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The United Church of God has finished its annual conference. Kubik and Dean are no longer on the council. John Elliot has replaced Kubik. Donald Ward will be replacing Aaron Dean starting July 1st. In the meantime Roc Corbett will be filling Dean's shoes till Ward takes over.
Once again we get to see the same old guard ruling over the members. When will they ever bring new blood in? Don Ward has so much baggage attached to his name that many UCG members are not pleased.
Then there is this tidbit about all the ministry standing around singing "Thank the Lord" at the close of the last day is a creepy one to envision. After losing close to 50% of their elders and ministers, they are getting all clappy happy.
Finally, to close this year’s general conference, Dan Salcedo, an elder from Southern California, led everyone in a closing hymn: “Thank You Lord.” The closing prayer was offered to God the Father by long-time pastor, Vernon Hargrove.
UCG's new Council of Elders Board is as follows:
- Gary Antion
- Scott Ashley
- Bob Berendt
- Bill Bradford
- Roc Corbett (On July 1, 2011, Donald Ward will take Roc Corbett’s seat.)
- Bill Eddington
- John Elliott
- Roy Holladay
- Darris McNeely
- Melvin Rhodes (chairman)
- Mario Seiglie
- Robin Webber
Victor will eventually drop out and just go with his own organization he has started to give practical loving help to real needy humans.
ReplyDeleteWhile we have had issues with each other, I honor Vic's good works.
I worked with Vic when you could get a Whopper, Fries and Coke for $1.19! Trust me, we know!
Dennis said, "I worked with Vic when you could get a Whopper, Fries and Coke for $1.19! "
ReplyDeleteMY COMMENT - I remember the under current of criticism Ken Westby received from his Washington, D.C. congregation that he pastored when he was spotted drinking a coke cola. Drinking a coke cola in the 1960s Worldwide Church of God was unacceptable and greatly frowned upon.
In the WCG where no aspect of human life is too small to micro-manage, Laodicean attitudes can be traced to a coke cola. Dennis was just ahead of his time.
Richard
I don't see this lineup as being one which will be particularly successful, particularly for the long term. It is also a rather mixed bag in terms of personalities.
ReplyDeleteWith the UCG in serious decline, it doesn't even seem worth discussing any longer. If you remember, I did say six years ago, "Judgment, if any, awaits".
These people have had well over a decade and things aren't improving. It is a stalement: They can never recover the past glory of Herbert Armstrong and they don't have much mass appeal. All they can do is pick through what resources they have left and see if they can leverage it to the point of keeping themselves in their homes and feeding themselves.
United will have additional difficulties as more and more of the membership realize that British Israelism is stupid and their history of the church is total fiction -- with the UCG having no real reason for existence, particularly since it has embraced Herbert Armstrong's lies and deceptions. There's no real way out and it's getting worse.
Regarding Coca Cola, Herbert Armstrong loved it and it was often his drink of choice on trips because he considered it safer than local water.
ReplyDeleteIn addition to a well stocked liquor supply in Herbert's basement, there were cases of Coke, 7-Up and other soda's. While you were told by Spanky and crew not to drink it, Herb and crew were swilling away.
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