Gerald Flurry and The Blood On The Prayer Rock

Gerald Flurry launched the Philadelphia Church of God (PCG) in 1989 after being disfellowshipped from the Worldwide Church of God amid its doctrinal shifts following Herbert W. Armstrong’s death. He positioned PCG as the sole faithful “Philadelphia era” remnant of Revelation 3, with himself as the end-time “That Prophet” — God’s exclusive messenger receiving fresh revelation. What began as a tiny splinter meeting in a home has ballooned into a high-control, authoritarian empire sustained by mandatory three-tithe demands (roughly 20–30% of gross income, plus endless “special offerings,” “sacrifices,” and guilt-driven pledges). This funds an opulent headquarters in Edmond, Oklahoma, featuring Herbert W. Armstrong College and the $25 million Armstrong Auditorium — a gleaming performing-arts venue critics universally label a lavish money pit that drains members while leaders live large.

PCG’s foundational “revelation” — Flurry’s booklet Malachi’s Message to God’s Church Today — launched the group by denouncing WCG changes. Yet documented evidence from ex-members and Jules Dervaes himself shows Flurry plagiarized large portions from Dervaes’ earlier Letters to Laodicea (seven letters mailed 1986–1988 to 237 WCG ministers, including Flurry). Dervaes sent Flurry a certified letter on September 26, 1990, with proof of delivery, accusing him of direct plagiarism. Side-by-side comparisons reveal verbatim and near-verbatim lifts. PCG still markets the book as pure divine prophecy from God.

Flurry’s “new revelations” have escalated into outright megalomania. In 2002, PCG retrieved Armstrong’s humble Oregon prayer rock. By 2017, Flurry announced it is now the new Stone of Destiny, replacing Britain’s traditional coronation stone. Citing Micah 2:12–13, he declared the Throne of David has physically and spiritually relocated to Edmond, Oklahoma. Flurry himself is the literal “king” on this throne until Christ returns to it for coronation as King of Kings. He claims he will personally deliver the final message to Jesus at His return, has asserted he will still be alive then, and touts “prophetic accuracy” as proof of his office — despite a long trail of failed predictions (Obama as America’s last president, specific Trump timelines retrofitted after losses, Benedict XVI’s end-time role derailed by Francis, repeated “no gap” Amos 7 timelines quietly revised).

Minister’s Advice on Disabled Child and Tithing

Yes, this incident is documented in critical Armstrongist sources. A PCG minister reportedly told a family with a disabled/special-needs child to take the child to a shopping mall and abandon him/her there so the state would assume care—freeing up the family’s money for tithing to the church instead of medical/support costs. Critics cite this as an extreme example of tithing pressure (PCG requires first, second, and third tithes—roughly 20-30% of gross income—plus offerings and “sacrifice” for special projects). PCG has not publicly addressed this specific allegation, but tithing is non-negotiable and framed as obedience to God.

Financial Exploitation, Nepotism, and Lavish Hypocrisy at Members’ Expense

PCG extracts tithes even on pensions and pressures families relentlessly. Ex-members describe door-to-door tithing collections when you fail to mail in tithe checks promptly and sermons linking non-payment to curses or disfellowshipment.

PCG owns a Gulfstream G450 private jet (the “Righteous Ride”), acquired in the mid-2010s so Flurry and top leaders never have to sit next to the “public” on commercial flights. The same jet shuttles son Stephen Flurry, his wife Amy, and their children (including star dancers and choreographers Jude and Vienna Flurry) worldwide for Irish-dance competitions and Celtic Throne performances — a costly road show the church ties to “King David’s dance” and British-Israelite claims. Professional Irish dance coaches are hired, and Flurry’s grandchildren Grant and Paris Turgeon have been employed full-time as “airline stewards” on the jet, complete with PCG-paid training vacations. Ex-members call it blatant nepotism while ordinary members are told to “sacrifice.”

The money pit deepens: Armstrong Auditorium alone cost $25 million. In 2014, PCG bought Edstone Hall in England for $4.5 million (after locals blocked purchase of the old Bricket Wood Ambassador College site due to “cult” concerns). Extensive renovations (tennis court, soccer field) followed, yet by 2025 Edstone was quietly listed for sale at £6 million amid financial strain. Flurry continues promoting excavations at Ireland’s Hill of Tara for the buried Ark of the Covenant as end-time “proof.”

Flurry’s Personal Hypocrisy: The 1993 Drunken Arrest and Church Cover-Up

While preaching strict Sabbath observance, sobriety, and moral purity, Flurry himself was arrested in 1993 for public intoxication. Oklahoma police report #93-090-5282 details Flurry found drunk on the Sabbath, passed out behind the wheel of his car. Beer cans were piled outside the door, an open one in his crotch, and more scattered on the seat. He attempted to bribe the arresting officer $25 (some accounts say $20) to avoid jail. He was booked, taken to county jail, and faced charges.

PCG never told members the truth. The official line minimized it to “a couple of empty beer containers in his car” and even suggested the officer was a disgruntled WCG member out to persecute God’s apostle. When the full police report surfaced in 2008 (via FOX25 news exposé), Flurry and the church downplayed it as an isolated incident from 15 years earlier. Flurry later admitted alcohol “was getting in his way,” but the cover-up exposed the two-tiered morality: members face disfellowshipment for minor infractions while the “That Prophet” gets a pass and a sanitized story.

Authoritarian “Gestapo” Enforcers: Ministers Who Destroy Lives

Flurry’s inner circle — routinely called “Gerald Flurry’s Gestapo” by ex-members — includes son-in-law Wayne Turgeon, Cal Culpepper, Fred Dattolo (Dattalo), Brian Davis, and others. These ministers read personal “sin files,” use abusive language, threaten disfellowshipment for questioning authority, and enforce total control over members’ lives (moves, dating, jobs, medical decisions, even home inspections).

Wayne Turgeon (Flurry’s son-in-law and headquarters minister) is a prime example: described as intimidating, reading Exit and Support Network letters aloud to mock ex-members’ pain, and blocking member relocations without headquarters approval. In one sermon, he ridiculed an anonymous letter about ministers acting like the “KGB,” then disfellowshipped the writer when identified. Ex-members report Turgeon’s hypocrisy — e.g., boasting about harassing airport workers while preaching obedience to government.

Cal Culpepper (longtime regional director) has a documented “trail of destruction.” He pressures divorces (including the publicized Scott Flory/“Cal Flory” scandal), conducts home interviews to assess finances, and ruthlessly enforces no-contact. Ex-members call him tyrannical; letters detail families shattered, members interviewed like suspects, and lives ruined by his interventions.

Fred Dattolo enforces no-contact with equal zeal, disfellowships members for “not having the Holy Spirit,” and coerces offerings in sermons that guilt-trip the faithful. He was directly involved in cases leading to suicides.

These ministers operate with impunity, enjoying luxury while members suffer. There are two sets of rules: one for the Flurry/Turgeon inner circle (jets, high salaries, special medical leniency) and another for the rank-and-file (no medicine in some cases, total financial sacrifice).

The No-Contact Policy and the Trail of Suicides

Flurry’s 2007 sermon hardened the policy: zero contact with disfellowshipped or “Laodicean” members — including parents, siblings, and adult children (spouses sometimes excepted). This “emotional murder” has destroyed countless families. Ex-members document relentless isolation, fear of the Tribulation, and ministerial overreach as direct contributors to despair.

The human cost is horrific and well-documented. In 2014, 30-year-old Janet DeGenero/Privratsky (Degenerro) committed suicide after Dattolo ordered her to move out and Culpepper enforced total family cutoff; her family blamed Flurry, the ministers, and the policy. In 2018, 25-year PCG veteran Mary Ann McCullough killed herself in Milton, Ontario, while her husband and son were at services; her family publicly condemned the church’s “vile doctrines” and “dictatorship.” Philippines cases (Errol Concepcion, Rodolfo Marquez, Orville Lilangan) and others (a young man named David in 2016) add to the toll. Ex-member networks describe “countless” more suicides and attempts, with PCG blaming “weakness of mind and character” or lack of the Holy Spirit rather than its own abusive environment.

Additional abuses include forcing women in abusive marriages to stay (or leave) on ministerial orders, disfellowshipping for doubting Flurry, and using end-time terror to extract funds. Ministers explode over minor corrections and label questioners “insubordinate.”

Aaron Eagle’s Wife Forced to Divorce Him

In 2014, PCG disfellowshipped Aaron Eagle. Flurry and minister Cal Culpepper reportedly pressured his wife to divorce him and offered her a job at headquarters to facilitate separation and keep her in the church. Ex-member accounts describe it as classic ministerial interference in marriages.

Cal Culpepper and the Scott Flory Divorce Scandal

Cal Culpepper (a high-ranking PCG regional director/minister) was involved in a publicized 2016–2017 scandal where he allegedly helped destroy the marriage of member Scott Flory. Critics accuse him of counseling or pressuring the. wife in ways that led to divorce, consistent with other accounts of ministerial overreach in PCG marriages. Culpepper hand-picked a new wife for Flory.

Herbert Armstrong’s Prayer Rock

In 2002, PCG retrieved HWA’s “prayer rock” (a large stone in Oregon where Armstrong said he prayed and received inspiration early in his ministry) and placed it on their Edmond campus. Flurry has since elevated it dramatically: through new “revelation,” he teaches it is now the new Stone of Destiny (replacing the traditional one in Britain/Scotland). Jesus Christ will return to this rock to be crowned King of Kings on the new Throne of David. It is treated with near-sacred reverence in PCG literature and sermons.

Desire to Dig at Hill of Tara for the Ark of the Covenant

PCG’s teachings (rooted in British Israelism) hold that the Ark of the Covenant and the Ten Commandments tablets were taken to Ireland by the prophet Jeremiah and buried at the Hill of Tara with an Israelite princess (Tea-Tephi). They publish articles referencing this and prophesying the Ark will soon be found. Historical British-Israelite groups actually excavated at Tara (1899–1902) seeking it. Flurry has not launched a new dig, but the group keeps the Tara/Ark narrative alive in prophecy material as end-time proof of their Israelite identity.

The Edstone England Debacle

PCG tried to buy the old WCG Ambassador College campus at Bricket Wood, England, but the owners/lessees refused (local planning issues and residents opposed a “cult” moving in). Instead, in 2014 they purchased Edstone Hall (a large art-deco mansion in Warwickshire) as their UK campus, regional office, and student housing. It was heavily renovated but later put up for sale (around 2025) amid reported financial pressures. It has been for sale for some time now, but no one is willing to dish out  6,000,000 BPS. This location was also chosen because it would place them close to Ireland so they could start excavating Hill Tara when they would expose to the world that the Ark of the Covenant is there and that the Bible is true.

Celtic Dance Road Show (“David’s Dance”)

PCG produces and tours Celtic Throne, a large-scale Irish/Celtic dance and musical theater show performed by Herbert W. Armstrong College students, staff, and members. It is explicitly tied to King David’s biblical dance, where he danced naked “before the Lord,” and PCG’s British-Israelite heritage claims. They have hired professional Irish dance coaches and invest significant resources (critics say millions in tithe money) in productions, tours, and performances at Armstrong Auditorium and elsewhere. Ex-members have called it bizarre and extravagant.

Conclusion: The Real Danger — and the Real Hope

Here’s the brutal truth: Gerald Flurry’s PCG isn’t just another quirky splinter group — it is a spiritually and morally bankrupt cult that systematically destroys lives while dressing itself in the stolen robes of divine authority. Families are ripped apart by the no-contact policy. Marriages are dismantled by Gestapo-style ministers like Turgeon, Culpepper, and Dattolo. Parents have been told to abandon disabled children at malls for the sake of “God’s Work.” Young people have taken their own lives after being shunned, isolated, and terrorized with end-time fear. All while Flurry sits on his prayer-rock throne in a $25 million auditorium, jetting his family around the world for Celtic dance shows, covering up his own public drunkenness and bribe attempt, and demanding more tithes from the broken.

This is not God’s Philadelphia remnant. This is a man-made empire of control, greed, plagiarism, and hypocrisy — where one self-crowned “king” lives like royalty on the financial and emotional wreckage of his followers.

But here is the good news, delivered with zero Flurry-style drama: If you are in PCG, or have family trapped there, there is real hope on the other side of the door.

Leaving this cult will not cost you your salvation. The idea that only Flurry’s little group is God’s “one true church” is a lie designed to keep you afraid and obedient. God is bigger than Edmond, Oklahoma. He is bigger than a Gulfstream jet, a Celtic dance troupe, or a rock pulled out of an Oregon field. Countless people have left PCG and found freedom, restored family relationships, mental health, financial stability, and a genuine relationship with God — without the fear, the guilt, or the constant shunning.

The prayer rock may still sit in Edmond, but the throne Flurry built on it rests on nothing but sand soaked in hypocrisy and heartbreak. When members finally walk away, the “kingdom” loses its power — and real life begins.

If you’re reading this and feeling trapped, know this: You are not alone. Support networks like the Exit & Support Network, ex-PCG forums, and professional counselors are ready to help. Your salvation was never Flurry’s to give or take away. The only thing you’ll truly lose by leaving is the chains.

Silent Pilgrim

The Philadelphia Church of God Sails Rapidly Towards the Iceberg

Over the last few years, delightful little leaks have been bubbling up from the Philadelphia Church of God revealing that things are not quite as spectacularly rosy as they endlessly brag in their slick propaganda rags. Income is circling the drain, members are bolting for the exits in droves, and even the die-hards are starting to notice that their precious tithes are being gleefully squandered on extravagances that have less to do with the gospel than Bob Thiel's African witch doctors do.

But fear not, loyal sheep! Despite the bleeding membership and tanking finances, the Flurry clan has heroically buried their heads in the sand and proclaimed their little fiefdom the Greatest Church of God Since the Apostles™. They’re still white-knuckling that luxury Gulfstream so King Gerald, the entire royal Flurry bloodline, and especially their precious Celtic-dancing offspring never have to suffer the indignity of flying seated next to filthy, unconverted rabble on commercial cattle cars. Millions upon millions evaporate into those touring Celtic dance spectaculars—because obviously nothing screams “urgent end-time gospel to a dying world” like prancing around in ghillies and hard shoes while the collection plates run dry.

Hundreds of thousands were blown digging up some random dirty rock from Oregon, trucking it to Edmond like a holy relic, and enshrining it as the very stone Herbert Armstrong supposedly knelt at to pray. They slapped a fancy throne around it and declared it the official coronation seat for Jesus Christ Himself. Peak biblical scholarship. Millions more have vanished into that bottomless British estate money pit they can’t sell, while cash continues to be shoveled into a Jerusalem office so King Flurry and Lil’ Stevie can LARP as the Two Witless Witnesses the moment the world ends.

This is peak Armstrongism 2026: a “church” that looks less like followers of Christ and more like a drunkard’s fever dream — the same Gerald Flurry once arrested for public intoxication and attempting to bribe a cop. Classy.

And right on schedule, here’s today’s gem from the Exit and Support Network (April 28, 2026):

Those feast numbers are highly exaggerated [see April 20 letter] to make the PCG look bigger than what it really is to their members. They do that with funds too. Lie. Many congregations have had to combine over the years because of people leaving—teens, people disenfranchised, disfellowshipped, deaths. There are only a few US sites for the feast. There is no work in Latin America anymore. Edstone is still for sale. (They will never get what they are asking for it.) There is no work there either, thus having the feast in the Netherlands for the minuscule amount of members there, or for those who can afford to travel, I’m assuming. I would personally guess that if there were about 2000-2500 members left, including children and teens, it would be a really good guess. I also don’t understand why they won’t sell their plane and tighten their budgets as an example, but call for a fast (God would NEVER answer that fast) and beg, gaslight and harangue the members for money to pursue that frivolous dig. How would they dig there if a war is going on? How does a Celtic culture that permeates that PCG cult have to do with Jerusalem? Weren’t they the first tribes to go into paganism? Maybe it’s just about the money; they don’t want to sell the plane with its huge expenses…That’s probably why they borrowed money. What work are they doing with that plane, other than flying around like they are royalty? Celtic Throne? Psalter? No one is watching except the dutiful members who are programmed, because the rest of the world is not watching, and they don’t care. Sad that the members are being put to work like chattel and are exploited like that. The PCG is like the Titanic: it was huge, no one could bring it down! Not even God will sink PCG because Flurry ‘has a message to give to Christ when He returns’ at the cost of members. Well, it’s about to hit the iceberg and go down with its elites on lifeboats, while the others are sadly left to drown. God is not mocked. And we are seeing this unfold. –S. S. 

Let’s be brutally clear: the Philadelphia Church of God is not a Christian church. It is a personality cult built on fraud, fear, and Flurry family ego — wearing Christian terminology like a cheap Halloween costume.

• It exalts a man (Gerald “That Prophet” Flurry) above Christ and treats his family like royalty while calling members “chattel.”

• It preaches a false gospel of British-Israelism, legalistic tithing, and exclusive salvation through the PCG — the exact “another gospel” Paul cursed in Galatians 1:8-9.

• It fleeces the flock with endless cash demands for private jets, Celtic dance troupes, magic rocks on thrones, failing British mansions, and Jerusalem real estate — all while the “work” collapses. This is textbook false teacher behavior condemned throughout the New Testament (2 Peter 2, Jude, 1 Timothy 6:5).

The fruit is undeniable: broken families, financial ruin, mass exits, exaggerated numbers, and a leadership that responds to crisis with more begging and gaslighting. Jesus said you’ll know them by their fruit. This tree is dead and rotten.

The Titanic analogy isn’t clever — it’s prophetic. The PCG is sinking fast, but the “elite” lifeboats are already reserved: “Flurry Family Members ONLY,” “Elite HQ Members ONLY,” and “Celtic Dancers ONLY.” Everyone else is told to keep tithing, rearrange the deck chairs, and trust “God’s government.”

God is not mocked. The hull is breached. The icy water is rising. And no amount of royal dancing or rock-throne idolatry will stop this cult from joining every other failed Armstrong splinter at the bottom of the sea — right where deceptive, money-loving, Christ-denying groups belong.

If you’re still in the PCG, the lifeboats aren’t for you. Time to swim.

Why Prominent Church of God Leaders Do Not Qualify as the Biblical Watchmen They Claim to Be

Why Prominent Church of God Leaders Do Not Qualify 

as the Biblical Watchmen 

They Claim to Be

Living Church of God had this up on April 16, 2026

Job of a Watchman: Through the ages, God has sent prophets to warn His people of dangers ahead. Moses warned the Israelites that if they disobeyed His laws and despised His statutes, they would reap serious consequences (Leviticus 26:14–39). Yet modern Israelite nations are largely ignorant of their true identity and this sobering warning—today, their leaders and peoples are actively promoting values and behaviors that are contrary to God’s laws. Isaiah was told to “cry aloud” and “tell My people their transgression” (Isaiah 58:1). Jeremiah warned that open disregard for God’s laws would lead to the time of “Jacob’s trouble” at the end of the age (Jeremiah 2:19; 30:7, 24). Ezekiel was commissioned to be a “watchman” to warn the house of Israel of their coming punishment (Ezekiel 3:16–21; 33:1–11). That is our mission today. Let’s pray for the strength and help to complete that mission.

Have a profitable Sabbath,

Douglas S. Winnail

The core reason many Church of God (COG) leaders in the Herbert W. Armstrong tradition fixate on the “watchman” role (Ezekiel 3:16–21; 33:1–11, with Isaiah 58:1 and Jeremiah 30:7) is their belief that modern Anglo-Saxon nations are the lost tribes of Israel, facing imminent national punishment (“Jacob’s trouble” or Great Tribulation) for sin. They see their organizations as the exclusive vehicle for delivering God’s final warning. Failing to warn, they say, would make them blood-guilty.

This provides urgency, identity, and a sense of exclusive faithfulness. However, the Bible sets a clear, objective test for anyone claiming prophetic or watchman authority: Deuteronomy 18:21–22 — If a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord and the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. One documented failure of a specific, testable prediction disqualifies the claim.

By this standard, the major leaders who tie their ministries to the Ezekiel watchman role—Herbert W. Armstrong, Roderick C. Meredith, Ronald Weinland, Bob Thiel, Gerald Flurry, and David C. Pack—do not qualify. Each has issued specific predictions about timelines, geopolitical events, church developments, or end-time sequences that failed to materialize. Their groups often respond with reinterpretation, “progressive revelation,” or new dates rather than acknowledgment.

Herbert W. Armstrong (Worldwide Church of God – Founder) Armstrong established the modern emphasis on the watchman commission, teaching that his radio broadcasts and The Plain Truth fulfilled Ezekiel’s warning to modern Israel. His 1956 booklet, 1975 in Prophecy! (and related materials) warned of concrete sequences: a devastating drought killing one-third of the world’s population by the mid-1970s, followed by nuclear war killing another third, with survivors sold into slavery, and Christ’s return no later than 1975. He also forecasted Britain would be conquered by Nazi Germany (1940s), the Great Tribulation beginning in the 1930s–1970s, and a “two 19-year time cycles” framework pointing to 1972–1975.

None of these specific events occurred. The booklet was quietly withdrawn, and explanations shifted to “delay” or misinterpretation. This foundational pattern of unfulfilled specifics set the stage for later leaders.

Roderick C. Meredith (Living Church of God)  Meredith, a longtime WCG evangelist and founder of LCG, strongly promoted the watchman role. In the 1950s–1960s writings and broadcasts, he forecasted: 

• After 1965: increasing trouble with Gentile nations, trade embargoes by “brown and oriental races,” leading to starvation and scarcity in America and Britain.
• By the late 1970s/early 1980s: the world as we know it would no longer exist due to end-time events.

These timelines passed without fulfillment. LCG continues to issue prophetic warnings tied to current events, but earlier specifics required adjustment.

Ronald Weinland (Church of God – Preparing for the Kingdom of God) Weinland claimed to be one of the Two Witnesses and positioned his work as the final Ezekiel-style warning. In his 2008 book 2008 – God’s Final Witness, he specified: the Great Tribulation beginning April 17, 2008 (with detailed “thunders” of mass deaths, economic collapse, and U.S. destruction), followed by Christ’s return on May 27, 2012.

None occurred. He revised dates multiple times (e.g., to 2013), acknowledged failures, yet continued claiming authority. This is one of the most clearly documented cases of failed, testable predictions.

Bob Thiel (Continuing Church of God) Thiel presents the CCOG as now delivering the end-time Ezekiel warning. He has described himself in prophetic roles (including watchman/evangelist aspects), claiming confirmation via dreams and anointing by a Living Church of God minister, Gaylyn Bonjour, in 2011 (who prayed for a “double portion” of God’s Spirit), and points to early coronavirus warnings as validation of his insight.

Critics within the COG movement have documented multiple specific predictions that did not unfold as stated. These include detailed forecasts in his 2012 book 2012 and the Rise of the Secret Sect, regarding geopolitical sequences, church developments, U.S. reliance on Europe’s Galileo GPS system in exact ways, and certain political/military outcomes involving nations like China and Australia that required later reinterpretation when events diverged. Independent trackers (such as those on Church of God Perspective and Banned by HWA) note that Thiel’s interpretive style often mixes biblical prophecy with current events and pagan sources, leading to claims of “fulfillment” that are vague or retrofitted after the fact. For instance, while he correctly stated the Great Tribulation would not begin in specific years (2012–2023), his broader end-time sequences tied to those years or to his personal prophetic role have not materialized in the manner presented, resulting in shifts of emphasis to “general warnings” rather than direct “thus saith the Lord” declarations.

When specifics fail to align precisely, the response is typically re-framing or highlighting partial alignments instead of acknowledging error—precisely the pattern Deuteronomy 18 rejects. Thiel maintains he has made “no false predictions,” but the cumulative record of unfulfilled or adjusted specifics undermines the claim of divine prophetic authority required for the watchman role.

Gerald Flurry (Philadelphia Church of God) Flurry is most explicit: Armstrong fulfilled the watchman role only generally, but the PCG (under him) is the specific end-time fulfillment. He has written booklets like Ezekiel: The End-time Prophet, declaring that the PCG alone delivers the required warning.

PCG has a record of specific statements on events (e.g., Muslim Brotherhood developments, certain political sequences tied to the “beast” power, Vladimir Putin interpretations, and Donald Trump’s trajectory presented as certain) that required later adjustment when they diverged. Critics list dozens of unfulfilled PCG-linked forecasts.

David C. Pack (Restored Church of God) Pack links his “Elijah” role to completing the watchman commission. RCG materials present his sermons as the final warning vehicle. Since 2013, he has issued hundreds of specific, date-sensitive predictions (return of Christ, start of the Kingdom, Daniel’s 1335-day period, etc.) that repeatedly failed—often over 100 documented misses, with new timelines issued afterward. He has even referenced the biblical penalty for false prophecy in sermons while continuing.

Conclusion

The biblical watchman/prophet does not merely comment on news, call for morality, or motivate donations with urgency. He declares God’s specific message accurately. When tied to imminent national judgment, accuracy is non-negotiable.

Across nearly a century, these leaders—Armstrong (foundational), Meredith, Weinland, Thiel, Flurry, and Pack—have produced a consistent record of specific, testable predictions about dates, sequences, and calamities that did not happen. The recurring response (reinterpretation, new “understandings,” or blaming rejection by the audience) matches exactly what Deuteronomy 18:22 calls presumption, not divine authority.

This obsession with the watchman title seems rooted more in theological identity, motivational power for members, and separation from mainstream Christianity than in verifiable accuracy. It creates a cycle: failed specifics → explanation → renewed urgency → repeat. True divine warning, as in Ezekiel’s day, would not require constant revision—it would stand when tested.

New Covenant Christians must not place their faith in men—however sincere, charismatic, or well-meaning—but in Jesus Christ alone. The New Testament makes this crystal clear: Jesus is the one true foundation (1 Corinthians 3:11), the sole Mediator between God and humanity (1 Timothy 2:5), and the Good Shepherd whose voice His sheep know (John 10:27). Under the New Covenant promised in Jeremiah 31:31–34 and fulfilled in Hebrews 8–10, God writes His laws directly on our hearts through the Holy Spirit. We no longer need a human priesthood, temple system, or self-appointed “watchman” organization to stand between us and God. Every believer has direct access to the throne of grace through Christ (Hebrews 4:16).

Placing ultimate trust in any human leader or movement—even one that sincerely claims a special prophetic role—repeats the very error the Old Testament repeatedly condemned: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength” (Jeremiah 17:5; see also Psalm 118:8). The apostles themselves warned against following men: Paul rebuked the Corinthians for saying “I follow Paul” or “I follow Apollos,” reminding them that “you are Christ’s” (1 Corinthians 3:4–23). The Bereans were commended not for blindly accepting apostolic teaching, but for searching the Scriptures daily to verify it (Acts 17:11). Jesus Himself is the Word made flesh (John 1:14); He—not any modern organization—is the final Word from God (Hebrews 1:1–2).

The repeated pattern of unfulfilled prophecies among these COG leaders serves as a sober reminder of this truth. It calls every believer to test all things (1 Thessalonians 5:21), hold fast to what is good, and fix our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2), and not on the Law. The gospel is not a complicated end-time warning system dependent on one man’s interpretations; it is the simple, powerful message that Christ died for our sins, rose again, and offers forgiveness and eternal life to all who believe in Him (1 Corinthians 15:3–4; John 3:16).

None of this invalidates general Christian vigilance or calls to repentance (see Mark 13:37 or Hebrews 13:17). But the exclusive claim to be the modern Ezekiel watchman to “lost Israel,” grounded in British-Israelism and tied to unfulfilled national prophecies, fails Scripture’s own test. Believers should apply Deuteronomy 18 rigorously rather than loyalty, charisma, or fear. If God has true watchmen today, their words will prove true without excuses. The historical pattern here urges caution: test everything by the Bible’s standard, and prioritize the core gospel of Jesus Christ over layers of failed end-time frameworks. Our hope, our identity, and our security rest not in any human leader or organization, but in the unchanging Person and finished work of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Silent Pilgrim

Progressive Revelation In Armstrongism Is An Escape Hatch For Members To Turn A Blind Eye To Outright Lies

Progressive Revelation

more commonly used in COG groups: "new revelation," "new understanding," 

or "God is revealing more truth", 

is a key doctrinal mechanism in Armstrongism that lets members reinterpret failed prophecies as "incomplete earlier understanding" rather than outright lies or false prophecy. 

It keeps many loyal because it turns potential disillusionment 

into renewed hope and commitment.

What "Progressive Revelation" Means in Armstrongism

Herbert W. Armstrong (HWA) taught that God reveals His truth gradually—first the basics, then deeper insights as the end times near. He didn't always call it "progressive revelation" exactly, but he practiced it: adjusting doctrines over decades (e.g., on divorce/remarriage, healing, or prophecy timing) and presenting them as God opening new understanding through him as God's apostle.

Post-1986 splinter groups kept this idea but supercharged it. Current leaders claim God is now giving them fresh revelation or clearer insight into prophecy, end-time events, church government, or specific details HWA "didn't fully understand." This is not the standard Christian idea of progressive revelation (where later truth builds on earlier without contradicting it). In COG splinters, it often means revising or spiritualizing past predictions when they fail.

Examples tied to the leaders you asked about earlier:

• Gerald Flurry (PCG): Heavily pushes "new revelation." Malachi's Message was called a "new vision from God." He has introduced things like the "new stone of destiny" (HWA's prayer rock) as a major divine update that "clarifies" prophecy and moves the throne of David to PCG. Failed timelines (e.g., Obama/Trump predictions) get reframed as God giving "sharper focus" or additional revelation.

• David Pack (RCG): Constantly announces "new truth," "new doctrines," or "growth in understanding" revealed directly to him. Dozens of specific return dates or reunification prophecies that failed are explained as partial earlier understanding—God is progressively revealing the full picture through Pack.

• Ronald Weinland (COG-PKG): Adjusted his 2008/2012 timelines and Two Witnesses claims by saying God revealed more as events unfolded.

• Crackpot Bob: While Crackpot Bob often criticizes "progressive revelation through tradition" in other Christian churches, he still uses the functional equivalent: special dreams, the "double portion" mantle, and his unique prophetic role give "new understanding" of current events as prophecy fulfillment. Failures or unfulfilled expectations get folded into "God is revealing more through the Philadelphia remnant" narrative.

Why do members stay in spite of failed prophecies?

It solves the cognitive dissonance problem perfectly for those who want to stay:

• It absolves the leader (and God) of error: Deuteronomy 18:21-22 says a true prophet's words must come to pass. "Progressive revelation" dodges this: "It wasn't a false prophecy—it was based on incomplete revelation at the time. God has now given us more light." Members aren't forced to call their leader a false prophet; instead, they see him as the humble channel for ongoing divine updates.

• It turns failure into excitement and urgency: Every missed date becomes proof that "we're getting closer—the revelation is accelerating!" It creates a cycle: prediction → failure → "new understanding" → new prediction → renewed zeal and tithing. Members feel privileged to be part of the "cutting-edge" group receiving God's latest instructions.

• It reinforces loyalty to the current leader: Leaving would mean rejecting God's current channel of revelation. You're not just leaving a church—you're becoming "Laodicean," blind to what God is doing now. Staying shows you're submissive to the "mantle" and willing to grow in understanding.

• It fits the sunk-cost and fear psychology: Many have decades invested (family, friends, identity, tithes). Progressive revelation lets them salvage all that: "We weren't wrong; we just didn't have the full picture yet." Plus, the fear of the Tribulation and "place of safety" only for the faithful remnant makes questioning risky.

Cult recovery groups call this a classic false-teacher tactic. True biblical revelation doesn't require constant resets or blame-shifting. When circumstances change, genuine prophets don't "update" failed words—they repent or admit presumption. Instead, these groups modify expectations to protect the leader's authority, exactly as happened with the Elijah/HWA identification over the years.

In short, "progressive revelation" (in its Armstrongist form) is the escape hatch that lets members stay psychologically and spiritually comfortable despite the track record of unmet prophecies. It keeps the system going by promising that this time—with the latest revelation—the end really is near and the leader really is God's man. That's why, even with all the documented failures across PCG, RCG, COG-PKG, CCOG, and others, some dedicated members double down rather than walk away.

PCG's Andrew Locher Has Died

Keeping Pope Gerry Comfortable In His Lifestyle 

as he spreads the Gospel message through Irish dance.

One of their most dedicated Gestapo-style tithing agents that the Philadelphia Church of God has ever produced has finally shuffled off this mortal coil. For years, this paragon of piety was held up as a shining example: a relentless enforcer who demanded that struggling members cough up their tithes even when they could barely feed their own families. After all, in this glorious dispensation, God's top priority is clearly keeping the Flurry family living in the lap of luxury. Why let pesky little details like rent, groceries, or basic human decency get in the way of divine favor?

Money, it seems, is the true beating heart of the Philadelphia Church of God. They piously claim it's all about "getting the Gospel message out," but let's be real: it's first, foremost, and almost exclusively for the exclusive enrichment of the Flurry dynasty and their ever-expanding brood of offspring, who coast through life on the backs of faithful members' hard-earned tithes and offerings.

Just look at the lavish perks: a private jet for globe-trotting in style, a traveling Celtic dance troupe (because nothing says "end-time warning message" like fancy footwork), state-of-the-art dance studios, an extravagant office setup in Jerusalem, a moldy old house in England they're still desperately trying to unload, and those oh-so-cozy faculty homes on the Edmond cult compound—complete with cushy, high-paying salaries. Truly, the sacrifices of the brethren are making a real difference... for the inner circle.

And then there are the shameless money grabs disguised as sermons. Take Andrew Locher's April 2020 sermonette, for instance. Even as the world reeled from the pandemic, he had the audacity to pressure brethren to keep giving to "the church" despite having next to nothing left. How touching—especially after the organization had already pocketed $1.1 million in U.S. government relief funds, thanks to their convenient nonprofit status. Yet in the same breath, they love to berate and label government leaders as modern-day Jeroboams destined to evict them, while hypocritically comparing their own situation to the Israelites plundering the Egyptians. What a pathetic display of selective biblical amnesia.

Fast-forward to July 2022, and Locher was at it again with his sermon "Keep the Father First." He droned on (and on) about tithing, using the economic collapse in Sri Lanka as a heart-wrenching example. Brethren there were apparently scraping by just to put food on the table, but no worries—God (or rather, the PCG "Government") still needed their tithes most of all. He made a special point of assuring everyone that, as far as he knew, the church didn't have a "tithing problem." Of course, only God truly knows... though it's funny how the actual CFO seems to struggle with basic accounting and forecasting. Even funnier: when they catch someone skimping on tithes, they suspend them faster than you can say "stealing from God." (Oops, I mean from the Flurrys.)

A quick glance at the UK financial accounts tells its own story—the "tithe of the tithe" came in at a mere 8k when it should have been closer to 37k based on second tithes. But who cares about numbers when the Spirit is moving? On a side note, one does wonder who those mysterious "other creditors" are—the ones owed a cool £3.17 million. Just a minor detail, I'm sure.

Meanwhile, members were treated to the usual sermons and Bible studies on "sacrifice" and "financially doing our part"—the standard guilt-inducing dribble. All this while learning that the shiny new archaeology building in Jerusalem sits in one of the city's most affluent neighborhoods, right near the Prime Minister and President's residences. They're locked into a three-year lease (never mind that pesky upcoming Tribulation). The site hasn't been used in six years, so they're shipping over "volunteers" (slaves... erm, students) to handle the grunt work, while still needing professional builders for the heavy lifting. And the kicker? The dig only covers the period from 400 AD to 1400 AD—hardly the ancient Israelite golden age they idolize. It's all a elaborate sham to prop up their Herbert W. Armstrong worship and keep the cash flowing.

In the end, the Philadelphia Church of God stands as a masterclass in religious grift: a polished operation that preaches sacrifice and impending doom while its leaders enjoy every earthly comfort the tithe-payers can fund. They demand loyalty, obedience, and open wallets from the faithful, all while building personal empires under the guise of "God's Work." One can only hope that more members will eventually open their eyes to the irony—and the exploitation—before another generation is bled dry in service to a family that long ago forgot the difference between ministry and monarchy. After all, if tithing truly were about pleasing God, wouldn't the fruits look a little less like luxury real estate and a little more like genuine care for the flock? What a divine comedy indeed.

From The Exit and Support Network

Shameless Sermonette by Andrew Locher Exploits Members Financially:
April 27, 2020 

 

In the recent PCG sermonette Andrew Locher continues to ask brethren to give to the “church” despite having little. What a shameless organization that could still ask their lay members for more money when they have already received $1.1 million from the U.S. government, the reason being that they are a nonprofit. They continue to berate, criticize and even label this government leadership as Jeroboam who will evict them, yet had the audacity to compare their plight to the Israelites benefiting from the Egyptians. How pathetic. –sermonette critiqued by L. S.

Andrew Locher Sermon Was Recent Money Grab:
July 18, 2022 

 

In a recent sermon by Andrew Locher entitled “Keep the Father First” he rabbited on about tithing and how Sri Lanka is in the midst of turmoil and that brethren there are struggling financially to just put food on the table but how important it is to pay your tithes (especially those that are struggling–because you know God doesn’t need the money, the “Government” [in PCG] does). 

 

He made a special point that, as far as he knows, the PCG doesn’t have a tithing problem, only God knows. (Yes, the actual CFO apparently doesn’t understand basic accounting forecasting. But funnily enough, when they find that someone isn’t paying tithes, they suspend them immediately from stealing from them…oops, I mean stealing from God). However, even looking at only the UK Financial Accounts [see July 9 letter above] we can see there is an issue as the Tithe of the Tithe is definitely not 10% of 2nd Tithes (it was only 8k but should have been closer to 37k). 

 

Also, on a side note, I would love to know who the “other creditors” are that are owed 3.17m–but I digress. 

 

We had sermons/Bible studies on “sacrifice” and “financially doing our part,” etc., and all the normal dribble, just to find out the new Archeology building that is in Jerusalem is in the most affluent part of the city; i.e., near the PM and president’s abode and that they are committing to a 3 year lease. (what about the Tribulation?) The property has not been used in 6 years so they are sending over slaves…erm I mean students to do all the manual work but it will still need builders, etc., to do the majority of the work. This dig isn’t about God’s Work at all as the era that they are digging is only from 400 AD to 1400 AD. It is all a sham to bolster their HWA idol worshipping! I am so over it!!! –[name withheld]

Andrew Locher Is Definitely Not a Good Person!
August 14, 2024 

 

I wanted to write in response to C. P. [see 8-12-24 letter] who wrote about Trisha Locher dying. He mentioned that Locher” seemed like a good person” and “one of the better ones at HQ.” He definitely is no such thing! His MO is to come across as a kind, meek, and humble man. In reality he is none of those things. It is a facade that he wears well. I’ve personally known him since 1993. He has been in the upper rankings and operations of the PCG for a very long time. He is well aware of and fully participates in all the underhanded, manipulative tactics that are used in controlling the membership. As many people know, this is often cruel and rarely if ever has the person’s best interest in mind. It’s always to get money and/or control for the benefit of 1st, the Flurrys and 2nd, the organization. Locher is the CFO. He knows things! Just ask him why Richard Williams quit as the CFO many years ago! (Richard could not in good conscience and legally work their books the way Stephen and Gerald Flurry wanted him to, so he quit and is now CFO of a tire company and fairly successful). This is when Locher took over the church’s (PCG’s) finances. And he knows, according to the UK charity commission, 0.06% is the TOTAL expenditure given for financial support to those in need; 0.06% of their total UK and European income is all they give to help people, as of 2021. Unfortunately, I cannot get these number for the USA as it is not public knowledge as it is in the UK. (See Five year PCG UK Financial Review, posted on this site June 2, 2023) 

 

Andrew Locher directly assists people in setting up their estates in back-handed ways, so they can’t be challenged by family members. This, of course, is done after the usually elderly or sick person is manipulated in leaving everything to the PCG and none to family who are not members of the “church” (PCG). He instructs them on how to remove assets outside of the will/living trusts jurisdiction. Ultimately usurping the Biblical admonition to leave your children and children’s children an inheritance. I, unfortunately, have first hand experience with this. 

 

Locher also knows full well that members are not healed, nor can he site a tangible case of it. He knew his wife was going to die if she didn’t seek medical treatment! He undoubtedly encouraged her to keep the faith and rely on God to heal her, as all members are told in such a situation. If she didn’t, it would have been a colossal embarrassment to Locher and the other ministers. So does Andrew Locher sound like a good human being, let alone a Christian, one of God’s “chosen few”? –-R. M. (former PCG member)

Gerald Flurry and Cal Culpepper On The Caves Of Adullam

 

The caves of Adullam

Gerald Flurry and Cal Culpepper have been regaling their followers with their latest masterpiece of delusional prophecy for quite some time now.

These two towering intellectual giants have solemnly declared that the Caves of Adullam — you know, those charming, damp, bat-infested holes where David once hid like a fugitive — will serve as the exclusive, five-star Place of Safety for the Philadelphia Church of God’s oh-so-special, spiritually spotless elite.

Because heaven forbid Flurry’s pure, superior, hand-selected remnant should have to rub shoulders in Petra with all those filthy, Laodicean, half-baked COG rejects, Protestant losers, certain Messianic Jews, and other assorted spiritual trash. The very idea is simply too horrifying for words!

No, no — his precious snowflakes deserve their very own private, members-only cave system. After all, when you’re running God’s One True Work, and you alone have the “correct” understanding, you can’t possibly be expected to share end-time real estate with the great unwashed masses. That would be... egalitarian. Or worse — common.

So while the rest of the COG world and others crowd into Petra like desperate end-time tourists, Flurry’s enlightened few will be huddling in their own deluxe, divinely appointed rock holes — where the caves are drafty, the ambiance is biblical, and the exclusivity is second to none.

Truly, the height of end-time spiritual sophistication.

Truly, nothing says “God’s favored remnant” quite like demanding your own private apocalyptic bunker because sharing is for lesser Christians.

From The Exit and Support Network 

In The New Throne of David by Gerald Flurry (copyright 2018/2021) he said the place of safety was in Adullam. “We must be prepared to go to the cave of Adullam, the place of safety.” (Chapter 2: The New Throne of David, p. 25.) However, he is still telling members that Petra is the place of safety. 

 

One Way Ticket? 

 

In a June 2013 sermon Cal Culpepper (“Come Out of This World”)13 stated, “Do we really think it is going to be that easy? There’s a lot of details that we don’t know yet. We are going to be packing our bags–it will be an act of faith. We don’t know how it will be. Maybe the government will give us a one way ticket.” 

 

So now we need to ask another question: 

 

Do we think the government is actually going to let Gerald Furry leave the country with a bunch of money? Even if he tries to place it all in offshore accounts, wouldn’t he be watched? (More extreme, fanatical groups are being watched today since the Jim Jones and David Koresh tragedies.) 

 

We need to realize that these stories members are hearing about HQs fleeing “first,” or skipping the country and leaving the members behind, usually turn out to be lies or wild guesses, or a rumor handed down from someone higher up the pyramid.14 

PCG believes they will be persecuted in the future. They believe “the Work” will finally end and armies will surround Jerusalem. It is at this time that they believe it will be time to “flee.”15 Herbert Armstrong preached this same fear doctrine for decades. No one ever fled anywhere. Members simply continued to pay in more and more money, as PCG members are doing. 

 

No One Fled Anywhere: 

 

HWA, for decades, predicted end-time scenarios and talked of a “place of safety.” When every one of his WW II prophecies failed, he said his “timing was wrong” but they would be fulfilled in the “next war”–WW III. In the meantime he convinced his co-workers and members that a college needed to be built. When his later prophecies also failed–especially the 1972 one–he merely said God had given them “more time to do the Work” and shifted their attention. Flurry will undoubtedly say something similar. 

 

As Gerald Flurry continues to use the “place of safety” ploy the same way HWA did, members will fear to leave PCG lest they be left to go through the Great Tribulation. Leaving PCG, in their minds, is the same as “leaving God.” Flurry tells them, “Fear of God must always be with us.”16 But this is the wrong kind of fear. It is the fear of a man whom they are unknowingly putting between themselves and the Lord Jesus Christ. They do not know they have been deceived, as countless thousands before them were deceived by the false teacher and false prophet Herbert Armstrong. 

 

By D. M. Williams
Exit & Support Network™
December 2, 2005
Updated June 30, 2021; March 19, 2024; December 3, 2024

PCG On The Pursuit Of True Happiness

 

Who could have ever imagined the Philadelphia Church of God churning out an article on what it truly means to be happy? Oh, the irony is thicker than the compound's security gates. This is the same outfit that's been credibly accused of systematically destroying members' lives, shattering marriages, ripping apart families, and even contributing to suicides—all in the name of "God's government" on earth.

When you've got "men" like Fred Dattalo, Wayne Turgeon, and Cal Culpepper poking their holier-than-thou noses into every corner of people's personal lives—dictating who can talk to whom, who gets shunned, who loses their spouse and kids—it's a miracle if the average PCG member manages even a fleeting smile, let alone genuine happiness. Stay in long enough, and "joy" becomes code for "keep your head down and obey, or else."

But that doesn't stop Lil' Stevie from waxing eloquent on the subject. His reasoning is about as airtight as Bob Thiel's claim to being doubly blessed and a legitimate prophet, or Samuel Kitchen's insistence that he's leading the one true restored Worldwide Church of God. Spoiler: happiness and cult activities rarely share the same zip code.

Lil' Stevie takes PCG's already absurd stance and cranks it to eleven. Happiness, he insists, can only be achieved if you're relentlessly chasing perfection. God said "be ye therefore perfect" (Matthew 5:48), so clearly, true bliss awaits those grinding toward that goal. And what glorious prize sits at the end of this exhausting road? Godhood, baby! As God is now, so shall you be—coequal in every attribute, power, and eternal glow. The One who has always existed will apparently humble Himself to share the divine throne with you, a former mortal who once forgot to tithe on that second job. How magnanimous.

He even quotes law professor Jeffrey Rosen on how the Founders saw the "pursuit of happiness" as a virtuous quest for character, not mere pleasure-seeking, then slaps a biblical sticker on it: "That is a biblical principle." Sure, if by "biblical" you mean twisting Greek teleios (meaning mature or complete in context) into a ticket to literal deification. Because nothing screams "joyful abundant life" like a lifelong performance review where falling short means you're consigning yourself to unhappiness—and probably a shunning phone call from HQ.

“Today we think of happiness as the pursuit of pleasure,” writes law professor Jeffrey Rosen. “But classical and Enlightenment thinkers defined happiness as the pursuit of virtue—as being good, rather than feeling good. For this reason, the founders believed that the quest for happiness is a daily practice, requiring mental and spiritual self-discipline, as well as mindfulness and rigorous time management. At its core, the founders viewed the pursuit of happiness as a lifelong quest for character improvement …” (The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America; emphasis added throughout). 

That is a biblical principle. “[Become] ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect” (Matthew 5:48). The Greek word for perfect describes something that has reached its end or purpose.

You are on a lifelong quest for perfection. Your mission is to achieve perfect godly character.
This is why you were created: to become a perfect God being!

Many other verses declare this same message—for example, Matthew 19:21; Hebrews 6:1; 10:14; 1 John 2:5. When you stop seeking this goal, you resign yourself to unhappiness.

Rosen wrote that according to the classical definition, “happiness is always something to be pursued rather than obtained—a quest rather than a destination.” 

 

The Christian life is a diligent quest for happiness. It is a way of life that produces happiness.

Further down, he channels his father with gems like: if you're pursuing "God's way," you'll generally be happy, your face will shine with joy (predicting your future "star quality" in the Kingdom, apparently), and you'll never be happy any other way.

If you are actively pursuing God’s way, you generally will be a happy person. In fact, as my father writes in John’s Gospel—the Love of God, God’s people should shine with happiness: “I believe that, in a general way, we may be able to determine how much star quality and brightness we will have in the future by how much our face shines today in happiness and joy.” 

 

There is a way to happiness. It is not complicated—the Bible clearly reveals the path. “Conducting your life God’s way makes you happy!” my father continues. “And you’ll never be happy any other way.” 

 

Ask Aaron Eagle, the former PCG minister who dared to see through the filth. His reward? Marriage obliterated, wife and children isolated on the cult compound in church housing, campus barred to him. Yep, that's the shining example of happiness PCG delivers—real "give way" stuff right there.

Lil'Stevie ends with this:

God wants us to “bear much fruit” (John 15:8). He doesn’t want any one of us to be unfruitful or unhappy.
Achieving that end requires “all diligence.” The pursuit of godly happiness means applying the spiritual knowledge God gives us. You cannot simply agree with the truth and enjoy its benefits.

My father writes in The Last Hour, “If you lack that joy, stay on your knees until you get it! … Full joy comes from fellowshipping with the Father and the Son.”
Pursue happiness. Seek it with all of your being. That quest is your ultimate purpose. Dedicating yourself to this quest will bring you happiness in this life and secure your ultimate destiny of bringing happiness to the entire world. 

 

Lil' Stevie wraps it up with calls to "bear much fruit," apply "all diligence," stay on your knees until joy arrives, and pursue this quest with everything you've got—because it secures happiness now and your destiny of bringing joy to the whole world later. Meanwhile, the real fruit seems to be broken people, fear, control, and a revolving door of exits.

He and PCG hammer home: "You will never be happy if you are not living God’s way," contrasting Satan's selfish "get" way with their noble "give" way. Scripture does connect joy to obedience and relationship with God (Psalm 119, John 15:10-11, Galatians 5:22-23), but the New Testament frames it as a fruit of the Spirit through faith in Christ, grace, and the gospel—not a merit badge earned by obsessive law-keeping or moral boot camp.

Armstrongism loves elevating Old Covenant rules (Sabbath, clean meats, etc.) as essential for happiness and salvation, but the NT proclaims freedom from the law's curse through Christ (Romans 6–8, Galatians 3–5, Colossians 2:16-17). Real joy roots in justification by faith, not grinding toward unattainable perfection in works. This "perfect submission" and endless daily battle? It risks morphing Christianity into a soul-crushing works-based treadmill that downplays grace (Ephesians 2:8-9). Strict legalism and authoritarian control don't produce happiness—they produce exhaustion, guilt, and escape attempts.

Sure, pursuing moral virtue and obedience can align with biblical joy in healthy contexts, but PCG's foundation—especially the wild promise of becoming literal God beings (contra strict monotheism in Deuteronomy 6:4, Isaiah 43–45) and the heavy dependence on Armstrong's "restored truths"—veers sharply from Scripture's clear teaching on God's unique nature, human limits, and salvation by grace through faith alone.

True happiness? For a Philadelphia Church of God member, it seems attainable the moment they finally leave the cult, break the shackles of fear-based law-keeping, and step into actual freedom. Who knew escaping the "one true church" could be the real path to joy?

New Web Site For Spiritual Abuse Recovery That Includes WCG, PCG, JW's and Whole Wheat International

 

There is a new web site that deals with religious trauma in high controlling churches and the effect it has upon the children.

Spiritualabuserecovery.org

This site deals a lot with Armstrongism and its long history of damage against children and members.

The one fascinating thing I noticed is that it also includes Whole Wheat International, which is just as batshit crazy as Armstrongism, with their own man of god sent to restore all truths. I have never heard of them till this moment, but they have a significant presence. Check out their freaky video:

Man of God in Our Midst

Debunking the PCG: America and Great Britain in Biblical Prophecy

 

America and Great Britain in Biblical Prophecy

Posted on August 9, 2006 by Claude Mariottini

On Tuesday, August 08, 2006, The Trumpet.com republished an article by Ryan Malone and Stephen Hill titled “The End of the Free World,” an article in which the writers describe the role the United States and Great Britain will play in the events of the last days. They wrote:

One of the most astounding secrets of the Bible—that the United States and Britain are two of the most prominent nations mentioned in prophecy—may initially appear startling, or even preposterous, to some of our readers.

The reason “the United States and Britain are two of the most prominent nations mentioned in prophecy” is because Britain, the nations of the British Commonwealth, and the United States of America are the remnant of Ephraim and Manasseh, two of the lost ten tribes of Israel.

Malone and Hill wrote:

Before we can understand the prophecies pertaining to the United States and Britain, an understanding of the identity of these countries in the Bible is essential. The abundant material blessings eventually to be bestowed on the U.S. and the British Commonwealth of nations were initially conveyed to the biblical patriarch Abraham because of his obedience (Gen. 22:16-18). He then passed them on to his son Isaac, who later did the same with his son Jacob. In due time, Jacob conferred this birthright promise to his son Joseph’s sons—Manasseh and Ephraim.

This is the reason, according to the two writers, that Old Testament prophets like Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Isaiah and Hosea provided specific detail about what is to happen to the United States and Britain.

The view advocated in this article is called “British-Israelism.” British-Israelism is the view that teaches that Great Britain and the United States are the remnant of the ten lost tribes of Israel. Thus, those who have adopted this view believe that the United States and Great Britain are God’s Chosen People.

The advocates of British-Israelism believe that biblical prophecies about the future of Israel and Judah are in reality prophecies about the destiny of America and Great Britain.

The concept of the ten lost tribes of Israel came into existence after the exile of the Northern Kingdom of Israel by Assyria. In 722 B.C., after the death of Shalmanassar V, King of Assyria, Sargon II finished the conquest of Israel. The capital of the Northern Kingdom, Samaria was conquered and thousands of people were deported to other parts of the Assyrian Empire.

The advocates of British-Israelism believe that the people of Israel who went into exile eventually migrated from their places of exile into the British Isles. These refugees eventually dispersed to America and Canada, thus establishing an Israelite presence in the Anglo-Saxon world.

Among the evidence given by the advocates of this view is that the word “Saxons” is a corruption of the expression “Isaac’s sons.” The advocates of this view also say that the word “British” is formed by the Hebrew word brit which means “covenant” and the word ish which means “man.” Thus, the word “British” means “covenant man.”

According to British-Israelism, America and Great Britain are heirs of God’s promises to Israel and because of that, many biblical prophecies have been fulfilled in the lives of these two nations. America and Great Britain have been blessed with prosperity and material wealth and have become two great superpowers.

But because of disobedience to God’s law, America and Great Britain have begun experiencing God’s judgment:

Also prophesied for America and Britain was the gain of strategic sea gates (Gen. 22:17) only to be lost as these nations reaped curses for disobedience. This too has already largely occurred. The 20th century saw Britain’s and America’s loss of sea gates such as the Suez Canal, Malta, Singapore, Hong Kong, the Falkland Islands, the Cape of Good Hope and the Panama Canal. Gibraltar will undoubtedly be added to the list soon, as Britain is being bullied by the European Union to relinquish control of this strategic territory, under threat of horrendous fines.

The views proposed by British-Israelism find no support in the Bible even though its proponents use many biblical passages to prove their point. A careful study of the Old Testament will show that the lost tribes of the Northern Kingdom were never lost.

When Sargon II deported the population of the Northern Kingdom, he deported only a portion of the population. According to the Sargon Inscription, when Sargon captured Samaria he took captive 27,290 people, but many more were left behind.

During the reforms of Josiah in 622 B.C., Josiah made an attempt to extend his religious reforms to the remnant of the Northern Tribes. According to 2 Chronicles 34:8-9, Josiah contacted Israelite people who lived in Ephraim and Manasseh:

In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, to purify the land and the temple, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah and Maaseiah the ruler of the city, with Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the temple of the LORD his God. They went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the temple of God, which the Levites who were the doorkeepers had collected from the people of Manasseh, Ephraim and the entire remnant of Israel and from all the people of Judah and Benjamin and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

The reference in Chronicles to the people of Manasseh, Ephraim, and the entire remnant of Israel may reflect the Chronicler’s view that all Israel was still a viable option. However, this reference clearly indicates that during the time of the Chronicler, the remnant of the tribes of Israel were not lost.

As for America and Great Britain, they are not found in the oracles of Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Isaiah and Hosea. Only through the process of eisegesis, reading one’s view into the biblical text, is America and Great Britain found in the Old Testament.

British-Israelism is not supported by the teachings of the Bible. The interpretation of biblical prophecies showing that America and Great Britain are the lost tribes of Israel is false.

Christians who are interested in prophecy and the events related to the last days must be careful not to be deceived by false teachings. Believers should always be aware of the words of Christ, that in the last days “there will be false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way” (Mark 13:22).

If you want to read about the fallacy of British-Israelism online, read British-Israelism: A Mirage by R. P. Nettelhorst.

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

Prophets, witches, demons, ouiji boards, magical TV's, Gerald Waterhouse, and more! A story like no other you will ever read about Armstrongism!

Time to buckle up, once again, because what you're about to read is hands-down one of the most unhinged, batshit-crazy tales ever spawned in the fever swamp of Armstrongism. It makes Bob Thiel's daily word-vomit look like mild-mannered Sunday-school storytelling for toddlers.

This is the legendary Kitchen family saga, as lovingly recounted by none other than Samuel Kitchen himself. Nothing you've ever scrolled past on the various COG gossip blogs even comes close to this level of glorious, weapon-grade insanity.

Gerald Waterhouse prophecies? Check.

Demons running amok? Check.

Witches, Ouija boards, full-on witchcraft? Double check.

Men swinging baseball bats and chains like it's a low-budget action flick? Check.

Actual fist fights breaking out? Check.

Nearly gutted on an operating table? Check.

Sawn nearly in half on an autopsy table, yet came alive to scare the nurse. Check 

Having your head smashed in a powerful press so hard your eyes pop out, and your skin splits on your skull. Check.

Demons running through locust trees, causing them to bend over like grass. Check.

Walls "breathing" due to demons moving around behind them as plates and silverware fly around and stick to the walls. Check.

Mystical "sanctifications," Check.

Magical televisions that work unplugged? Check

Doctrinal changes, Gerald Waterhouse, John Bailey, Joe Tkach Sr and Jr, Marvin Campbell, Vic Kubik. Check.

...and a whole buffet of "so much more" that defies rational description.

If you're looking for peak Armstrongite lunacy—the kind that makes you question whether reality itself has taken a permanent vacation—this is it. 

Enjoy the ride. Or don't. Either way, your sanity will thank you for the warning.

This is straight from his Facebook page, unedited:

When I look back at my father, i realize now that my Dad had a true sanctification from God.

Gerald Waterhouse told my dad that God must have a special job for him. God doesn’t give that much understanding that much all at once if it wasn’t for a special purpose. 

 

My dad’s first Church service was when Mr Waterhouse was passing through.  

 

He took a step off the stage, after giving a 4 hour sermon and walked straight up to my dad and said: “I hear the ladies in the back are fixin’ me up a pot of coffee. Would you mind if we chat a spell?”

For another 6 hours they talked, until the were the last ones in the hall. They closed and locked up the doors sometime around 1am.

My dad was telling Mr Waterhouse his life’s story. Im going to go ahead and tell some of it too.

My dad’s live as a child wasnt easy. It seemed like everyone had a reason to see him dead.

From fist fights, ambushes set by others, to being pushed down stairs and wells, it seemed whatever could go wrong did go wrong.

He dropped out of high school. He didn’t think it would matter. His family and friends all had a death pool he wouldnt make it to twenty years old.

When he was ten years old he was invited to a church dow lm the road, by a girl he liked. On the way in he saw the pastor molesting a little girl in a side room. He bit his lip.

He had proved to himself by the age of ten, there was a God. And he knew enough that was not what God said to do in the Bible.

When everyone sat down and the pastor got up to the podium, things got weird.

The pastor knew his name. Although he was a stranger, and while that church was still in town, he was too far away from home for this man to know his name.

The preacher began screaming at my dad, a ten year boy on the front row, telling him how he was going to burn in hell, and how evil he was and how God hated him! My dad stood up in front of the congregation, and responded: “what does God have to say about molesting little girls? If im going to hell, then where are you going to be by molesting “so and so”(he named off the girl) over in the side room? I dont think God looks too good on that” and he walked home.

He wasn’t invited back.

God had shown him from a young age, how wicked this world’s religions are! Even those professing to follow the Bible weren’t.

There was an old lady in the neighborhood, named “Raincrow”. She looked exactly like a hook-nose wrinkly witch! Probably because she was a “high priestess” of witchcraft.

Some days she would come up to my dad and say “my master tried to kill you last night. He didn’t get the job done, but some day he will!”

She shrieked one time “IT’S YOU! You’re from the Holy One!” And took off running for her life while shrieking down the road!

My dad laughed as a kid at that. Later he realized what it meant.

He had a similar event happen while eating at the Royal fork in Wisconsin dells. He had the habit every feast to invite at least 20 people and pay for their meals. So the entire restaurant was full of God’s people.

A lady walked up to my dad’s table, and looked at my dad and screamed: “AHHHHH! It’s YOU! You’re from the Holy One!!!” And ran out of the building screaming at the top of her lungs!

My dad walked up to the counter to pay.

He apologized to the owner who was standing there. He replied, “no your money is no good here. You’re with the Worldwide Church of God aren’t you?” My dad said yes.

“We got the tab. There is no doubt we me that God is with you! Your meals are on me.”

At age 16, he was working one sumner and was busting concrete with a sledge hammer. He started to cough up blood, and couldn’t stand for the amount of pain he was in.

They rushed him to the emergency room.

They x-rayed his chest and found a “straight needle, rusted in a couple of pieces in his lung.”

They wanted to operate and get that out of there.

Well, my dad woke up on what he described was an autopsy table! They had him saw nearly in half with rib spreaders! He looked down and saw his guts and lungs and heart all there in the open! He staggered to stand up. No one was in the room.

He said later that it seemed to him they thought he was dead, and they was getting ready to harvest his organs.

As he staggered to sit up, he knocked over the surgery tools, and made enough noise for urse to investigate the room!

She turned white as a sheet!

“Doctor!” She screamed as she ran out into the hallway.

Doctors and nurses came running in.

My dad said he thought he heard someone say “Oh my God, he’s alive!”

They gave him anesthesia and it still wasn’t working. They gave him some more and he still wasn’t going under. They had him count down from a hundred, and on the third time, he blacked out.

A few years later, he was working in a local steel factory, and he was friends with the guy who ran the presses. He worked as a foreman inspector. He inspected the molds after they were pressed, for any imperfections.

In between the presses he would chat with his buddy through the pressing machine.

Now if anyone has seen Terminator. This machine is what killed the terminator machine at the end of the movie. That’s what my dad worked around.

One day he was chatting and thought he heard his friend call him, so he leaned under to respond, and his friend didn’t actually call him but was running the machine as usual. This crushed my dad’s head twice. Causing his eyes to pop out and his skin to burst on his skull, splitting the scalp. He was alive! They took him to the hospital. He never regained full eyesight.

Now prior to this he was prone to drink, and brawl. He wanted to have a good time, but people would go out of their way to try to do him in. Biker gangs, thugs, etc. He was ambushed a lot.

Everytime, he felt this “presence” help him. He found out later it was an angel or something. More on that later.

Many times he would be ambushed and the were literally beating him to death, when suddenly he got a hold of something and would come to with them laying in pools of blood. He blacked out!

He got a reputation built, and men would come around from hundreds of miles away to defeat this “wild man with a punch from hell”. So he got into some intersting situations.

However he never started a fight. He just knew how to end it.

He was ambushed one night, after walking to a bar in town. He was walking out to go home when five men jumped him with baseball bats, ax handles and logging chains. He ended that night covered in blood but not his.

On the way home he collapsed in the street, and began praying. He thanked God for intervening, because they had him down. They was beating him to death and he couldn’t stand back up. But he recognized that “presence” and believed it was God who intervened.

So when he had his accident at the steel factory, he quit drinking. Soon his brother, my uncle, invited him out to a bar. “One drink won’t hurt ya” he said.

Well, the one drink he got, had a mickie in it. Seems like someone wanted my dad dead. As soon as he drank it, he went from dead sober to blind drunk. He lost his vision, and could stand or walk.

Now my dad drank a fifth of whiskey to get a buzz when he drank before! Someone told my dad after that night he saw a bottle where the bartender was met by some guys in suits outside. He asked her “what’s in that bottle!” She said, “none of your business!” He said that bottle went missing right after my dad went down.

Now as soon as he went blind, a couple of brothers hit him from behind with a pool stick and took a beer bottle and hit my dad across the face, right across the eyes!

Well, for some reason he snapped out of the “drunk”, blood in his eyes he could see the guy but had grabbed him by the collar and was preceding to beat the man!

My uncle was up from the table and there beating on the guys just as soon as it happened. They ran off. But they did admit someone paid them to do my dad in.

I’m saying this stuff to show you what kind of man my dad was, and how he grew up, and what sort of stuff he had been through!

Soon after that night, he started to have brain aneurysms. Hundreds of them. He was beginning to lose time, and lost a week at one point. He would wake up with him and his bed soaked in blood!

Life became unbearable. He was pain constantly. Years later he wondered what they really gave to him.

Now that was early 1980’s. He had his last brain aneurysms around 2003.

He went through a lot.

As life became unbearable, he contemplated suicide.

He thought about it, and prayed plastic down in his parent’s living room. Got his shotgun, and sat down and began praying.

He asked God, “I know you’ve created everything for a purpose Lord! What purpose do I have? I don’t know why I’m here! I am hated by everyone. Everyone wants me dead. There’s no use living anymore. If I have a purpose show it to me. And if not, I’ll meet you in a few seconds.”

Now as he was praying he realized the tv in front of him was on. A white haired old man was talking about God.

He didn’t want to listen to another televangelist lying about God! He had enough of the lying pastors!

So he reached over and turned the knob off. It didn’t go off.

He turned the channel knob. It didn’t change the program.

He reached behind the TV and pulled all the plugs from the wall.

The white haired old man continued to talk.

So my dad fell back and began listening to him.

It was Herbert W Armstrong.

Mr Armstrong said. “many think about suicide today. Perhaps you are thinking suicide? Perhaps you have asked God what your purpose is, and why God put you on this earth! Well, my friend sit down and listen, because the great Eternal God has something for you to hear!”

My dad’s jaw dropped.

Soon he was a baptized member of the Worldwide Church of God and attending the Ottumwa Iowa congregation.

That’s how God called my dad.

Shortly afterwards, my dad was hunting with family, and came back one day. In front of his sisters house, was a lane with large locust trees on each side of the driveway!

His sister had stayed behind with her girlfriends while the men was hunting.

And when the got back they suddenly heard a terrible scream! It was a woman screaming! It was getting louder and louder and it was coming from across the road!

My dad looked and saw the corn field part like something huge was running through it towards them! Then the large locusts trees bent over like grass as someone invisible screaming was running heavily towards him! Now he started shooting at it, but not seeing anything! His buddies had ran inside and locked him outside! So he stood his ground.

Suddenly it stopped in front of him and he could feel its hot breath on his face. It was huge and it was in a rage!

My dad realized it was a demon, so he began praying and asked God to remove it. And it left.

Came to find out, his sister and her friends were playing around with an Ouija board earlier!

But it seemed like the Devil wanted to destroy my dad!

He was invited by his friend Lex one day, because he and his wife was having some “supernatural problems” at night, and they wanted someone to witness it.

So they invited my dad over.

He woke up in the middle of the night with the walls breathing in and out, and a demon screaming and plates and silverware flying into the room and sticking in the wall above his headboard! He knelt down and began to pray and actually fell asleep! He woke up in the morning with pieces of glass and porcelain all around him, plates stuck in the wall.

These people were experiencing a haunting, and wanted to be sure it wasn’t them losing their minds!

So he’d leave for a couple of days and it would return, and they’d invite him over for the weekend again. He did eventually explain to them they were somehow opening the door for it to come back, and that he couldn’t keep staying there. The eventually sold the hose and moved out.

But I say these things, to explain what kind of man my dad was.

When he was baptized, a lady from the congregation a Mrs. Hershberger, gave my dad like 12 plastic bins full of church tapes. All from Mr Armstrong and the Church. He husband had been bed ridden and as a shut in, he received sermons for many years. So she felt my dad needed it, and actually gave it to him, but after he got done listening to them, he gave them back. Shortly afterwards I think they were destroyed.

But he received a lot of truth all at once, and he came in right before Mr Armstrong died.

Mr Waterhouse, he said, was very instrumental in grounding him with the truth of God and in holding fast to the apostle Herbert W Armstrong! Without Mr Waterhouse doing what he did, my dad said he wouldn’t have made it through the great falling away.

Now from the time he came into the church he began reminding people of what was taught, and began wanting of departures. People wanted to convince him how much error was in the teachings of “Armstrong”, and often would gang up on him, to try to bully him into submission, and he would not back down!

One feast site, had like 200 men he said! He couldn’t believe how many was telling him how wrong God was and how wrong Herbert W Armstrong was! My dad had already proven how right God was and how right Herbert Armstrong was!

Well, in 1989 he married my mother. Melissa Barcuch from the Fort Worth Texas area.

She had grown up in the Church, since 1977, when her mother became a member.

In 1991, they had me Samuel William Kitchen, named after my grandfather.

And Timothy John Kitchen Jr., named after my dad. We were twins.

Now my dad took us in the hospital one day and rolled us into a side room, and he sanctified us unto God. He held us up to God, and dedicated us and sanctified us to be used by Jesus Christ as He saw fit. He used the example of Hannah and her son Samuel.

He also did this with our little brother Clinton James Kitchen, when he was born in early 1993.

Now around 1993, my dad began to uncover a conspiracy locally, where a major clean up was underway, where the EPA was dumping chemicals and poison and toxic waste, into underground rivers and that fed our well water. We began experiencing sepsis, and variety of health problems that was killing us! As toddlers we would be rushed to the Emergency Room because we were hemorrhaging from Evey orifice losing blood! We were dying!

My dad was given six days to live at one point.

Because of these health problems, and with the birth of our little brother, our dad couldnt work. So we went on state aid, and disability assistance, and my dad began investigating what was going on!

At the time, we couldn’t attend regular church services, so we began attending the new Bible studies led by our local pastor John Bailey. It was closer to us.

They began pressuring mom to accept the changes. My dad resisted it. My mom did too. But their pressure began to make its affects.

In 1997, when my dad and mom told John Bailey we could no longer attend because of the changes in doctrine, he admitted to us that for 3 & 1/2 years they had been trying to get my mom to divorce my dad and take us kids away. He was too strong in “Armstrongism”, and wouldn’t accept any changes. But they held out hope for mom. She was more quiet.

John Bailey said it was direct from Joe jr.

So that put things back into 1993-1994, when they began. In fact, the local Bible study group was established for that reason of breaking my parents up.

That’s what the man admitted!

So in 1993, Church administration, Joe Jr. gave the order to target my dad.

Now this just so happened to be the year, Joe Jr. and Victor Kubik set up a “regional pastor structure”, who then placed a man over our region, and so for 3 & 1/2 years mentored John Bailey on how to overcome “the challenge” my dad presented to the local area. What would happen when someone stayed and didn’t leave the church!

So in 1993, we see a repeat of 1974,1975 and 1979, with Victor Kubik suggesting a “solution” to Joe Tkach Sr. They had already gotten approval of this Regional Pastor Structure. They had obtained a power block of ministers.

Now Kubik suggested that Tkach change the “decision making process” to include a more democratic inclusion of all the ministers, especially the regions pastors!

Tkach said no, and Victor Kubik called up the ministers who were fed up with the changes, and pulled them away from the WCG to create the UCG.

Remember Mr Armstrong stopped every attempt like this before!

So from 1993-2010, the work of Zerubbabel was halted, as it were, in the Worldwide Church of God.

1986-1993 was a seven year period of testing for the ministry. The ended up accepting the offer presented by the sport of Satan.

They could not stand in the gap, as Mr Armstrong did! So they left.

My dad, with special calling, continued faithfully.

1993-2003 was a ten year period of judgement on the ministry. A lot of higher ministers died during this period.

Between 1997-2003, we was attending the PCG group in Iowa. In the local congregation was 12-18 older WCG members they had gone to the PCG in order to support the reprinting of Mr Armstrong’s books. That’s why my dad went to them.

There was some, who was demon possessed, who wanted away from “Armstrong”. One man, knew my dad from his younger days, and absolutely hated him! My mom thought maybe my dad thumped him years before.

But he hated my dad.

Between 1997-2003, my dad would hold the PCG ministry to their word. They promised they believed 100% of the truth taught and restored through Herbert Armstrong.

During this time, there was no resident minister. A Regional Director would pass through once a month or more.

In dealing with the demons and unbelievers in the congregation, thhe rest looked to my dad for leadership.

The Regional Director Marvin Campbell, saw Jesus Christ working there, and he wondered why. It was clear to him, he said, that it was the only place in the PcG group where he saw Christ actively working.

My dad kept telling him to take it to God. He smiled and said “good answer”.

But what we found out later, was the PcG group was at logger heads with the WCG membership! And they were spiritually bullying them in order to get them indoctrinated with THEIR CHANGES of doctrine!

My dad once again, was standing in the way.

He was strengthening the brethren, back to what was restored through Mr Armstrong! And that congregation sparked to life!

Now what I saw, was Jesus Christ using my dad to “reconnect the flow of the golden oil” to those who were holding fast, but was being obliterated spiritually speaking by the PCG group!

Marvin Campbell was an evangelist and was doing the work of evangelist, when he started noticing Fhrist working through my dad. He repented of some brethren! He stood before thousands at a feast site in Sandusky Ohio, and just confessed what he’d been doing wrong! He was too much a sheriff and not enough a shepherd! And he talked about how he may have pushed his own son away from God, and how he had hurt so many of God’s people! He gave a sermon on what a real shepherd does, with God’s Holy Spirit! And how he fell short. He wanted to make sure the people wouldn’t take his wrong example and turn away from God and become bitter against the ministry.

We were put out of the PcG, for no reason, but to get us out of the way.

Soon after Marvin Campbell left and died. He was a minister I saw repent. So I think he secured his crown.

But Christ used my dad to accomplish that! I see that clearly!

I remember talking that year at the youth camp, to Michael Watts a friend and fellow camper, about my dad and how I felt he was being used by God.

So from 2003-2010, the Church went through another 7 year test.

From 2005 I began telling everyone that would listen about Christ working in my dad.

By 2009, we was out of the PCG. And Christ began reviving the Zerubbabel work through us.

No one wanted to be the Worldwide Church of God! No one! But we kept sharing and kept advocating for the restoration of the Worldwide Church of God!

I was baptized in 2012 by my dad. And he did perform the laying on of hands ceremony on me. I didn’t know why at the time. No I do.

My dad seems to have been sanctified from birth. And he was baptized into the Body of Christ, and he did receive the laying on of hands by a minister of Jesus Christ.

From 1986 forward he was used in a spiritual work by Jesus Christ.

As a prophet.

I’ve been praying and studying on what authorty my dad had. Jesus said you shall know them by their fruits. So I have been examining them.

He had no administrative authority.

No doctrinal authority.

No preaching authority.

Although he was being trained by Marvin Campbell to begin preaching and go into ordination. But that didn’t happen. Christ stopped it.

He was being used in a capacity above of an evangelist, as he was used to restore an evangelist to Christ!

When Mr Armstrong died…as an apostle…Satan locked out the ordained ministry by what occurred in 1993-1995, with Victor Kubik. This stopped Christ from being able to use any of the ordained ministry. If one was available, He would no doubt used them!

So it fell to a prophet, God had set apart through sanctification. My dad only had authority over his family. His pastor, was Herbert W Armstrong.

He always went back to Herbert Armstrong, and not to another minister.

So under the apostle, but over the ordained ministry, is the special category of prophet.

So from 1993-2010, Jesus Christ worked through my dad, preserving the Worldwide Church of God ministry, and using him to train me, and his children as we were sanctified for Holy use by God!

I don’t know why he asked for special sanctification for us! But he went through with it!

So when I was baptized in 2012, and he performed the laying on of hands, he was doing it with the authority of a prophet of Jesus Christ! It was He who was used to revive the Zerubbabel work, guiding me and helping me, and that is why I am here today! I didn’t choose this!

I spent all my life in training!

I thought my dad was one of the two witnesses. He was just the prophet used to revive the Work and the Church that wil set up the two witnesses!

His fruits are evident.

It’s why Satan seemed so dead set on killing him. He like Mr Armstrong, went eye ball to eye ball with the Devil.

He died in 2021, three days before my 30th birthday. He was killed. As was my mother it seems.

In 2022, I came face to face with the Devil too. He told me through the one he possessed that he wanted me dead, and he would possess the Pope even “to get the job done”. I went to Jerusalem and to Petra.

In 2023 I started the worldwidechurchofgod.org in Philadelphia, PA.

In 2024, I went back to Jordan.

In 2025, I went back to Jerusalem for Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread.

I visited brethren in Canada four times!

We kept Trumpets, Day of Atonement and The Feast in Bethany near Jerusalem. On the eighth day we were in Tel-Aviv(Joppa) signifying new organizational beginnings.

January 16 this year I went to Pasadena to make a video commemorating the closure of the last 40 years(1986-2026).

And now we move towards the spring festival season! Commemorating Joshua and Jericho falling.

Now we understand why the ministry was “out of the way”. What Satan wanted done in 1974, 1975, 1979 and in 1993-1995, was accomplished! They were locked away in Egypt and Babylon.

So we see Zechariah 3 come alive!

And what we are beginning to see is the restoration of the Worldwide Church of God, as seen in Zechariah 3-4.

People have questioned about my dad. Who was he? How did Christ use him? What authority did he work with? I have a lot more stories of what he and my family went through. But wow Christ is getting the job done!