larry Ford, Reseda, Calif. James E Forrest, Memphis, Tenn. James Foster, New Orleans, La. Richard Rice, Pasadena, Calif. John W. Ritenbaugh. Ambassador College Bible Correspondence Course, Lesson 52, 1968. Chalmer Piter, Champaign, Ill. Gary D. Pifer, Champaign, Ill. John C. Pittman, Milwaukee, Wis. Philip M. Plows, Sydney, Australia Joseph E. Pope, Columbus, Ga. William A. Powell, Jacksonville, Fla. Maurice E. Preteroti, Wheeling, W. Va. Andrew M. Prettyman, Chicago, Ill. Curtis Price, Garden Grove, Calif Lawson O. Houston, Tex. Wilbur M. Malone. Argentina Robert L. Spence, St. Louis, Mo. Richard J. Frankel, Washington, DC. Calif. Sidney M, Hegvold, Pasadena, Calif, Felix Heimberg, Milwaukee. Wash., and Castlegar, B.C. Al R. Dennis, Long Beach, Calil. Donald A. Brooks, Champaign, Ill. Larry Brown, Phoenix, Ariz Leonard Brown, Windsor, Ont. Earl J. Williams, Cincinnati, Ohio Emory C. Williams, Jonesboro, Ark. John Clune, Brisbane, Australia Elmer Conley, Liberal, Kan. Verdon D. Conrad, Halifax, N.S. Vivian M. Carne, Plymouth, United Kingdom Edwin Carr Jr.. Knoxville, Tenn. Charles A. Carson. N.Y. Richard Railston, Yakirna, Wash. Raul Ramos, Long Island, N.Y. William J. Razor, Morehead, Ky. Eli Rebich, Wheeling, W.Va. Clifford A. Redanz, Youngstown, Ohio Lloyd E. Register, Lawton, Okla. Patrick M. Regoord, Buffalo, NY. Finances were always tight, but the ministry gradually grew along the Pacific Coast of the United States. He began publishing The Plain Truth as a mimeographed newsletter. Gerry Heldt, Bismarck, M.D. Randal G. Dick, Dallas, Tex Robert A. Dick, Columbus, Ohio Walter M. Dickinson, Albuquerque and Farmington, N.M. Dennis Diehl, Findlay and Mansfield, Ohio Pablo S. Oimakis, Guadalajara, Mexico William T. Dixon, Brisbane and Caboolture, Australia John Dobritch, Clarksburg, W Va., Belle Vernon and Washington, Pa. David E Dobson, Memphis, Tenn., and Jackson, Miss. Paul B. Smith. John W. Cafourek, Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Paducah, Ky. Charles A. Calahan, Lafayette, Ind. Torn Melear, Rochester and Syracuse, N.Y. Pedro R Melendez, Manila, Philippines Alfredo Mercado, Monterrey, Mexico Roderick C. Meredith, Pasadena, Calif. Ray A. Meyer, Louisville, Ky. Pieter Michielsen, Dawson Creek, B.C. Sheridan. . Ill. Eugene G. Koch, Beaumont, Tex. Pasadena, Calif. Alan Tattersall, Liverpool. One of Tilton's main tactics to get his enormous following to donate money was to ask them to send prayer requests to his ministry. Robert V. Flores Sr. Pasadena (Spanish). TOP STORY: WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD: Once regarded as cult, a quirky church embraces evangelical belief; TOP STORY: WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD: Once regarded as cult, a quirky church embraces evangelical belief; TOWARD THE TRINITY: TRANSFORMING THEOLOGY AND LIVES OF THE MINISTERS IN THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD/GRACE COMMUNION INTERNATIONAL Michael F. Picket, Anchorage, Alaska Frank Pierce, Houston, Tex. Pa. Bob G. League, Greensboro, N.C. George W. Lee, Barrie, Ont. Jerry Ortiguero, Manila. Below is a list of ministers ordained to the rank of evangelist in the Worldwide Church of God between 1952 and 1990.[1]. Alta. Ohio Calvin Mickens, Tucson, Ariz. Gordon C. Miller, Washington, D.C. Larry E. Miller, Kansas City, Mo. Victoria, Tex. The copyright dispute in this case arises from a change in religious doctrine of the Worldwide Church of God ("WCG"). Local News. Richard Davies. James A. and Whealland, Wyo. Steve Sctiantz, London. Charles E. Dickey, Chattanooga, Tenn. Lawrence R. Dickey, Athens, Ga. Fred W. Diehl. Herbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God Some Horror Stories about Herbert W. Armstrong's Cult In Herbert W. Armstrong, Herbert W. Armstrong History, Horror Stories, Radio Church of God, Worldwide Church of God Tags Herbert W. Armstrong Horror Stories, Worldwide Church of God Horror Stories April 8, 2020 7545 Views Batuan City, and Iligan City Philippines Paul Linehan, Thunder Bay, Ont., and Winnipeg, Man. Cincinnati, Ohio Alex Kroska, Minneapolis, Minn. 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