Dave Pack: Only the dumb people leave The Restored Church of God

Judgment Seat of Dave

 

The advantage of having the entire Restored Church of God Ministerial Conference in past perspective is that the patterns that may not be apparent initially are fully realized after the five days are completed. 

 

Pastor General David C. Pack is known throughout the Church of God community to be the most powerful sitter of our generation. It may even be fair to say that nobody has ever lived who can press their hind cheeks against faux leather as impressively and exquisitely as David Crowl Pack.

 

There is biblical significance in almost every aspect of his life. He lives in Wadsworth, also called “Elijah’s Settlement.” The Headquarters Campus is located on the highest point of this region of Northeastern Ohio. In the Hebrew language, his name means David Passover. But, in Latin, it means David Gluteus Maximus.

 

Herbert W. Armstrong may have been the world-class sitter of his time. Still, he never could have imagined the sheer magnetism of his chosen protégé's rear end planted so firmly in a chair while presiding over the most important Conference since Acts 15.

 

Part 448, Part 1 – June 11, 2023

@ 01:01 This will be the most important Conference since Acts 15…and it’ll be for reasons (in a way) you can’t imagine.

 

The most important and boring Ministerial Conference was five days long. David C. Pack sat for eleven hours. Talking so much. Yet, saying so little.

 

Proving just how pointless it all was, today is June 20. Tammuz 1 on the Hebrew calendar. Today is another tremendous prophetic construct to be wished away into the cornfield of the Headquarters Campus. 

 

As it so happens, Tammuz 1 is the first failed date to be noted on the record by exrcg.org last year. From Tammuz 1 2022 to Tammuz 1 2023, David C. Pack has set 59 dates that came to naught.

 

But let not your heart be troubled.

 

Prophecy Update - Monday, June 19, 2023

Even if the start of Tammuz passes, there is every indication we are still on track. The whole picture is correct!A 382-day year would seem to justify God cutting it short on the front end so that Christ may come “as a thief.” A few more interesting things can be added if there is time later in the week.

 

Since everyone knows there is more time, Part 455 is scheduled for tomorrow. Do not let me talk you out of Tammuz 1 being THE day to watch. Let David C. Pack do it.

 

Part 446 – June 3, 2023

@ 40:32 Now, you should have enough now that nobody could ever ever ever talk you out of believing that the first year of the Kingdom of God…it's coming on Tammuz 1.

 

@ 45:39 I could have given you more [proof], but there’s no possible way to defeat that.

 

Tomorrow, during Part 455, David C. Pack will do his darndest to defeat that. He has no choice. He has to.

 

 

One particular thing David C. Pack believes himself to be exceptional at is being the judge of hearts. He can look at someone and just KNOWS their motivations, particularly if they slump in their chairs. He has a complete understanding of how others think, what they think, and what they will do. Nobody can armchair quarterback your faith like David C. Pack can.

 

David C. Pack knows who God is or is not working with and why. He knows who will receive salvation and who will not. He is particularly keen on understanding the reasons brethren leave and often repeats them to warn others.

 

“They just wanna go out and sin.” “They don’t believe God.” “They don’t want to obey God.” “They didn’t love the truth.” “They’re arrogant and can’t be ruled.” “They don’t like people telling them what to do.”  “They’re covetous and don’t want to give up their money.” “They don’t like how things are being done.” “This is taking too long.” “They don’t read their Bibles.” —On and on it goes.

 

What never enters the picture is HIS responsibility when brethren leave. He has washed his hands of the matter and is guiltless in his own eyes. He denies his role in all departures, and it is always their fault.

 

I left, and it was all my fault. Jessica left, and it was all her fault. Richard left…totally his fault. Do not get me started on how at-fault Elizabeth was.

 

I struggle to remember one time David C. Pack ever gave a legitimate reason for any brethren leaving that was actually true. Every version he utters from the table is from a distorted prism of his own assumptions. He can even read letters and assign perfect motivation.

 

 

The topic of people leaving The Restored Church of God and becoming enemies was sprinkled throughout the Ministerial Conference. It gives a relatively clear picture of what things look like between Dave’s ears. The reality of people leaving is very tangible now. Every warm body that walks out the door is money going down the drain.

Part 448, Part 1 – June 11, 2023

@ 58:13 We pretty much had it settled until God threw us this extraordinary curveball of that year and the anointing of God Almighty by all Israel who appoints Him as their own Head. His incredible power and love allows them to do it. And that threw me. We’re, you know, been trial and error. Then, hit and miss and, occasionally, piecemeal. And it’s been difficult for the brethren. But, as I've said many times if they’re appreciating all the marvelous things we’re learning in this long Series…then they shoulda stayed. Some didn’t. Most did.

 

Dave begins his excuses by blaming God. There is no fear of God before his eyes.

 

Only the most feeble-minded RCG members "appreciate all the marvelous things” that are constantly changing. During the Conference, big-ticket items changed from one day to the next repeatedly. Dave must have felt the pressure to inoculate growing doubts among the ministry.

 

Part 448, Part 2 – June 11, 2023

@ 44:14 He {I} wouldn’t go out as Elijah and talk to the world and noise abroad what’s gonna happen. He’d {I} tell the house…I just never could figure out what day it was that he {I} tells them. And a lotta people say, “This is takin’ too long.” So, we had our own scoffers. There’d be no problem with scoffers here. But our scoffers sometimes wait two or three years and then blow it. Then, reach up and rip their crown off and smash it against a rock. Or you hope that God will be merciful and they’re prodigal sons or their lost sheep or lost coins.

 

Nobody has ever left The Restored Church of God because "this is taking too long." People are worn out by the failed dates. Each incident reinforces that David C. Pack is a false prophet, and God is not using him to teach any of this.

 

 

Dave has been covering topics outside of just prophetic timing. He continually perverted who and what God is, which drove me out. The Restored Church of Another god teaches a string of blasphemous doctrines that the Headquarters hirelings are "in complete agreement" with. He lists some of them before defending his never-ending Series.

Part 450, Part 1 – June 13, 2023

@ 09:34 So, all of those things illustrate a powerful point about the Series. Some saw (and I tried to dispel this), but some saw the Series as “the prophecy Series.” I did to a degree because, of course, we had to straighten out prophecy. But, I’ve tried to emphasize as much as I could till I was blue in the face that it’s way more than that. We’ve learned a tremendous amount that has nothing to do with prophecy.

 

What God has commanded is not this Series or the content of it.

 

@ 15:53 You can’t separate the two. Some sat here, critics who knew it all, and they complained and they left because "I'm tired of prophecy." They didn't seem to grasp, no matter how many times Mr. Pack tried to say it, that you can’t separate all of this because we’re gonna hafta teach all things whatever God has commanded.

 

@ 27:33 I, hopefully, brethren, I put the Series in its proper perspective. What it was and what it contained, and what it was not. “Which is 450 sermons on prophecy.” That’s what our enemies say ‘cause that’s the best way to depict it. 

 

I must not be counted as an enemy because I say "The Greatest Unending Story!" Series is 450 sermons on false prophecy. It is 450 sermons on blasphemous doctrines. 450 sermons filled to the brim and running over with deceit, lies, and foolishness.

 

@ 27:51 They’re the same people who say, “Pack wants your money.” When I don’t get your money. And I gave up two of my inheritances. And I don’t get a raise when people pay Common. The real truth is the liars saying that they want your money. Stay with them.

 

This sounds like Grandpa Dave conflating various ideas to create a non-existent composite “super-liar” coveting RCG funds. If anyone knows people trying to get tithes, offerings, and Common from RCG brethren, please write exrcgwebsite@gmail.com. This is thoroughly intriguing.

 

@ 28:06 And depict us as false just like they depict us as saying, “Oh, he talking about prophecy for seven-and-a-half years." Come on. You know, but I can understand if some who were sitting here depict it that way, then what are our enemies gonna say? Particularly when they’re likely, most likely to hear from those who leave us, that’s the way to see the Series.

 

Nobody needs to “depict” David C. Pack as false. He has cornered the market on that task. All anyone has to do is record what he says and play it back. Mission accomplished.

 

With these last few statements, I am beginning to see that maybe Brad is not giving Dave an accurate report of what "their enemies" are really saying. The truth of what is reported and Dave's impression of it, between the two are a great gulf fixed.

 

It’s funny. David C. Pack is operating off of misunderstanding and misinformation. He needs to read exrcg.org rather than accepting faulty summaries of exrcg.org.

 

 

Part 450, Part 2 – June 13, 2023

@ 1:23:18 But, Christ is coming as a thief. I don’t know how many people outside (our enemies) are getting these tapes and so forth. But, if Christ comes as a thief, in a way, we can’t know. Or certain enemies are gonna know, and maybe God doesn’t want that.

 

The Restored Church of God is not allowed to know when Jesus Christ will return because “enemies” will also know. That is equally stupid and interesting.

 

But for the grace of God go I.

 

The “tapes” will continue to leak from The Restored Church of God for however long God wills. He is clearly allowing it, or it would cease. I wonder if David C. Pack ever stops to wonder why. I certainly do. I never put God's fingerprints on my efforts, but I acknowledge it is done because He permits. I let the fruits speak for themselves.

 

Let the public record expose which one of us is a blaspheming liar.

 

Part 451, Part 2 – June 14, 2023

@ 13:26 Unfortunately, you know, there may be…some among us who say, "Oh, that's it. I'm done. My Lord delays His coming," and they quit. Now, my first thought is if after all they've learned, they quit. They were what? You might as well. In fact, please do. If that's what you're thinking. Go ahead and quit because you were never gonna get salvation anyway.

 

The Judgment Seat of Dave has rendered a verdict: No salvation for you. In fact, you were “never” in the running. He is astutely aware of who God is and is not working with and who will receive and not receive the gift of salvation.

 

All hail Grandpa Dave! The voice of a god and not of a man. He will be like the Most High!

 

@ 13:49 Or stick around so that you're not sorry you quit when these months develop into the things that Amos says…So we may have time. I'm trying to hit this from every perspective, that more decide to quit. Then might I yet learn more? Maybe. I already can't finish everything in the Conference, but I could easily give one or two messages each of the next two months.

 

Ever-Learning Dave gave Parts 453 and 454 two days after the Ministerial Conference. Part 455 is scheduled for tomorrow. Oh yes, he learned more. He just never learned when to quit.

 

@ 26:18 And there’s a lotta bad guys out there waiting for us. People went for Mr. Armstrong. They wanted his throat. They wanted the Apostles in prison. They’re gonna come after me. But there’s a lot riding on this. So, God would have to protect me.

 

There are no Boogie Men after David C. Pack. He is not even on the radar outside the COG landscape. The Pastor General of The Restored Church of God is insignificant to the nth degree for the Average Joe.

 

And Dave is already in the devil’s back pocket, so why would he do anything to spoil all that fun?

 

 

Watch David C. Pack turn nasty on a dime.

 

In this unique moment, he goes from softly talking about loving the people of God to viciously mocking them seconds later. His tone, attitude, and demeanor snap as if another persona has taken over.

Part 452 – June 15, 2023

@ 1:33:22 And if you love the people of God…Pray that it’s soon so our brothers and sisters who are afflicted can participate with us in this awesome calling. And if we gotta take some lumps or there’s some people dumb enough to leave, “If I can’t be over one month and one kingdom and one generation, I’m not gonna stay here. So I can be over the entire world for a year.” Well, then maybe then I guess they could quit. ‘Cause I don’t know how long we’ll wait.

 

The “if you love the people of God” manipulation was repeated a few times.

 

Only the dumb people leave The Restored Church of God. That is the judgment coming from the seat of David C. Pack, who knows and knows that he knows. The dumb people who quit were never going to receive salvation anyway, so the sooner they depart, the better.

 

David C. Pack is blameless and utterly blind to the suffering and pain he has caused countless brethren over the years. He believes that he sees when he is walking in utter darkness.

 

May God have mercy on David C. Pack. He knows not what he does, for his judgment seat has no room for truth or mercy.

 

Marc Cebrian

See: Judgment Seat of Dave

Alton Billingsley, That Other Crackpot Prophet Sets More Prophetic Dates Guranteed To Fail

 

The Church of God's track record regarding self-appointed prophets has to be the most pathetic scenario we have ever witnessed. Every single one of them has ended up being liars.

Alton Billingsley, Church of God Faithful Flock, has a longer track record of making dumb predictions than Gerald Flurry and even our favorite upstart, the Waffle King himself, The Great Bwana to Africa and 100 Caucasians, Bob Thiel.

Billingsly has this to say:

In view of Prophetic Biblical teachings, connected with major disastrous events, now occurring, and projected to worsen on a national and international scale over the next few years, strongly implies Jesus Christ will be standing on this earth in the year-2029. This is eight years from now, 2021. How quickly time flies!

They also make known this nation is in mortal danger of being destroyed, as a nation, along with Britain, and other nations of Israel, in the year 2026-no more than five years from now, 2021. Prophesied to be destroyed by a super-power far greater than America. 

Though it has not yet appeared, it is prophesied to be fully developed by the year-2024. This is only three years from now, 2021. 

On the Horizon

Satan, the devil, will soon bring the worst of times, beginning no later than 2024. Are you prepared and protected by God?

Consider the near future—

Possibly close to the Passover, April 4, 2023, will begin the famine to last for three and one-half years that God in heaven above is bringing on His people, the House of Joseph, America and Britain, and other tribes of Israel.

Prophecy also makes known the devil will release Assyria-Germany from the bottom- less pit. Therefore, bringing into existence the Holy Roman Empire sometime during the year, 2024.

Then the severity of the famine, with pestilence, Covid 19 mutating into the black plague, will commence destroying America in particular—then the same to come upon the other Israeli nations in 2026! All this is to be followed by nuclear warfare (Ezekiel 5:12)—with the lone exception of Judah. Her fate will come later.

Before all this, there will be a civil war, 2024-2025 (Jeremiah 51:46 "... Violence in the land ruler against ruler....") Could the civil war begin because of the possible assassination of President Trump? Something momentous will have to happen to trigger it! The civil war will start before the finality takes place. Details will follow in other writings.

Perilous and Stressful Times

This year, 2023, will lead into unparalleled and frightening times! This nation and the world are presently asleep to what will soon befall them, similar to the pre-flood world of Noah, and Sodom and Gomorrah (Luke 17:26-30 "... so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed ...").

May God have mercy. 

So far Billingsley's Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump prophecies have failed as have most of his other ones. These new dates are guaranteed to fail too. But in the eyes of far too many in the COG movement, they turn a blind eye and continue to follow him and others who lie through their teeth. Whether it is Bob Thiel, Dave Pack, or Ron Weinland, they are all false prophets deliberately setting about deceiving people. They search scriptures to fit their warped interpretations of what they WANT the scriptures to say instead of what the scriptures actually do.

Remember, according to the scriptures these guys all CLAIM to follow diligently, just one failed prophecy makes them false prophets and men who are not to be followed.

Layoffs have come to Headquarters of The Restored Church of God

 

Blood In The Water

 

The most pointless Restored Church of God Ministerial Conference in its history has finally concluded. From Sunday until Thursday (June 11-15), visiting “ministers” and their wives were subjected to a week of ever-changing, yet, somehow still BORING lectures by their Pastor General. The audience was privileged to watch the erratic progression of David C. Pack’s evolving delusions in person.

 

With all the notes that needed to be blotted out during the five days, they must have gone through a crate of thick-tip Sharpies at the front desk.

 

The Restored Church of God has officially become a global center of chaos, confusion, and stupidity. Do not be shocked when a sinkhole someday devours the entire Campus because the unstable ground over there is constantly shifting. No one can keep their balance while David C. Pack is at the helm.

 

Oh, to be a fly on the wall when Brian Jackson, Larry Cockshutt, Andre Rouzan, and Nestor Toro try to answer questions from their congregations about what they learned during the Conference. To sift through which “knowledge” needs to be thrown out and what survives will take a razor blade, Scotch tape, and a bottle of aspirin.

 

 

I purposely chose strategic procrastination by holding off reporting on the Ministerial Conference until it was concluded. Watching Dave throw out what he taught the day before (TWICE) revealed the wisdom in exercising such patience.

 

To help anyone grasp the scope of what was said this past week, hearing how David C. Pack concluded “The Greatest Unending Story! (Part 447)” will grant a proper perspective.

 

Flashback Part 447 – June 6, 2023

@ 2:01:16 I can’t fathom what else I could tell you…I don’t have anything else. Once that last Mystery ended, the well is dry. The cupboard is bare.

 

Grandpa Dave had nothing else to say. Oh, really?

 

RCG 2023 Ministerial Conference

June 11 – Part 448, Part 1     1:43:10

June 11 – Part 448, Part 2     0:45:20

June 12 – Part 449                  1:54:29

June 13 – Part 450, Part 1     1:12:44

June 13 – Part 450, Part 2     1:33:01

June 14 – Part 451, Part 1     1:16:50

June 14 – Part 451, Part 2     0:55:37

June 15 – Part 452                  1:37:00

Total – 10:58:11

 

For a guy admitting the well was dry, he somehow managed to conjure eleven more hours of content in time to face a room full of people. That cannot just be a coincidence, brethren. Even after the visitors went home, they received yet more revelations yesterday.

 

June 17 – Part 453   1:32:20

June 17 – Part 454   1:26:56

 

Over 7 days, David C. Pack spoke 10 Parts for 13 hours, 57 minutes, and 27 seconds.

 

One pattern that became clear after listening to the entire Ministerial Conference is that Dave knows how to take very little content and stretch it out to seem like he is saying a lot. Hence, the high boredom factor.

 

 

The biggest news of the Conference is NOT the upcoming first date for "things" to happen.

 

Tammuz 1—June 20, 2023

 

The biggest news is that there is blood in the water in Wadsworth.

 

Layoffs have come to Headquarters

of The Restored Church of God.

 

This announcement seemed to come out of nowhere for no apparent reason, yet Dave’s financial concerns were hinted at on Day Three when he discussed world news.

 

Part 450, Part 2 – June 13, 2023

@ 24:32 The banking crisis. We could go on and on about that.

 

@ 24:47 You’d be interested to know, but I can’t really say, and I don’t have time, and I don’t think I would tell you.

 

Pause. David C. Pack is bringing something up that he cannot really say, does not have the time to say, yet is taking the time to say he does not have the time to tell the audience what he would not tell them even if he had the time. A double-minded man is unstable in ALL his ways.

 

David C. Pack is double-minded. David C. Pack is unstable.

 

@ 24:52 We’re taking some rather extraordinary measures to protect the reserves of the church. You know, the FDIC limit replies to us, as well. Our staff has to be paid. The Work has to be done. The ministers have to be paid (those on salary), and so forth. There’re all kinds of expenses. If our bank collapses, what does that mean?

 

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was created by Congress to guarantee all bank deposits in the United States for each account up to $250,000. Due to the nature of what they do and how they do it, there are very narrow ways in which The Restored Church of God could take “some rather extraordinary measures” to protect their reserves.

 

The Magnify Money website has an article explaining what faithless Dave could do to protect his money.

 

•  Open accounts at various banks: Each depositor is insured per bank, per ownership category. You can open accounts at the same bank, each under a different ownership category, or open a new account at more than one bank.

 

This seems like a no-brainer, but hardly “extraordinary measures.” Maybe it could be phrased that way if more than ten bank accounts needed to be opened. How many empty bottles of Tums under Carl Houk’s desk could be an indicator.

 

The next option is the most intriguing. If they did this, consider it healthy fodder for a future Netflix documentary discussing the financial collapse of The Restored Church of God filed under “bad decisions.”

 

•  Open joint accounts: Maxed out your single account coverage? By opening a joint account with one or more people who you trust, you can expand your FDIC coverage beyond $250,000.

 

 

Stroll down Imagination Road. Covetous Dave convinces Bradford G. Schleifer to put a quarter-million dollars in the bank under his name. Brad’s wife would own another $250,000 account.

 

I have often repeated that I believe Brad to be a smart, savvy guy. I personally like him. But, I also believe to my core that he buys NONE of Dave’s malarkey. What is to stop Brad and his wife from LEGALLY bailing on RCG, taking his in-laws and half a million dollars to move to the Cayman Islands? Nothing.

 

Perhaps Dave wanted to spread the reserves around even more. What if Grandpa Dave also trusts Ryan Denee and his wife enough to let them curate another $500,000? There would be some serious, hushed conversations about that scenario in the Denee bedroom. Ryan could finally go back to running his own Nursery to grow trees and flowers all day without Dave in the picture. What would stop them? Nothing.

 

Both couples could legally walk away from David C. Pack and The Restored Church of God with a half million dollars in their suitcases. Dave would have bitter flashbacks of the demise of The Global Church of God while the Schleifers and Denees sip Mai Tais thankful the years of sacrifice were worthwhile.

 

I am not saying those couples will do that, even if the circumstance were ripe. But, knowing both couples enough, I believe that scenario is entirely POSSIBLE.

 

 

Dave’s Nervous Nelly banking comments were followed up the next day when he leaned into his financial sweats by announcing six layoffs at Headquarters.

Part 451, Part 2 – June 14, 2023

@ 06:15 So, we reached a point where we realized we're gonna send some people to the field…we're doing everything we can to cut costs.

 

Things are going poorly enough across from Giant Eagle that they need to remove salaries from the payroll. This is announced shortly after the Pentecost offering, which must have been a disappointment.

 

@ 06:25 And I'll tell you now, I know I was more inspired than ever before. I know that. I really, really understand that in light of what we're learning here.

 

At this point in the Ministerial Conference, Dave was teaching the First Kingdom to Israel was a period of three months that ended on the Feast of Trumpets in September. It seemed oddly disconnected that the return of Jesus Christ was so imminent, yet he was laying off Headquarters employees.

 

Whether he was "inspired" to teach the three months or "inspired" to lay off employees is unclear. Worthy of note, the three-month teaching was dissolved THE NEXT DAY. This "inspired" concept was erased in less than 24 hours. Inspired by which spirit, Dave?

 

@ 06:35 So, first, let me just say the Orels are going to go to Atlanta. We love them. We need them here. Losing each one is a big loss…So we're gonna send them both to Atlanta, and they'll be a wonderful blessing there.

 

Transfers away from Headquarters are sometimes veiled punishments. If Dave has had enough of someone for whatever reason but still finds them useful, he banishes them “to the field” to serve the church for free. He essentially gets part-time volunteer work from people without having to see their faces. Sometimes it is more about putting someone in their place for not gushing over him rather than a decision to assist the brethren in that area.

 

Kenneth M. Orel (The Chicago Heavy) is the Headquarters Pastor and the Fundraising Coordinator. His replacement was not yet named during the Series, but I would put my money on Edward L. Winkfield (Stepford Prime) taking the mantle. Dr. Frederik Jaco Viljoen (Doctor Feelbad) could also fill that role.

 

When I heard Ken's name, I wondered about the punishment angle. RCG's finances are hurting, and his fundraising efforts have been an obvious disappointment.

 

On top of this, the name I hear most often as being the reason some finally leave The Restored Church of God…is Ken Orel. His sermons tend to tick people off, especially when he counsels members and uses them as subjects for sermons without their permission. That is a legal liability, by the way.

 

Ken is the same guy who instructed parents to kick their teenagers out of the house if they no longer want to attend RCG. This wise counsel to parents comes from a man who has no children.

 

 

@ 07:01 Shawn Palmer will go back to Las Vegas, where he's pastored before. He can pick up his job…Shawn, where are you? You know about this, don't you?

 

The audience laughs as if this is funny, but it is feasible that he was not notified. Sometimes folks learn things from the front of the room like everyone else. Apparently, Shawn did know, but that is not always the case. Finding out you will be laid off in a room full of your peers would not be the best memory from the Ministerial Conference. 

 

@ 07:33 Dr. Ranney and his wife…both, of course, employees, just like the Orels are. So, if we send the two Orels, we lost two employees, and they do a lot. But Dr. Ranney and his wife are both employees, and they do a lot. So, Dr. Ranney is a natural field minister. I would love to have either one of those men if I needed a pastor.And so he's gonna go to Kansas City.

 

That is actually funny because David C. Pack has no need for a pastor. Nobody in the world corrects him. He counsels with only those he chooses. They have to do what he says. He does not have to do anything anyone else says. That is a cushy deal.

 

@ 8:29 So they're just absolutely natural pastors. They can go visit some of the other ministers, too…You know, I walk with Dr. Ranney on a regular basis and, you know, like cutting off a hand. …and [Mrs. Ranney] works for Ed Winkfield. Now Ed is sitting wondering, "Uh oh."

 

Ed is losing someone from his department, and he is learning about it in a room full of his peers.

 

@ 08:56 So, I'm gonna just make a sacrifice…I'm gonna give up my secretary, and she's gonna go down. She's dynamite. She'll go down there, and she's gonna work for Mr. Winkfield.

 

This is GREAT news for her. No more being Dave’s eyeglasses minder so he can adequately suck them during the prayer. No more refilling his water glasses with a 3x5 card on top to keep out contaminants. No more stressing that his coffee mug is warm enough BEFORE the coffee is poured into it. No more fretting about Dave’s coffee being “the right color.” Too light means too much cream. Too dark means not enough. You are sorely mistaken if you think those are fictional or colorful exaggerations.

 

Dave’s newly-former secretary will discover what a relief it is to be out from under his looming passive-aggressive shadow. I could feel Ryan Denee’s wife’s heart sink upon hearing this announcement. She thought she had left all that behind years ago. Dooh! This would be another good reason to skip town with a half-million dollars.

 

 

@ 09:10 So, I'm gonna have to function without a secretary. But that's not where it ends…I'm gonna tell you all now, my wife is gonna go off salary. Partly because she loves to volunteer. She's got too much to do.

 

“Too much to do," and she is being laid off? Make sense of that. Unless she has too much to do in her personal life, and this clears the way for her to avoid her husband for even more hours throughout the day. Babysitting, horses, and gardening can occupy a lot of time.

 

I adore Mrs. Pack and cannot wait to share a cup of coffee with her after all of this is over.

 

 

@ 09:43 But a lot of this will also cut certain costs…we'll do it. The Ranneys can do it on less, although he could get licensed if he wanted to if time went on. I don't think he's gonna have enough time.

 

“cut certain costs”

 

Dave never explains during these messages WHY they need to cut costs. How bad the financial situation is in The Restored Church of God must be a secret. The brethren will have questions for their returning "ministers." The CAD email inbox is probably flooded by now.

 

Brad may have covered that topic in the “State of the Work” lecture. Even if he did, he would use his signature spin techniques to put a less-dire face on the organization's decline.

 

In hindsight, maybe buying the $500,000 fixer-upper last year was not the best fiscal choice.

 

“if time went on”

 

Trust me, Dr. Ranney is spending his entire Sunday on the phone, securing his next position. He is busy typing emails and re-establishing old business connections. No matter what he says publicly, there is no way that man is resting on his couch waiting for Dave to be right about prophetic timing.

 

When push comes to shove, Dr. Ranney is a practical thinker. His faith in Dave is being tested right now. My personal hope is that this is his wake-up call. He gave his Common. He left his lucrative career. He gave up his personal time hearing Dave blather out nonsense on those walks and in the Main Hall Meat Locker. Now, he is being cast out the gates with hugs and smiles and a foot impression on his backside.

 

Going out into the field as an unemployed doctor cannot fill his heart with joy.

 

 

@ 10:01 So, I will just say to all the brethren who are out there listening, we're all doing our part. I'm trying to do my part both in, I'm gonna lose some help, and I'm gonna, we're gonna lose income.

 

He almost said, "I'm gonna lose income." Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. Maybe he sees the wives unable to tithe as the lost income.

 

Then, out of nowhere and entirely off-topic, David C. Pack utters the most bizarre statement of his career. These are his very next words.

 

@ 10:10 I will I will not surely die. I'm fine. I'm fine.

 

Why is he invoking what Satan said to Eve in the Garden? How does that fit him losing his secretary or laying off six Headquarters employees? Surely die? That is so strange and creepy. Why has death entered the picture?

 

“I’m fine” is as though everyone should be concerned about how this affects HIM instead of the other five people being cast out without an income. That is precisely how a narcissist would think.

 

@ 10:16 But anybody who has Common out there, we want to hit it. We want to really get going. We're doing everything that we can here…Shawn Palmer going off salary. My wife going off salary. It helps us. It gives us a little more punching power.

 

Punching power to do what? Distribute more inaccurate literature? Buy more trees and flowers?

 

@ 10:42 But I would just ask…all of you listening in be thinking, can you do more? Can you do more? Sell all. I know we've been doing that, but this is a great time to be thinking about that.

 

Sell all again more, folks. If they have not done so by now, hopefully, they never will.

 

 

The decline of The Restored Church of God is more apparent than ever before.

 

Though I am an unordained non-prophet/non-psychic, I predict that once Tammuz 1 (June 19) fails to produce biblical fireworks, another house on Hartman Road will be put up for sale. Fewer employees mean fewer tenants. Fewer tenants cover less of the mortgages. Mortgages and property taxes eat reserves. Solving one financial issue creates another.

 

The Restored Church of God is in a financial crisis of undetermined severity. No matter how the “ministers” want to spin it, a “transfer” is just church-speak code for layoffs. In reality, people at Headquarters are being “transferred away from employment” to cut costs.

 

layoff

a discharge of a worker or workers because of economic conditions or shortage of work

 

Dear brethren of The Restored Church of God, there is blood in the water at Headquarters. Swim away as fast as you can.

Marc Cebrian

See: Blood in the Water