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Jessica Brown’s Open Letter to David C. Pack
Former Headquarters member Jessica Brown emailed this letter to Pastor General David C. Pack of The Restored Church of God, via Church Administration, on November 17, 2025. She poses sharp, biblically sound questions that address the continued biblical fraud and spiritual abuse inside The Restored Church of God.
As of this publishing date, there has been no response.
From: Jessica Brown
Date: Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 2:35 PM
Subject: A Note for David C. Pack
To: cad@rcg.org
Greetings Church Administration,
Three years have passed since I left RCG. Since then, I've done a lot of reflection on my own personal relationship with God, and how my experience in RCG (especially towards the end) helped me to recognize the importance of having spiritual discernment and proving all things. Seeing the direction RCG has gone in for so long, I cannot continue to remain silent any longer on what I want to personally express to David Pack. Normally, I would opt to write something like this as an article. But I perceive God wants me to relay this message in a more direct way.
I have many questions in this email that I don't expect to get an answer to. And that's fine. I believe this email is likely going to be twisted out of context and seen as "an attack from the devil." But I do not care what anyone thinks at this point. It is God who justifies, not men.
All I really hope is that it is read with an open mind and that the questions posed, and the biblically sound points made, are carefully considered.
David Pack,
Has it ever crossed your mind that setting dates for Jesus Christ's return violates the 9th Commandment?
You are repeatedly bearing false witness to the brethren by making bold claims “on God's authority" that you later walk back, while stating you felt "uncomfortable" because you knew that you gave everyone false information.
This has happened well over a hundred times now. How exactly did RCG go from teaching "if someone sets a date for Christ's return, scratch it off your calendar because it's FALSE" to setting dates on a regular basis? There is NO getting around Matthew 24:36. Period!
If someone were to correctly guess the start of God's Kingdom, there would be the danger of them becoming puffed up with a "See, I told you so" attitude, which God would never allow. Hence, why the Father does not share this information with ANYONE. It’s clear that focusing excessively on when Jesus Christ’s return will happen and when He “will raise up Elijah to set up the Kingdom to Israel” have become idols for you and for some of the members.
As a result of the sermon series, I've seen so many brethren become imbalanced and irrational in their thinking. Some members also subconsciously idolize you. I find it very strange that in the past decade, after your sermon series began, the warnings you gave to members about idolizing you slowly grew nonexistent. Are you now okay with being idolized and excessively adored by members? I believe this is the main reason you become so angry when people leave—it's a blow to YOUR ego. They realize you are a false prophet while you gaslight people into thinking you are not. All of this excessive focus on you as the self-proclaimed Elijah and your endless predictions, rather than on biblical truth, has led many people to develop spiritual confusion, with some doubting God's existence.
Does the fact that you have personally caused some people to doubt and stray from God not bother you in the slightest?
If you truly loved and cared about the people who leave RCG, you wouldn't go up to the mic and put blame on these individuals while viciously attacking and calling them all kinds of horrible names, and then claiming that they are spiritually dead. How is your behavior humble or Christ-like?
Your words can worsen things for them in the long run, because some of them come to see all Christians as hateful and unsupportive, rather than how God intended for us to be: to love our neighbor as we love ourselves.
I wrote a social media posting in 2022 about how the love of many in RCG has waxed cold because of your sermon series. I continue to see evidence of this when I encounter certain current RCG members in public. I've seen RCG members coldly walk past me without a smile or greeting. Others have even scowled at me or quickly walked away in the other direction. How does this behavior reflect God in any way? This is straight-up cult behavior!
You have encouraged brethren to behave like this by poisoning them with the venomous rhetoric that every person who leaves RCG is a tool of the devil and that they will "corrupt" members with "dangerous" influence and "lies." (These are hypocritical accusations on your part, considering you are doing these VERY things.)
Telling members to not pray for ex-members is a violation of scripture! We are to pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ, including the ones who have wandered from God after leaving RCG. Even if one does end up becoming used by the devil, we are still instructed to pray for them, per Matthew 5:43! We don't know how God may use them in the future, and we do not have the authority to determine who has lost eternal life and who has not.
The exception is if God has audibly revealed to us to not pray for specific individuals. Jeremiah 14:11 is a clear example when God told Jeremiah to not pray for Israel because they deliberately and maliciously turned against Him. Yet, like many others in scripture, you have twisted the verses out of context to make them apply to all ex-RCG members. Even the ones who still wholeheartedly follow God.
If any have truly and fully turned away from God and lost the promise of eternal life because of your sermon series and your behavior, then their blood is on your hands because you are partly responsible for their destruction. You coaxed them into believing falsehoods that God is a deceptive monster and that all Christians are imbalanced and hateful.
How is compelling members to give up their life savings, inheritances, and assets under the guise of "all things common" while threatening them with the loss of eternal life not coercion? And how does II Peter 2:1-3 somehow not apply to you and your numerous failed predictions and demands to give up large financial resources?
What a person does with their financial resources is between them and God. No one should dictate to whom or where they should send those resources unless God has directed them to do such a thing on their own, without human influence or pressure. It has been very clear for a while now that God is not directing you in your sermons, and you are acting on mere human steam.
Even Edward Winkfield admitted the sermon series was "just speculation" to a freelance reporter, basically admitting your messages hold no biblical water, completely undermining your self-assigned authority. So, none of your threats towards the people not giving up financial resources should be feared by anyone.
I believe members are aware that the "all things common" account is being twisted out of context to push the made-up "give all that you have" doctrine. It literally says the apostles distributed the funds/possessions to the BRETHREN in need (Acts 2:45 and Acts 4:34-35). The funds were NOT used for the purpose of doing whatever the church wanted with them without accountability. RCG has also largely neglected to help the needy of the church. Instead, the blame is placed on the members 99.9% of the time. (I would know, considering Brad Schleifer blamed me for my financial issues and then dishonestly told Dawn Blue I had received assistance from RCG "many times." That is FALSE.)
In reality, the blame is largely on RCG for not properly ensuring that everyone's needs are taken care of, as outlined in Acts 2:45. I find it very interesting that one of the other "splinter" groups (COGWA is where my parents currently attend) has done a much better job of fulfilling that principle by making sure the physical and financial needs of lower income brethren are addressed when they experience hardship.
As a side note, COGWA is NOWHERE near as bad as you have claimed it to be. I have personally visited the congregations in Cleveland and Akron.
In summation, you are teaching that salvation, which is the gift of God, must be bought with “common” money and that God wants us living as paupers in order to "stay humble" and be worthy of entering His Kingdom. That is absolutely FALSE!
One cannot "buy" their way into God's kingdom. Jesus bought us with a price that He paid Himself. He does not require our money to receive what He offers to people freely! Simon Magus learned this the hard way. And, while I understand the warnings about idolizing riches (the rich young ruler was told by Jesus to give up his possessions to the poor because he was idolizing it all, not because giving all your money and possessions is required for salvation), many scriptures also show God hates poverty! There are several examples of people who were blessed with significant wealth in the Bible. Think Job. And yet, those individuals still chose to put God first in their lives.
Even in this present age, there ARE a small number of wealthy individuals who fear God and do NOT idolize their wealth. Instead, they choose to generously provide for their community while using wisdom on where and how much of those funds they should donate. I do not see the RCG leadership providing for anyone but themselves unless there is potential gain to be had.
You have no right to accuse others of "selfishly holding on to their money" when receiving help from RCG is as hard as a camel going through the eye of a needle.
With all of this said, I still have a feeling that the individuals warning others of RCG's true nature, myself included, will continue to get labeled as tools of the devil by you and your ministers, even when the scriptures referenced above make clear that YOU are the one who is showing the most demonic behavior. Manipulation is a form of witchcraft. Pressuring members to give up money, threatening them with loss of eternal life for leaving or not giving “common,” and telling members that every single ex-member of RCG is an agent of Satan who has "committed suicide" falls under the category of spiritual manipulation. And that is something God HATES.
David Pack, YOU need to repent and truly seek God, wholeheartedly asking Him if He really approves of everything you've been doing for the past decade.
Because it is obvious from your fruits, you are not allowing Him to lead and guide you in your messages. Not at all.
The Bible is clear: "by their fruits will you know them," and the fruits you have demonstrated through the years have all been rotten. I've heard many heartbreaking stories privately shared about your spiritually abusive nature. There is NO way all of these people, including the ones who remain anonymous, are all collectively lying about you with perfect harmony. I've personally seen bad fruits manifest in you right at the podium, especially the raw, carnal anger usually directed at ex-members, and sometimes the members themselves. (Does the time you publicly threatened and intentionally frightened the young people of RCG ring a bell?) Many Godly individuals who have no affiliation with RCG or WCG can see the bad fruits within you. Why can't the RCG members see it, and why can't you see it?
These are the dangerous consequences of having a leader who wants to be treated like an idol and cannot be corrected by anyone. Holding a leader accountable and questioning why they are doing certain things is NOT the same as rebellion. It is something God requires us to do with His guidance. (I John 4:1).
I pray that the dark spell you have on RCG members will break. I pray that you will repent. I pray that God will restore RCG and rid it of the strange teachings that have plagued it for years now. I pray that the pharisaical traditions and man-made rules being held up as if they are God's laws are crushed and replaced with a stronger focus on biblical truth.
If you never end up repenting and RCG never changes, then I pray that the members who are still there will wake up and anoint their eyes before it's too late. The number of people who have left RCG in the past decade should serve as a sign that God has NOT been pleased with the church's direction. You indirectly confirm this by a lack of annual “Fruits Letters.”
David Pack, it is my hope that one day you will go up to the mic, apologize to everyone you've hurt and misled, and renounce the false teachings that you have preached for so long. It breaks my heart to see what RCG has become, as I once believed it was the only place where God was working.
May God help you and show His love and mercy to you. May His mercy extend to everyone complicit in your deceptions. And I pray in Jesus' name, that no curse or declaration of death you pronounce on any ex-RCG member will ever come to pass. May the Lord give them all an opportunity to heal and discover a true, loving relationship with Him, untainted by the lies of men.
I believe it would benefit you greatly to re-read your own discontinued book, “Is ‘That Prophet’ Alive Today? The Rise of False Prophets.” Compare your words then to what you are doing now.
Sincerely,
Jessica Brown
P.S. I felt the need to include a link to a YouTube post that reinforces some of the biblical points made in this email. Take note of this young woman's rebuke towards the people who claimed Jesus was going to start the "rapture" on the Feast of Trumpets this past September.
Posted by Marc Cebrian
Today is the national holiday in the USA called Thanksgiving. And despite certain claims, its specific origins are not pagan. But, of course, no Christian needs to celebrate national holidays like it if they do not wish to (cf. Romans 14). And the Bible does condemn gluttony.Yet, whether on this day or others, the Bible teaches that people should give thanks:
4 Sing praise to the LORD, You saints of His, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name (Psalm 30:4).
The Bible is full of admonitions to give thanks to God. The New King James Version of the Bible has the word ‘thank’ 25 times, ‘thanks’ 75 times, ‘thankful’ 3 times, and ‘thanksgiving’ 32 times. It also has the word ‘praise’ 237 times and ‘praises’ 11 times.One thing that I have noticed on the day called Thanksgiving by those in the USA, is when I have been at many other places than the home I lived in, American football has been playing on television.For many, other than food and family, football is a major focus of the Thanksgiving holiday for many in the USA.
American tackle football is unsafe and clearly harms those who engage in it a lot. Therefore, American football is not something Christians should encourage.
Pastor Gloom'nDoom even drags out Dead Herb to support his claims
...the late Herbert W. Armstrong wrote:
Hostility toward the other is sin…
Football (American football) is a violent body-contact sport. It is often played with an attitude of hostility and is dangerous and is fraught with physical injury. (Plain Truth, July-August 1984)
Wherever a game in sports involves ANTAGONISTS–in HOSTILE ATTITUDE to harm the other and/or to “GET” from the other–to get the best of the other–then a harmful, Satanic and evil attitude enters in, and the sport is EVIL, not good…football,
(American football)…because football is such a violent body contact sport, it TOO OFTEN is played in an ATTITUDE OF HOSTILITY, and is too DANGEROUS and fraught with PHYSICAL INJURY . Therefore it must be BANNED so far as participation by God’s Church or people is concerned…This is sufficient to illustrate the application of the PRINCIPLE of God’s Law to sports. That participated in with an attitude of HOSTILITY toward the opponent is evil. That which HARMS mentally or physically an opponent is evil.
Satan is the author of COMPETITION based on hostility, harm to the opponent, GETTING by taking FROM an opponent–to his harm or loss. God’s way is LOVE TOWARD neighbor equal to love of self. (Armstrong HW. Not all sports are banned. Pastor General’s Report, Volume 2, Issue 36, September 5, 1980)
Yet, Herbert would sit in front of his TV and watch football, "professional" wrestling, as well as basketball on Thanksgiving and Saturdays.
It really pops Bwana Bob's gizzard that some people, inlcuding COG ministers give thanks for football:
While I have even heard some people thank God for football, it is not a sport that I believe that the God of love would condone.
Then, the Great Bwana has to end his post with this crap:
To close, perhaps I should mention that we do not ‘add a day’ to God’s holy days if we somehow observe Thanksgiving or other national holidays. National observances are NOT holy days, nor does anyone have to keep them. Jesus, however, observed at least one (cf. (John 10:22-23), setting an example that we can if we so choose. But not through encouraging violence.
Is there ANYTHING in this entire world that the Great Bwana Bob is EVER happy about?
The overriding folklore of Armstrongism was very wealthy in terms of theories or stereotypes which could be applied to nearly anything which was trending either within the church, or in "the world". Some people did not learn from the failure of 1972-75. They backpedalled and repurposed. In Pasadena, when men began growing beards, moustaches, and long, "rebellious" sideburns and when men and women finally began wearing contemporary clothing styles, the more conservative members of the church believed that the Laodicean era of the church was emerging. Per their revised view, the Germans may not have come on time, but, Laodicea had indeed arrived! This is also when, due to the failure of 1975, members began giving in to their intellectual curiosity and undertaking their own in-depth studies of the Bible (as opposed to proving all things by simply reading and agreeing with church literature!) leading them to doubt, disagree with, and challenge what HWA had laid down as restored truths. Many of the ministers, having similarly suppressed their own questions for years, agreed with these new "dissidents", and began challenging HWA at ministerial conferences. This was quite a sizable group of respected and credible ministers, and it was a phenomenon previously unheard of in HWA's church! It had to be dealt with, and could not be swept under the rug as if it had been the effort of one "misguided" individual who had lost the way.
A mass exodus ensued, one which would never have happened if HWA's prophetic timeline had been inspired by God, and thus proven to be accurate! I was one of the members who was part of that exodus, as were many of my WCG friends! We have to remember that HWA had preached many times in the years leading up to 1972 that obedience to God (as defined by the "truths" he had discovered and taught, which "had not been taught for over 1900 years") were the reason why he alone had the gift to understand the end times prophecies of the Bible. Apparently, the people who remained in the WCG in 1975 had found a work around for this direct association between obedience to correct doctrine and correct understanding of endtimes prophecy. I could not accept HWA's insipid rationalization that "you people in the church were not ready!" Assuming for the moment that the (R)/WCG ever had anything to do with God or Jesus, that dishwater explanation does not fly when compared to the parable of the ten virgins of Matt. 25:1-13, in which the wedding went on!!! It's just that the foolish virgins who were unprepared were left out! This had always been the way of describing the fates of the Laodiceans/Philadelphians, as if there even were such a thing as "church eras" and as if WCG were Philadelphian!
For many, the nightmares gradually decreased and ceased as our lives progressed past HWA's false dates (which he actually had the gall to deny having set, even as "1975 in Prophecy" was pulled from publication (Russian style)). We went on, rededicating our lives to family and career, salvaging them from an artificial and bogus negative stimulus. Some turned to other Christian sources, others to disbelief. We've watched, in an effort to determine whether "the church not being resdy" could in any way have been a valid explanation for the failure of the original Armstrong prophecy mold. Over the past 50 years, apparently not a single one of the Armstrong related churches has ever been "ready", and none have had similar power to HWA's COG to get out an audible warning to the world. Hi! I'd like to introduce myself as one of the kids from the 1950s and '60s. We and our parents are supposedly the generations of the Olivet Prophecy who were warned. So many of us have had good lives, have died, and no Germans have ever arrived. Still, I'd like to thank Mr. Armstrong for my zest for life and accomplishment, which I would not have had, if his "half a gospel" had actually been the truth!
BB
