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During “The Greatest Untold Story! (Part 579)” on June 7, 2025, David C. Pack of The Restored Church of God taught that the Kingdom of God would arrive on the June 20 Summer Solstice. He repeated that he would never be able to teach another date because the biblical facts he discovered were so overwhelming
Part 579 – June 7, 2025 @ 30:57 …at the summer solstice [chuckles], it can't and it and it’s a Sabbath. I just keep going over this. You know, cannot tarry. I mean, just think of all the moments we’ve looked for in this regard. This would answer every question. It would it would be it you’d be at the point where I could never offer you any other date after looking at this, and we got a lot more to cover. Could never offer you another date.
Proof that David C. Pack does not listen to his own sermons, nor does he remember anything he said since 2013 in 3…2…1…
@ 50:33 Can you imagine me coming in two or three weeks and telling you some other date? It’s outta the question.
Brethren in The Restored Church of God do not need to imagine. They have already lived that, and the dissolution of the prophetic Summer Solstice is a mathematical certainty because Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God will not arrive on June 20, 2025, and because God’s Holy Spirit does not inspire David C. Pack to teach what he does.
Dave would do well adopting the personal philosophy of George Costanza by doing the opposite of everything he thinks because a new date is so inevitable that not even Bradford Schleifer, Carl Houk, or that coward Ryan Denee would deny it. Living from prophetic date to prophetic date IS life inside The Restored Church of God.
Seasoned RCG members learned long ago that they can never believe the words of their Pastor General. Consider whether that is a baseless accusation or a proven fact of history.
Flashback Part 172 – April 27, 2019 @ 1:03:45 I wish I had understood that. Now I do. I’ll never ever, ever again say the day.
Flashback Part 460 – July 22, 2023 @ 1:26:07 Now, it took a long time to learn a plain date where I could never come to another one. I could never come to another one. You could never. There's no way.
Flashback Part 440 – May 3, 2023 @ 38:53 I’m not setting dates anymore. I’m just not doing it.
Flashback Part 471 – September 30, 2023 @ 1:43:43 And I’m not here to tell you the day. I’ll never do it again. I’ll never do it again.
Dave desperately wants to be absolute in his confident declarations, but because his mind knows what he truly is, his assertions waver with decaying certitude. Carefully observe as his strength bleeds away, lacking the boldness of his first utterance.
Part 579 – June 7, 2025 @ 1:36:01 And the first one is a seventh day, weekly Sabbath at the moment summer begins. The perfect time for a for God to start the Kingdom. If this is wrong, brethren, there there’s no path I see to a different date than June 20th. Or 21st in Jerusalem. Other possibilities? I don’t know. Maybe. Maybe.Ya just sit here. I know the Kingdom’s gonna be here. If it went beyond it.
@ 1:39:33 But, theoretically, I’m tryin’ to give you a theory of. Th–then I would I would truly say, if it is not [taps table] ten [13] days away, we do not know the day and the hour, and we’ve gotta wait upwards of six months, but it might only be two more days or one week or something.
What? So much for the Summer Solstice on June 20 being the end of the road. Dave left the door open to teach something else six months away rather than admitting no man knows the day and the hour. For Dave, “taking His words at face value” is optional.
Dave seized the opportunity to defuse the false prophet critics. Present company included.
@ 1:41:16 So, you have the proof. I am not foretelling in some way where I got the word from God’s mouth,but if you asked me, did do I believe all of what I read the three times Christ said the Kingdom of God comes in summer and it’s tied to trees, oak trees. Do I believe that we have about a a about a little less than 13 days? Yes, I do. I think that’s what it is. If that’s not it, you will not hear me come back. I mean, I'll if we were here, I’d throw out possibility. “Here’s one that’s little bigger in the Scriptures. Watch this one.”
Dave's conviction continued to weaken. Already gone were the days of “I could never offer you any other date.” Oh, the good ole days of 70 minutes ago.
@ 1:43:29 So, I I I think we all understand. You have the facts. I absolutely hold to this date and will offer no other going forward other than possibilities should we have to, and I think that is not a possibility.
Possibilities are the bane of self-assigned, uninspired leaders. Since David C. Pack is not a true apostle or a true prophet, possibilities will forever be cactus needles thwarting his pain-free path to the Kingdom of God. He rubs thorns into his own eyes.
One small detail that could be interpreted as progress for Dave is that he avoided leveling implied promises by holding up his own life as collateral.
Flashback Part 426 – March 4, 2023 @ 42:23 I know that the way has been prepared, and we all understand, and if we had to wait ten years, or until I died, no one will ever tell me we don’t have this exactly right.
Flashback Part 447 – June 6, 2023 @ 1:56:16 10-1-7-1000 is immutable. I will die on that hill. That’s the hill I die on. There's no way the Scriptures change, or the Sabbath can change.
Pastor General David C. Pack is as trustworthy as a drug addict, promising he will never use again. You take a grave risk believing him, but do not be surprised when you get home to find your television and laptop missing.
“The Greatest Untold Story!” is what happens when a self-appointed end-time servant of God tries to make his yes mean more than yes. Setting dates for the return of Jesus Christ will continue because David C. Pack is cursed to do it never again until next time.
If a member of The Restored Church of God disagrees with what David C. Pack teaches, all they need to do is wait one week because the Pastor General will eventually agree to disagree alongside them.
For yet a little while, Pentecost was the big deal RCG brethren had been waiting for. Until a week passed, and Dave revealed that Sivan 15 on June 11 was the real big deal.
During “The Greatest Untold Story! (Part 578)” on June 1, 2025, David C. Pack waved the flag of victory.
Part 578 – June 1, 2025 [Pentecost] @ 02:39This is now Pentecost. In fact, Pentecost is over in Jerusalem. I knew it. I knew it wasn’t going to be Pentecost, so we’re right on track.
The same man who taught that he was moved by God’s Spirit to teach that the Kingdom of God would arrive on Pentecost spoke on Pentecost in God’s name to say he knew it was not going to be Pentecost, which proves he was right about it not being on Pentecost.
The brethren in The Restored Church of God pay this guy to say these things to them.
When Dave has a brain-baby about some random element in the Bible, he blows it up to be the most mind-blowing secret to be revealed in 3,500 years. By combining a Tuesday and a full moon on the 15th of a Hebrew month, discovering this amazing fact just before it happens must mean that time is short.
@ 39:33 And is it just a coincidence that the 15th of Sivan, the full moon of Sivan, comes of the fourth day of the week this year? If that duddn’t give ya goosebumps, then you needed more coffee at lunch [chuckles]. Think it through.
The brethren staying in The Restored Church of God are not thinking it through. The remaining members must avoid reading their Bibles until they are forced to open them each Sabbath while pretending to take notes. David C. Pack has taught a date for the return of Jesus Christ and failed 129 times.
That is not a path inching toward success.
During a six-minute rant of theological lunacy stuffed with bizarre logic and goofy ideas, David C. Pack confidently explained why the end of the long journey to the Kingdom of God was upon them. The video clip is just a slice of the silliness of how Dave’s broken brain functions.
@ 42:44 You know, there’s a point where simplicity would appear. Simplicity in Christ. In peace.
The peace did not last because Dave self-neutered everything he said the following week. Everything he said was wiped from existence in less than seven days.
@ 42:55 Think again for the moment of 2520 days begin in the year 2025.
@ 43:47 Now, here’s an extraordinary thing I it just hit me like a bombshell this morning.
Dave is dazzled by his personal revelations because there must be a biblical purpose for what enters his head.
@ 44:03 This Series began on a full moon. Exactly a full moon. It will end on exactly a full moon. I don’t know why I never thought of that… Now, that was extraordinary enough to me. I thought, “Wow, wow, wow, wow. That’s amazing.” But it gets more amazing.
What is amazing to him includes the stone-cold math of ten times twelve, intercalary months, and lunar months being 29.53 days. For real. Watch the clip.
@ 46:36 If this is next Tuesday in the middle of the day, then we were we we the Series went ten years, God’s time, ten kingdom years on the dime before seven years before a thousand more. Think about it. Is that now is that an accident? I didn’t figure it out until my next-to-last message in the Series.
Every message is the next-to-last message in the Series because David C. Pack will never finish. Nothing he preaches will manifest, and his only choice is to remain a slave of his own ego. The Greatest Untold Story! Series will be completed when Dave retires into the grave. Then, watch the roaches scatter.
The hirelings at Headquarters care not for the sheep. Neither do they care for their false human idol. His mental deterioration progresses, and not even Edward “the walking void of critical thinking” Winkfield wants to do a wellness check in the Third Floor Executive Imaginarium.
@ 47:28 It’s interesting. We did the math. Lunar months are 29.53-plus .53 plus days on average. The Series was 2,000 was 3,544 days.We divided that by a 120 20, and the average and the average month in there was 29.53-plus days. [tongue click] To the thousandth.
@ 48:09 But I thought you’d find that interesting. Add those things to the list of reasons I gave you last week as to why, and there are some others, as to why I think we’re right on. Third week in a row.
It was not an interesting six minutes. It was lunacy presented as “simplicity in Christ and peace.”
@ 48:34 I hope that has you excited as you walk out of here. The last six years, we thought it was Pentecost. We finally realized, no. Pentecost is in the shadow of the day we are waiting for.
If the All-Believing Zealots walked out of Pentecost services excited, it would prove to be another short-lived dopamine hit because a Tuesday full moon was not true love. It was just prophetic infatuation.
The brethren soon learned that the Summer Solstice was the real, real big deal.
During “The Greatest Untold Story! (Part 579)” on June 7, 2025, David C. Pack of The Restored Church of God revealed that the hidden key that unlocked the prophecy door to the Kingdom of God was the Summer Solstice on June 20, 2025.
This nullified everything Dave taught during Part 578, proving his six minutes of gibberish was upgraded from perplexing to disturbing. Everything he thought was significant and inspired by God was actually a misinterpreted brain fart. Just like the entire Series.
Jesus Christ Returns June 20, 2025 on the Summer Solstice
Part 579 – June 7, 2025 @ 00:21 For a while, I thought the 5th, Pentecost, was the date we were looking for, actually, for years. Until I became a little over a week ago sitting with the fellas and very, very uncomfortable. …the Comforter in you will not leave you if you are one of God’s ministers and, never mind, a the leading minister uncomfortable. You will not be uncomfortable, never mind extremely so if if it is if you’re your date is correct.
When the Pastor General of a multi-million dollar 501(c)(3) non-profit religious organization is more uncomfortable than anyone else in the entire church, that should raise a red flag for everyone attending.
@ 01:07 Now we’re waiting for the 15th [Sivan]. So we ten days to full moon. Is this correct? Again, I became uncomfortable about a Tuesday.
@ 08:43 If summer equals it or He, and He, Christ, equals the Kingdom of God, then summer equals the Kingdom of God. Now, June 20th is the first day of summer here. In Jerusalem it’s it’s the 21st. But that’s the first day of summer.
@ 44:50 I was terribly uncomfortable with the 5th [Sivan 5 Pentecost]. Much more the 15th [Sivan]. But it looked like it had to be 2520 days in the in the year 2025,you know. 120 months of preaching. But it looks like we got another ten days. Ten once and ten twice. It’s what it looks like.
The six minutes of lunacy was officially dissolved. That should give brethren an uncomfortable pause before believing anything else spewing from Dave's mouth. He also explained what something else “looked like” that was proven false, but this time, “it looks like” the Summer Solstice. #reliable
David C. Pack tells people everything they need to hear to determine whether he speaks the truth or not.
@ 45:21 Why? Well, because you’re gonna be raised on a Tuesday. Or a Thursday. Or a Sunday night or something. It never made sense. But I, you know, [mumbles].
“But I, you know, taught it anyway,” Dave should have said.
David C. Pack just told on himself. He admitted the pivotal Tuesday point that supported Sivan 15 never made sense. But that did not stop him from preaching it, claiming to speak in God's name and under His direction and authority.
@ 50:41 All the discomfort is gone. I don’t wanna wait another 13 days. …But that’s not what God wanted.Hafta get the Series done.
All the discomfort will return with a vengeance as the Summer Solstice approaches, but David C. Pack will not be uncomfortable laying credit for his teachings at God's feet. No, over that, he will sleep like a baby.
Until further discomfort is announced, all eyes are on the June 20 Summer Solstice.
Just like he did with Pentecost and Sivan 15, Dave piles up a big stack of goofy junk and sells it as meaningful evidence for the Kingdom of God arriving on the June 20 Summer Solstice Sabbath.
@ 16:36 I’d like to just tell you that the summer solstice on the Sabbath when it hits Jerusalem is almost exactly dawn. It’s seven minutes off of dawn. …We’re waiting for the dawn that is the summer solstice. The dawn of a Sabbath. …it might be 500 years before that would happen again. Or is that a coincidence? Dawn in Jerusalem is 5:34[AM] when the summer solstice hits seven minutes later, at 5:41[AM].Here it would be June 20th. There, it would be June 21st. That’s astonishing.
@ 30:09 It cannot. I mean, it just it's it's it it it’s locked. The summer solstice on June 20th, so obviously, if this is what God is talking about, could never, ever, ever tarry. It can't delay.
Add this to the bottom of the pile of dates that cannot tarry according to Dave: Passover, Pentecost, the Feast of Trumpets, the Feast of Tabernacles, Tevet 10, Iyar 1, Shevat 1, and Abib. And now, the Summer Solstice.
Listening to Dave tell on himself for over two minutes has valuable insight for those paying attention. The best way to dissolve the legitimacy of David C. Pack is to listen carefully to David C. Pack.
@ 55:16 Now, you're me, and you're trying to figure all this out, and you know that nobody else ever has. … but I'm gonna figure it out. It has to be God just would show me.
@ 55:47 I can't bother to study with a Bible. It's way too slow.
A member should tell that to a Headquarters hireling and then anticipate a warm reception. Maybe if David C. Pack actually studied the Bible he proclaims to understand, he would not be wrong about the return of Jesus Christ 129 times since 2013. Or he might even learn it is not his job to figure that out.
@ 56:18 But now it's just God keeps them in my my head and I and I I can just roar through them. Almost explode through them 'cause there's a hundred boxes to check.But finding the date that this was gonna be was like threading a whole series of needles. And after you think you've got it done, and it's maybe Pentecost, you come to, “Oh, here's a haystack. By the way, there's one more needle in this haystack.”
Does God intentionally guide His chosen servant to explain the Mystery of God to His flock inaccurately, or is David C. Pack presumptuously trying to figure things out by sorting biblical needles in the prophetic haystack?
@ 55:50So, I know God helps me.
Dave desperately needs God to be helping him because the sublime horror of realizing he is doing this all on his own selfish, arrogant human steam would be cause for a catastrophic implosion through a psychotic break.
All the “facts” presented in Part 579 will soon prove to be fleeting empty ideas blown away by the winds of theological progress. The betting pool is now open for how long until Dave admits the Kingdom of God arriving on the Summer Solstice “never made sense” and left him feeling “terribly uncomfortable” and “much more” than Sivan 15.
In The Restored Church of God, a parable can be determined to be literal or symbolic based solely on the fickle judgment of David C. Pack. The same parable will be considered literal in one message but illustrative in another based on the present truth of Dave's broken brain.
@ 09:23 But, it’s a parable. Should we believe that the Kingdom of God comes in summer? That’s June 20th. I've had this in the back of my mind for a long time, but not enough knowledge to put it together.
@ 19:55 Now, I I’m I I I don't hear from Gabriel as I like to say periodically. I try to listen for the still, small voice of God’s word. But I understand that if summer equals Christ and Christ equals the Kingdom, then summer equals the Kingdom. Unless it’s a parable.
Some prime motivators keeping people locked in The Restored Church of God are fear and guilt. The fear of “just missing out” on the arrival of the Kingdom of God because they left “God’s One True Church.” The guilt of questioning the Pastor General is akin to questioning God and how He chooses to work with His chosen servants.
Openly questioning a teaching from the chair that a parable is to be taken literally is cause for suspension because that is an attitude of rebellion against God’s Government.
Field mollusks are trained to flip any narrative coming their way and turn it back upon the member, then make their attitude the focus of the discussion. Part of the manipulation and gaslighting strategy comes straight from Headquarters as Dave weaves this in to inoculate against naysayers.
Here is a classic David C. Pack manipulation and gaslighting combo:
@ 11:17 But I'm gonna give you the facts from the Scriptures, and then you’re left with whether or not to believe what Christ said. I’m tryin’ to just take His words at face value. Don’t play with them. And see if there’s if there’s support evidence to summer. To June 20th.
David C. Pack has made a career of making up “facts from the Scriptures” and only takes “His words at face value” when it is convenient for his current theory. Dave “plays with them” all day long.
@ 19:19 Midst of the years? As in dawn in Jerusalem? What would be June 21st there or the night of June 30th here? Did? Christ said summer three times. Did He actually mean summer?
Questioning what Dave teaches is to question Jesus Christ. Reject that at your own risk.
@ 1:41:16 So, you have the proof. I am not foretelling in some way where I got the word from God’s mouth, but if you asked me, did do I believe all of what I read the three times Christ said the Kingdom of God comes in summer and it's tied to trees, oak trees, do I believe that we have about a a about a little less than 13 days? Yes, I do. I think that's what it is. If that’s not it, you will not hear me come back. I mean, I’ll if we were here, I’d throw out possibility.“Here’s one that’s little bigger in the Scriptures. Watch this one.”
Dave will not come back unless he needs to, which means he absolutely will.
With psychological manipulation entirely in place, members of the Restored Church of God may now anticipate the arrival of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God on June 20, 2025.
@ 1:38:01 I absolutely am committed to ten [13] days away. I would recommend you commit to it as well.But above that, commit to the Kingdom of God.
Above that, dear brethren of The Restored Church of God, commit to the human idol you choose to worship by sitting in agreement and paying his salary.
@ 1:43:29 So, I I I think we all understand. You have the facts. I absolutely hold to this date and will offer no other going forward other than possibilities should we have to, and I think that is not a possibility.
He will hold to the Summer Solstice until he does no longer. He will offer no other date going forward until he has to. Classic Dave.
David C. Pack studied the Bible without his Bible to determine the Kingdom of God would arrive on the Summer Solstice. Despite all his verbal summer lovin’, nobody in The Restored Church of God should relax on a lounge chair sipping a Mai Tai until June 20. Be prepared for the Pastor General to turn cold on the Summer Solstice.
ep17:HERBERT W ARMSTRONG & THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD - CHURCHES OF GOD -
no trinity, annihilation, SDA, false prophecyInvestigating and Reaching Faith Groups and Cults
We examine different groups to see what they claim compared to what The Bible states.
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Today’s denomination has been around a long time. With a basis in SDA - Seventh Day Adventism and The Law, its founder Herbert W Armstrong was a strong proponent of BI (see #405 The Cults ep16) and amongst many of the teachings of this group are the giving of several 'tithes' and...
Abstinence from eating unclean meats listed in the Old Testament, such as pork and shellfish.
God's children are not actually "born again" into spirit until after the return of Jesus to the Earth.
Soul sleep
Annihilationism for unbelievers
He prophesied world calamity and the return of Jesus by 1975.
This is another must-watch because these churches are known under several names - and are far away from the Gospel of The Lord Jesus Christ - yet many believers seeking a sound church can be drawn towards them because of their strong stance on certain issues.
When United Church of God split off from the Worldwide Church of God, they had a chance to boldly step out and reform the way the church operated and how it treated its members. Unfortunately, this never happened because the top men who gathered for a year before UCG's formation, planning their exit, were men already corrupted and tainted by the power structure and poor operational principles practiced by the church. Many in Pasadena watched these men and knew how they operated, but they wanted no part of UCG's formation. These men were not servant leaders but men who coveted their positions of power as a minister or as a department head.
Sadly, they took the same operational patterns over to UCG, where servant leadership never came to fruition. Their long-held belief was that members were there to serve them. There was and still is a total lack of transparency in how they operate. WCG ingrained this in them all too well. UCG ministers today feel they are no more accountable to the members than they were while in WCG.
Nathan Albright had this up on his blog around the time UCG was stabbing their former president in the back and seeking to elect a new leader who conformed to their desires instead of the members.
The recent decision not to confirm our widely respected president for another term, conducted behind closed doors and seemingly at odds with the will of many elders and members, has understandably created confusion and distress. When decisions that affect the entire body are made without transparent processes or clear explanations, trust inevitably suffers. Combined with concerns about financial stewardship, media strategy, and potential conflicts of interest, we find ourselves at a crossroads that demands thoughtful consideration of how we might better align our governance practices with our shared values and mission.
The Current Crisis of Confidence
Understanding the Root Issues
Before prescribing solutions, we must candidly assess the nature of our current difficulties. The non-confirmation of our president despite his popularity points to a disconnect between formal governance structures and the wider community’s perspectives. This disconnect becomes particularly troubling when:
Decision-making processes lack transparency
Resource allocation appears inconsistent with results (expensive rebranding versus cost-effective video production)
Technical expertise gaps exist in critical ministry areas
Informal power centers seem to exert undue influence over formal governance structures
Potential conflicts of interest threaten to compromise objective decision-making
These challenges are not unique to our church. Throughout church history, religious communities have struggled with the tension between institutional authority and communal discernment, between tradition and adaptation, between leadership continuity and renewal. The task before us is to address these tensions in ways that strengthen rather than weaken our community.
The Cost of Inaction
If we fail to address these governance challenges, the consequences could be severe:
Erosion of trust between leadership and members
Declining engagement and participation
Reduced financial support
Difficulty attracting and retaining talented leaders
Impaired mission effectiveness
Potential factional division within the church
Biblical Principles for Church Governance
Transparency and Accountability
Scripture offers clear guidance regarding leadership accountability. The apostle Paul’s instructions to Timothy emphasize that church leaders must be “above reproach” (1 Timothy 3:2), implying that their conduct should withstand scrutiny. Jesus himself taught that “everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed” (John 3:20). These passages suggest that while privacy has its place, secrecy in governance often works against the church’s spiritual health.
The Church of God has never practiced transparency. They got by with it all through the decades until people started having access to email and the internet. At that point, they could no longer hide things. Sure, they would lash out and disfellowship members who dared to question them and would publicly tell members not to read dissident literature or read stuff on the internet, but people ignored them, and they have never been able to stop the flow of information that surrounds the church to this day. They still try and hide stuff from members, but it gets out eventually and when it does the shit hits the fan. Literally!
Servant Leadership
Jesus established the paradigm for Christian leadership when he washed his disciples’ feet and taught that “whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant” (Mark 10:43). This model stands in stark contrast to worldly power dynamics where authority flows downward through command and control. In Christ’s kingdom, authority flows upward through service and sacrifice.
Servant leadership in Armstrongism is a joke. They love to talk about it all the time, but the broad majority never practice it. I remember to this day three of UCG's top men who, while in Pasadena before the implosion, would hand-pick the men who would wash their feet at Passover. We had to have warm water for them and large fluffy towels ready to dry their immaculate feet. These guys treated members with contempt at times. One who worked in the Church Offices would stand in the hallway after counseling sessions with members and laugh and joke with other ministers about the person they had just met with. Granted, there were a few men who did practice servant leadership, and members respect them to this day, whether in or out of the church. These men tended to be treated like dirt and sent off to the neither lands to run small churches.
Wisdom in Decision-Making
The Book of Proverbs repeatedly emphasizes the value of seeking counsel: “Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed” (Proverbs 15:22). The Jerusalem Council described in Acts 15 demonstrates a collaborative decision-making process that involved testimony, scriptural reflection, and consensus-building. These examples suggest that important decisions benefit from diverse perspectives and open deliberation.
Wise decision-making from church leaders and councils? What an oxymoron!
Unity and Consensus
Paul’s letters frequently emphasize the importance of unity in the church. To the Philippians, he writes, “make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind” (Philippians 2:2). While unanimity on every decision is unrealistic, governance processes that seek consensus rather than mere majority rule better reflect this biblical value.
Albright ends his article with this vision he sees that the church can actually do. History proves it will not and is incapable of doing, but it's a good dream.
Conclusion: A Call to Faithful Governance
The governance challenges our church faces are significant but not insurmountable. With wisdom, courage, and commitment to biblical principles, we can transform this moment of crisis into an opportunity for renewed faithfulness and effectiveness.
The path forward requires contributions from everyone in our community:
From current leadership: Humility to acknowledge legitimate concerns, courage to implement meaningful reforms, and wisdom to balance tradition with needed change.
From elders and ministers: Constructive engagement with the reform process, patience during implementation, and commitment to unity amid disagreement on specifics.
From members: Grace toward leaders navigating complex challenges, active participation in new feedback channels, and continued financial and volunteer support during the transition.
From all: Prayer for divine wisdom, discernment of God’s leading, and recommitment to our shared mission and values.
The ultimate measure of successful governance reform will not be structural changes or process improvements, though these are important. Success will be measured by renewed trust, increased engagement, improved stewardship, and most importantly, enhanced effectiveness in advancing the gospel and making disciples.
Our church stands at a crossroads. One path leads to continued frustration, declining trust, and diminished impact. The other—the path outlined in this essay—leads to renewed vigor, restored confidence, and revitalized ministry. The choice before us is clear, though the journey will require sacrifice and commitment from all.
May we choose wisely, act faithfully, and move forward together in the confidence that God remains at work in and through our community, even amid institutional challenges. The future of our church depends not primarily on governance structures or leadership personalities, but on our collective willingness to pursue faithfulness in all aspects of our common life—including the critical dimension of church governance.
In the spirit of the apostle Paul’s exhortation, let us “make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:3) as we navigate these waters together. And may our governance reforms, like all our endeavors, ultimately serve to bring glory to God and advance the kingdom of Christ in our world.
Now we know why Samuel is so adamant about restoring the Worldwide Church of God. After the implosion with the Great Apostasy, true church government was preserved in his own family, with his father as the supreme head. At his father's death, that mantle was passed on to Samuel, and it is now his responsibility to restore the one true Worldwide Church of God as Herbert Armstrong envisioned it by permission from Jesus Christ.
The separation between church and organization.
The WCG INC, along with Ambassador College, the ACIF, etc are corporate entities that were UNDER the Worldwide Church of God a/k/a unincorporated spiritual organism.
This was recognized and declared by the chief officer of those corporations, Mr Herbert W Armstrong!
Now why do so many want to disregard that separation?
Mr Armstrong has the authority of Jesus Christ, as an apostle and minister of Jesus Christ!
He created an Advisory Council of Elders to surround him and serve him within the Church!
If he was to die, he delegated to them the power and authority to take full charge of the work and church and all assets!
If you research the men in the ACE, you find they individually signed away their council powers to Tkach Sr, in 1991, and then individually left and attempted to gain full control by a new organization!
The only man not to do this was Aaron Dean, who was on the council when Mr Armstrong died and had delegated authority and powers.
He did not attempt to take full control! Everyone else was busy doing that.
All the vultures were taking pieces of the body, swallowing as much as they could. Dividing it amongst themselves.
One group offered Mr Dean a job, and it allowed Mr Dean to be like Daniel in captivity.
He was unable to do his work as an Advisory Council Member. But he could deal with people one on one.
I was born in 1991.
1991 was the start of another 19 year time cycle.
19 yearsrs later in 2010 Aaron Dean was hired by the United Church of God.
In 2010 my family began warning brethren online of departures from the truth!
We began stirring up the scattered membership of the Worldwide Church of God!
Our work was organized through my father.
It was the God ordained government in the family that ruled!
In 2021 my father died leaving me in charge.
So I’ve been warning brethren online ever since, and have been raising awareness of the existence of the Worldwide Church of God!
And now I’m raising awareness of Mr Aaron Dean’s role and function in the Worldwide Church of God!
And by my family, Christ has brought forth crowns to place on his head(Zech. 6:10,14), which simply represents authority and power in the Temple of God!
How can the Worldwide Church of God be dead? When members are standing by, ready to support the ministry when they are restored. When there is a man who has delegated and appointed power, from the apostle, to take FULL CONTROL of the Work and Church!
That means there must be a church! There must be a work!
So that preparation has been done! It is being done.
More on Aaron Dean's prophetic role still yet to be played...
...authority within the Church of God is appointed. And Aaron Dean is the last one with appointed authority INSIDE THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD! He has delegated council powers from the apostle.
He has the authority to TAKE FULL CHARGE OF THE WORK, the Church and all assets! But the UCG is not this Church! Its work is not the work of the Worldwide Church of God!
A step of faith needs to happen.
So pray for Mr Dean. Let the ground shake brethren with our prayers!!!!
Im going to Jerusalem this year, for Trumpets, Day of Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles. Some brethren are coming with me.
In Ezra and Nehemiah, we see the people gathering together in Jerusalem.
Now on “..the four and twentieth day of the sixth month…”(Haggai 1:15) Joshua comes to Zerubbabel to do preparations for the construction of the Temple in Jerusalem. Zerubbabel is mentioned first, in primacy.
This year, that date falls on September 17th.
September 23, is Trumpets.
According to Ezra 3:1, Joshua stands up at Trumpets and is mentioned first in PRIMACY.
This is obviously after Zechariah 3.
He could not act in accordance to His Temple duties without being cleaned up and restored to his office!
Interesting information: Aaron Dean was born on the Feast of Trumpets.
I’m overlaying the dates mentioned in God’s Word as if they are falling on this year, to give us some perspective.
September 17, 2025 the preparation for construction of the Temple begins.
The man with the Zerubbabel office has Primacy.(Haggai 1)
By September 23,2025 which is the Feast of Trumpets, the man with the Joshua office has Primacy.(Ezra 3)
They keep the Feast of Tabernacles together.(Ezra 3)
So I’m going to be in Jerusalem, with members of the Worldwide Church of God. And I’m going to raise awareness towards God and Mr Aaron Dean! Some brethren are coming with me in support. I hope to see more people.
Because the Church is God’s. And it’s important to me. It’s important to those inside the Body of Christ! And like an automobile, every one needs to be in their proper appointed place!
So Mr.Aaron Dean, I invite you to Jerusalem. Your room and board is all paid for. I’ve already spent a month this year in Jerusalem in preparation and I am confident Christ is with us.
The Bible says what needs to be done! We ought to move heaven and earth to obey and believe God!
You are not only part of the Worldwide Church of God Mr Dean, you have authority within it! If you want to talk to me about it, call me or text me (928) 358-7___.
But you are invited to Jerusalem Mr Dean! We would love to see you there.
