BREAKING- Wadsworth, Ohio: Restored Church of God Defies Social Distancing while Neighboring Giant Eagle Announces Covid-19 Positive Employee

Update:  This article broke in a local Wadsworth community list and in a matter of hours spread to numerous Facebook pages.  Now, over 25,500+ (and still counting) people have read this article. 

It has now made available to several regional Ohio Facebook pages, Wadsworth Facebook pages, and The Akron Beacon Journal. Many do not expect the Wadsworth papers and the ABJ to do much about this story.  They were warned by many people several years ago about the issues with the Restored Church of God and the religion editor for the Wadsworth papers made the decision to not pursue it. 

With Dave Pack's "prophecy" last week that end times would hit by Saturday, April 4, this group has the potential to become deadly.  The lives of the employees and its members are a deep concern to many, including family members who have loved ones enslaved by the group.

In defiance of Governor Dewine's social distancing recommendations for church gatherings, Dave Pack has insisted his headquarters congregation gather to attend services and hear his sermons in person. This reckless behavior is fueled by the fact Dave is literally preaching that Jesus is going to return any day now, having named several (now failed) dates in recent months.  

Ohio Governor Dewine fielded a question this week about churches: “Any pastor who brings people together in close proximity to each other, a large group of people, is making a huge mistake. It is not a Christian thing to do. It is not in the Judeo-Christian tradition to hurt people.”

Today, April 4, more than 100 congregants attending Saturday services and were in very close proximity to each other. Their cars in the parking lot pictured here. 

Dave's own wife, who was a nurse prior to marrying Dave, stands by her man through all of this. This in the face of her professional training that would be screaming to not hold services. 

This happened two days after Giant Eagle (the neighboring supermarket) announced one of their employees tested positive (https://www.gianteagle.com/store-cleansing). Every RCG staff member shops there often.

Several days ago, this was sent out by the Headquarters ministry to the whole church: "Keep watching! Based on all we can “forecast,” another Sabbath this side of the Return of Christ, does not appear to be on the horizon. None of the ministers here at Headquarters can see it."

Obviously, that didn't happen. RCG is in a prophetic tailspin.

Dave putting his congregation in harm's way is no surprise. He's already tapped them out of their money, why not their very lives? Sickening, in the extreme.

From an RCG source

Gerald Flurry Still Forcing HQ Members to Gather Despite Oklahoma State Orders To Stay At Home

The governor of Oklahoma has issued orders for all non-essential businesses to be closed through April 30. This also includes that groups of 10 people or more are NOT to meet and that anyone 65 years old and older should stay inside.

This does not mean much to Gerald Flurry and his cult ministers in Edmond Oklahoma.  He continues to make his students attend class. Besides still holding church services, he also is having his HQ ministers hold groups of 10 or less for Passover services. They had the sense to cancel Passover everywhere else but not at the HG. He also has not canceled church services in a lot of places around the country, even in states with stay-at-home orders.

With the vast majority of the Philadelphia Church of God members 65 and older, this presents huge health issues for them.  Even though they have added extra space between the chairs at some services, the older members are scared. Yet, they are more scared to not show up due to the draconian laws of the church requiring them to be in attendance.

Like Dave Pack and Bob Thiel, Flurry has deceived his members into believing that God will protect them from catching the virus.

The narcissism of these men, who have set themselves up to be more knowledgeable than anyone else, is going to lead to the deaths of many COG members as they descend deeper into the madness that they are spiraling down into already.

With many states now arresting ministers for gathering people together, we can only wish this happens to many of these men.

The only problem with this is that they will claim this is persecution and pretend to be martyrs for the filth they teach. Bob Thiel is already claiming he is persecuted.

By following government orders and not holding services is NOT persecution. Doing what is right to protect their members is not persecution.  It is just common sense, but since when has any COG leader ever had common sense.

Why People Are Appaled At COG Leaders Insane Decisions About COVID-19

Crackpot COG Leader Tells His Followers ‘Get Ready: The World is About to Need You’ Thanks to COVID-19 Virus

Life is never dull in Church of God land as one idiot after another makes outlandish predictions on how vital they are in getting a message out to a hurting world. As if anyone would want these fools touching their lives.  Truly hurting people would NEVER turn to these narcissistic men and their groups. Real Christians never act like these guys and are doing far more to help their neighbors than any of them ever have and ever will.

The sick part is these fools are expecting people to join up with them, along with their money, to join their push to bring the end times into fruition.

‘Get Ready: The World is About to Need You’ 

According to a secular source, related to COVID-19, Matt Smith wrote, “We could have been better prepared.” He also went over many issues, including lockdowns, illness, and deaths that should be anticipated related to COVID-19. But he then said, “Get ready. The world is about to need you.” Are you willing to step up spiritually and support the Philadelphian work? Most end time Christians are prophesied not to do so. Do the words the Mordecai passed on to Queen Esther have meaning for you today? Could you have been called into the Kingdom of God for a time such as this? What are the plans that God might have for you? Are you one who may have been prophesied to “instruct many” in the end time? Are you watching and praying? Are you cold or lukewarm when it comes to God’s work? Are you mainly a hearer of the word of a doer? Dr. Thiel goes over these subjects.