Double Inspiration
The deceptive letter penned by The Restored Church of God’s Frederik Jaco Viljoen (aka Doctor Feelbad) assassinating the character of just-fired full-time field minister Vidal Wachuku really struck a nerve with some folks. Mr. Wachuku was not removed from the ministry due to his “terrible attitude” about the “recent transition off salary.” Do not believe it. That is a lie.
The fallacious email designed to tarnish the reputation of a longtime, faithful member was distributed to the brethren of The Restored Church of God on Friday night. Some gullible brethren who donned their blinders believed it to be an accurate account of events and have already begun parroting the contents without investigating the matter.
“It came from Headquarters, so it must be true.” Yeah, just like what David C. Pack preaches each week about this, that, and the other. He is always proven to be true…right?
The content of that letter inspired two men to write a little something of their own.
Kevin Denee is a former Restored Church of God evangelist and is the son-in-law of David C. Pack.
Dennis Diehl is a former Worldwide Church of God minister and longtime contributor to the Banned by HWA website. Yes, he still uses AOL.
A Parable for Jaco Viljoen
by Kevin Denee
Let me share a parable with you.
There once were two men from one continent, Africa. Both of these men were successful in their professions. One was an attorney, and the other was a doctor. They were family men with loyal wives who together were raising upright children.
One day, they were both asked to leave their homeland, continent, and even their professions. They were asked to travel with their families to a distant country, a strange land. In this new profession, they found themselves to be peers, working alongside each other in service to others.
Following God's will, like Abraham himself, these two men showed tremendous faith and trust in God as they traveled across the ocean. They sacrificed much. At times, as they spoke with their wives, these couples had no idea how everything would work out. But their faith and trust were a beacon of guiding light on their paths.
Years passed, and the former doctor was promoted over the attorney. He found himself in the corner office of a lavish campus. He had much. He had a healthy salary and a beautiful house. His family was happy together, healthy, and secure.
The attorney had much less. To help support the family, his wife had to go back to school and work long hours. At one point, he had been asked to move, once again uprooting his life and, in this case, moving away from his daughter and grandchildren. At a later point, he was even taken off salary.
As all of this came to light, in an effort to publicly discredit the other, the man with much went to the town square and, in front of ALL the people, accused the other of lacking faith and not trusting God.
As the echoes of accusation faded, a hush fell over the crowd, and an old man stepped forward, his eyes carrying the weight of wisdom. “In questioning another's faith, let us not lose sight of our own journey's twists and turns. For if we do, we will find ourselves casting stones meant for our own glass houses.”
An Important Message From Headquarters
by Dennis Diehl
We could only hope…
Someday soon
The Board of Former Enablers <recovering.hirelings@rcg.org>
Dear brethren,
Warm greetings from Headquarters! As we head into the Sabbath, I trust your week has been profitable.
It is never pleasurable to deliver bad news, but it has become necessary to remove Mr. David C. Pack from the ministry and disfellowship him from The Restored Church of Another god. Understandably, this may surprise and sadden you. Frankly, we are personally overjoyed.
When anyone chooses to leave God’s Way, we typically do not go into their issues and sins, but YouTube has, and we refer you to those public videos as well as your own sermon notes from the past eight years. Time and time again, Mr. Pack has proven himself to be a False Apostle, a False Prophet, the Wrong Messenger of the Wrong Covenant, The Broken Branch, and The Elijah That Came and Went. Especially in this case, giving a little more context is necessary.
We have worked with Mr. Pack for years to address some spiritual blind spots, which are not befitting the conduct of a minister of Jesus Christ, who is instructed to be “not soon angry” (Titus 1:7). Mr. Pack has shown himself to be "often angry," and we encourage you to review this YouTube Playlist where he attacks: God, the young people in RCG, your relatives, Orthodox Jews, the Chinese people, members who do not pay Common, former members, former ministers, Taylor Swift, and Kim Kardashian’s underwear.
The hard truth is that you can't tell Mr. Pack nuttin'.
Sadly, Mr. Pack's recent transition off the prophetic track from the Church seems to have brought things to a head. Instead of trusting God and allowing us to help him see how every last stinking prediction of his, week after week, has failed over the past eight years, he has chosen to persist. It appears a lack of faith and trust in God’s word caused him to walk away from reality entirely (John 10:12-13).
We got tired of the "we never saw it” when it clearly has been Mr. Pack who never sees anything clearly beyond an hour ago or anything accurately ahead more than just a few minutes.
Messrs. Schleifer, Houk, and I have had multiple conversations with him over the past couple of weeks to try to encourage him and reiterate the Church's financial support during this transition. However, Mr. Pack refused to listen to reason, multiple times having angry outbursts and demonstrating a terrible attitude. He effectively ended his ministry when we asked him the basic question of whether he believes The Restored Church of God is God’s Church. He screamed, “Of course it is, as long as I am the head of it!!!!”
You will want to review I Timothy 6:1-6. God’s ministers are charged to conduct themselves properly, including teaching and living “doctrine which is according to godliness” (vs. 3). During our exchanges with him, Mr. Pack would not receive counsel or “consent to wholesome words.” Instead, his responses were “proud,” “railing,” filled with “strife of words” and contempt for God’s government in direct violation of God’s instructions through Timothy. These verses shed light on why such decisive actions had to be taken.
Whether it is a fellow member or, in this case, Pastor General David C. Pack, God's Word is clear that you should "withdraw yourself" from such individuals (vs. 3-5; Rom. 16:17-18)! You may also want to review this eye-opening and discontinued book, “Is ‘That Prophet’ Alive Today? The Rise of False Prophets,” that warns about men going off into goofy ideas, misconduct, rebellion, and, well, you name it…
In December 1998, we were encouraged by Mr. Pack not to follow him. He wanted to tell us that because if he started doing that crazy stuff, he'd try to get us to follow him. He noted that he was going to come to us and tell us it doesn't apply to him. It doesn't mean him. No, no, no, no, no, no. It's okay to follow him because ABCD and XY and Z. He asked us...If we understood what he was saying and to listen to him now. When he tells us to not follow him if he goes off into weird ideas or if he ever gets off into other things that are totally, absolutely unscriptural because if he did, he was "gonna paint it with a different face and try to get you to follow me. Do you understand what I'm saying brethren? Please remember that because I promise you that if I become deceived, I'll forget it, and I'll want you to forget it...And I hope you'll remember it well enough to quote it right back to me...”
In 1998, Mr. Pack said he was not going anywhere. But in 2012, he transferred himself to Malarkeyville and is now disfellowshipped from The Restored Church of Another god. When we quoted his own words right back at him, he called the whole conversation an evil attack and got all defensive.
He added, “You guys want to give ME the boot? Nobody tells David Passover what to do!” Then, he abruptly hung up on us.
We hope and pray that Mr. Pack will come to see his error, repent, and come again under God’s Church and government and return to the Body of Christ. However, if his personal and professional history is an indicator, he will not return with a humble, contrite attitude. He has grown far too comfortable with everybody serving him because he serves no one.
In the meantime, we will be happy to serve and support you, as well as answer any questions or concerns you may have about what we never understood but now we do. We wish we had seen that sooner, but nobody else ever did, including the apostles and Mr. Armstrong.
Our dedicated team of former enablers is now ready to get back into the Christianity business and put all that false prophecy nonsense behind us.
Finally back in Christ's service,
We Awakened Ones
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Marc Cebrian
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