Melvin Rhodes Names More Ministers Kicked Out of UCG

Dear Fellow Elder of the United Church of God:

 It is with heaviness of heart that I must write to you. There are recent developments within the United Church of God, an International Association, (UCGIA) of which you need to be aware.
As of this date, besides the information that has already been reported to you via the Ministerial Journal, the following men have resigned from the General Conference of Elders:

Paul Carter
Pablo Dimakis
Ken Giese
Eduardo Hernandez
Jon Pinelli

 Additionally, the Council of Elders met in executive session on Tuesday evening, November 30, 2010. One of the agenda items was to discuss the UCGIA elders in the Latin American region. Each one of the elders (still listed as a member of the General Conference of Elders) was contacted and asked if he desired to remain with UCGIA or if he planned to go with another organization. As a result of each one’s response, the UCGIA ministerial credentials of the men listed below were removed (and thus they are no longer members of the General Conference of Elders). They are as follows:

Alfredo Arboleas
Eleodoro Avila
Alberto Gonzalez
Jaime Guiñez
Adan Langarica
Luis Mundo
Fermin Nain
Jaime Ortiz
Manuel Quijano

 The door always remains open to reconciliation should any of these men desire to talk with the Council of Elders and/or administration.

 I want to assure you that the Council of Elders, in coordination with the administration, is committed to serving all those who desire to meet with congregations of UCGIA around the world. The Council is also fully committed to preaching the gospel of the coming Kingdom of God to all the world. We hope and pray that His Kingdom will come soon.

 Respectfully and in Jesus Christ’s service,

Melvin Rhodes
Chairman

Melvin Rhodes Strikes Back At Grumbling Ministers

Dear fellow ministers,

Some of you have no doubt received a document titled “Petition for Resolution to GCE” addressed to the General Conference of Elders (GCE), and apparently authored by and being circulated by four non-salaried elders. You personally may not have received this petition if it was considered by the sponsors that you would be unlikely to support its aim—which is to put the majority of the current Council of Elders on trial.

The resolution associated with the petition seeks to create a “GCE Review Committee” to, in effect, conduct an open investigation to identify and determine if any actions by the Council of Elders or the Administration against anyone in the United Church of God since January 1, 2010, have “in fact” been done “contrary to the published requirements and procedures” of UCGIA or “contrary to Scriptural guidelines.”
No specific improper actions or “aggrieved parties” are identified.

The resolution contains no way of giving those who may be accused access to any sort of due process and there is no mechanism for protecting the privacy of anyone involved. In fact, on completion of the “investigation” (very little time is allowed) the Committee’s “findings” or “recommendations” are to be made public—no doubt spread far and wide via the Internet.

The proposed makeup of the Review Committee is obviously designed to be composed primarily of men who are known to be critical of the present Council and Administration. One could easily envision the proposed Review Committee’s investigation becoming more like an inquisition.

The Council stated, by resolution on November 30, that this petition is legally flawed and has decided, with the backing of the opinion of UCG’s general legal counsel, that the associated resolution is clearly contrary to, conflicts with, and is inconsistent with our governing documents and existing grievance procedures. Such procedures are already in place under the authority of the governing documents. Legal counsel advises that it would require an amendment to the Constitution and/or Bylaws before the proposed committee could be created and become operational.

The proposed resolution is fatally flawed and members of the GCE should not support it.

Consequently, in a separate communication, the Council has advised the sponsors that their petition should be withdrawn since it would be improper to allow the associated resolution to be balloted upon by the GCE.

It remains the case that Council members can be removed through the balloting process at the annual general meeting of the GCE if elders are dissatisfied with their service.     

Sincerely,
Melvin Rhodes—Chairman, Council of Elders

 

Thiel Says UCG Members Should Naturally Come to LCG Because God Is Only Working With LCG

Chiropractor Bob has a hilarious article up today about UCG members who are splitting off of the mother Church in Cincinnati.

First he pretends to extend an ecumenical hand to the 'true believers' in UCG:

Number one, and this really is not an option but more of a spiritual imperative, is that those in UCG should pray, study, and perhaps fast about the situation there.

If after doing so, UCG members really believe that the Jesus Christ is pleased with UCG and would not condemn it as part of Laodicea, then they should support it and remain there.

Then he quickly slaps these ex-members up side the head labeling them as Laodician:

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.  16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.  17 Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’ — and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked —....

He then quotes a UCG write John Carmack, using his words as an excuse to call UCG Laodician:

Notice that Laodicea was condemned for being “lukewarm”.

It may be of interest to note that UCG member John Carmack wrote the following about UCG this week:

Most of the ways that UCG differs from other groups is that it is less strict.  In all honesty, UCG is less concerned about the physical…

UCG is obviously different in how it governs itself.  Most COG groups have a “one-man” rule…However, what’s more disconcerting is that it seems that some within UCG don’t want to follow the pattern originally set down for governance…

One area of concern, though, is that “born again” is more open to interpretation.  In spite of the view that the doctrine is clarified by the study paper on it, it actually looks more like mud. 

Then Chiropractor Bob lays it on the line:

UCG fits the definition of being lukewarm, and yes has problems with “born-again”, governance, and other doctrines. 

So Bob's rantings all boil down to one simple thing.  He wants UCG members to jump ship and join LCG.

Now I would like to comment that I do not believe that despite its not being perfect from a human perspective, one could do better than to support LCG at this time.  Despite the fact that not all who attend with it are Philadelphian, LCG is the only organization that seems to meet the criteria that Jesus set for the Philadelphia portion of His Church. 

Forgetting the fact that Spanky Meredith has more failed prophecies than even Gerald Waterhouse!  Scripture states specifically that if a minister/prophet makes even one utterance and it fails then they are false prophets.  Spanky has utter hundreds of failed prophecies and predictions.  So far his track record is an abysmal ZERO!

Then Thiel gets to the meat of the matter!  LCG is the TRUE PHILADELPHIAN CHURCH!!!!!!!!!  Oh wait, no shocker there!  God and Jesus dwell specifically in Rod Meredith.  Meredith has admitted he has never committed a major sin.  If Spanky could get away with it he would also be claiming he is the product Immaculate Conception.  There has never been a more perfect man on earth!

Only the Living Church of God meets the two criteria that Jesus set for the Philadelphia portion of His Church. 

If you are in UCG, confused about UCG, or have nothing to do with UCG but wish to support the most faithful church on earth today, please pray, study, fast, and compare what LCG is doing with your own Bible. 

Yep, jump ship and join the church that is lead by WCG's most rebellious minister whom was constantly being corrected by HWA for his hard-assed, legalistic, vengeful mindset.

Yes, follow the man that HWA labelled as UNFIT to run the church after his death.

Follow the man who was put on leave by HWA twice for his rotten attitude.

Yes, follow the man who literally broke up hundreds of marriages with his uber-strict rules about second marriages and divorce.

Follow the man who preached/still preaches hate towards gays.

Follow the man who caused the death of hundreds of church members because he told them to NOT go to doctors.

Yep, follow them man who's spitting and snarling in the pulpit left people with no hope, leading them to kill themselves by suicide.

More importantly,  follow the man who drove Terry Ratzman over the edge causing him to murder an LCG minister and church members!

Yep, that is one spirit lead, love filled, Philadelphian church.