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Sunday, July 20, 2025
Ousted UCG President Has Heart Attack
Rick Shabi suffered a heart attack today after Sabbath services. He is currently in the hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. He and his family sincerely request your earnest prayers for his swift recovery and thank you in advance for your support.
I hope he pulls through for his own and his families sake. He has many UCG members around the world praying for him. The sermon he preached yesterday is on UCG Jacksonville Youtube channel.
Hopefully he recovers. Our lives are but a breath. It's a reminder, however to focus on that man in the mirror (yourself), rather than some other prophetic boogie man in the future. "Greater is He that is in you....... " 1 John 4:4).
Yes, our prayers and hopes are certainly with him.
A cynical part of me wonders if a disturbed Tim Kitchen might see this as punishment for UCG holding Aaron Dean as their ecclesiastical hostage. it is sometimes said that there are too many cooks in the kitchen. I think there are too many Kitchens.
ORL/JAX Pastor Richard Kennebeck called this "major" today, perhaps with kidney damage. But apparently Mr. Shabi can speak, and is speaking words of faith.
I don't mean to be a party pooper, but I've spent several hours per week exercising for decades now. So I always wonder if heart attack victims could have minimized this with a healthier life style.
I wonder if he had the jab and its boosters. It seems heart attacks are a common side effect of it especially in men. Anyway hope he makes a speedy and full recovery. I always enjoyed his videos on YouTube.
Rick was the best President in my over 50 years in the church. I was already praying for him and his family to survive the heavy stress they were going through in Cincinnati. God bless Rick who out worked all the previous leaders.
Good thing it happened in 2025 rather than 1965. Back then I think all the church would approve of for treatment would be wine and prayer, unless you were one of the elites.
Would your or my photo and name appear on Banned or our names appear in ACOG prayer request announcements if we ever questioned their church doctrines or complained about their high control tactics? It's appears that some people are more equal than others in ACOG-Land.
So, what's your point? That's standard Armstromgism in the ACOGs, 5:48. Gary does a better job here of promoting equality than do the "control units" in the sphincter groups.
BB, your 'standard Armstrongism' twists it's members sense of normalcy. It's a calculated mind control, and explains why outsiders can see the truth but its cult victims cannot. Which is why this blog exists.
Oh I am sorry to hear this. Rick was one of the good ones. I knew him from my days in the Nashville congregation, probably late 1980s or early 1990s. He was always nice to me and my family, and I never detected an ounce of pretentiousness in him. I hope he pulls through and recovers fully.
I will be careful what I say here for the sake of getting this post approved. What I can say is that this guy was UCG president when it was specifically blocking me from raising issues to their leadership and people with their religion. I am glad I’m not a Christian, and thus not bound by its weakening sensitivities.
I hope he pulls through for his own and his families sake. He has many UCG members around the world praying for him. The sermon he preached yesterday is on UCG Jacksonville Youtube channel.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure nobody takes any pleasure in this. Hopes and prayers for a speedy and complete recovery!
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Hopefully he recovers. Our lives are but a breath. It's a reminder, however to focus on that man in the mirror (yourself), rather than some other prophetic boogie man in the future. "Greater is He that is in you....... " 1 John 4:4).
ReplyDeleteYes, our prayers and hopes are certainly with him.
ReplyDeleteA cynical part of me wonders if a disturbed Tim Kitchen might see this as punishment for UCG holding Aaron Dean as their ecclesiastical hostage. it is sometimes said that there are too many cooks in the kitchen. I think there are too many Kitchens.
ORL/JAX Pastor Richard Kennebeck called this "major" today, perhaps with kidney damage. But apparently Mr. Shabi can speak, and is speaking words of faith.
ReplyDeleteMay God heal him and comfort and strengthen his family - Amen!
ReplyDeleteI don't mean to be a party pooper, but I've spent several hours per week exercising for decades now. So I always wonder if heart attack victims could have minimized this with a healthier life style.
ReplyDeleteMany young and super healthy sportsmen have experienced heart attacks.
DeleteI wonder if he had the jab and its boosters. It seems heart attacks are a common side effect of it especially in men. Anyway hope he makes a speedy and full recovery. I always enjoyed his videos on YouTube.
DeleteHell, a good friend of mine died in 1991 of a heart attack at 16 or 17. Not all hearts are created equal.
Delete6.09, there's a 2022 video called "died Suddenly." It's about the increase in strange deaths after the COVID jab was introduced. It's on YouTube.com.
DeleteRick was the best President in my over 50 years in the church. I was already praying for him and his family to survive the heavy stress they were going through in Cincinnati. God bless Rick who out worked all the previous leaders.
ReplyDeleteGood thing it happened in 2025 rather than 1965. Back then I think all the church would approve of for treatment would be wine and prayer, unless you were one of the elites.
ReplyDeleteWould your or my photo and name appear on Banned or our names appear in ACOG prayer request announcements if we ever questioned their church doctrines or complained about their high control tactics?
ReplyDeleteIt's appears that some people are more equal than others in ACOG-Land.
So, what's your point? That's standard Armstromgism in the ACOGs, 5:48. Gary does a better job here of promoting equality than do the "control units" in the sphincter groups.
DeleteBB, your 'standard Armstrongism' twists it's members sense of normalcy. It's a calculated mind control, and explains why outsiders can see the truth but its cult victims cannot. Which is why this blog exists.
DeleteI know that, 12:00 AM. 5:48 included Banned in his, her, or it's critique. I don't think that was fair, do you?
DeleteBB
Oh I am sorry to hear this. Rick was one of the good ones. I knew him from my days in the Nashville congregation, probably late 1980s or early 1990s. He was always nice to me and my family, and I never detected an ounce of pretentiousness in him. I hope he pulls through and recovers fully.
ReplyDeleteGet well soon Rick
ReplyDeleteI will be careful what I say here for the sake of getting this post approved. What I can say is that this guy was UCG president when it was specifically blocking me from raising issues to their leadership and people with their religion. I am glad I’m not a Christian, and thus not bound by its weakening sensitivities.
ReplyDeleteYou expected a cult leader to listen to you instead of protecting the status quo?
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