Things are still testy between Rod Meredith and the non-ordained self-appointed prophet Thiel. The non-ordained self appointed prophet is still filled with anger and resentment towards Meredith.
Meredith posted on LCG's web site recently this:
And we certainly do not encourage “yes men” in any way...
Brethren, I have never tried to “appoint myself”
as an apostle or to any other high office. But many of you realize
that even throughout the extended Church of God fellowships around the
world—there is no one who has had the depth of
experience I have had as one who has spoken the word of God to you. In
spite of my human weaknesses, Christ has used me to teach more Bible
classes than any other human being in this age. I am the only one
who has been Deputy Chancellor of all three colleges, and was Second
Vice President of the Worldwide Church of God and Ambassador College
for many years. I have written literally hundreds of articles and conducted hundreds of evangelistic campaigns all over the world.
Prompting the non-ordained self-appointed prophet to claim that Rod is lying:
That first statement is simply not true and I repeatedly tried to tell
Dr. Meredith that in the past. I should also comment that Dr. Meredith
did tell me a few years ago (January 2009) that he was somewhat thinking
of taking on the apostle title and that if he did that perhaps he would
appoint me, Bob Thiel, as a prophet. So the above, presuming he
actually wrote all it himself, is strange.
Once again we get to see how ticked off the non-ordained self-appointed prophet is. Meredith had supposedly promised him the title of prophet and Meredith reneged on it.
The non-ordained self-appointed prophet is also not impressed with Meredith claiming that he has written countless articles. The non-ordained prophet says he has written over 4,000 articles. A number higher than Rod's.
While Dr. Meredith certainly did do evangelical campaigns and taught
Bible classes, I would suggest that writing "hundreds of articles" is
not that unique of an accomplishment. I have written well over 4,000
articles/newsposts at COGwriter since changing to the WordPress format
in June 2007. There were at least hundreds of articles and newsposts
prior to then that I personally wrote. Perhaps I should mention that I
have had affiliation with the Church of God for forty years myself and
am not without a depth of experience myself.
The non-ordained self appointed prophet gets in another dig at Meredith claiming he and LCG are not the one to carry out the final phase of the work. That person is none other than the non-ordained self appointed prophet.
Anyway, while Dr. Meredith apparently hopes people will believe that God
will use him and LCG to finish what I have called "the final phase of
the work," it would require repentance and significant change in LCG for
that to be possible. Even one Charlotte-based LCG minister told me
recently that he believed such change could not happen without a least
one major death in LCG's top leadership. And I believe it would take
more than that as I have found insufficient "love of the truth" there,
and unnecessary hesitation which often prevents bolder proclamation of
the truth by the media outlets LCG uses.
For some asinine reason the non-ordained self -appointed prophet feels that the disillusion legions of COG members will be soon flocking to his door step.
We in the Continuing Church of God
are boldly going forward with the work. We are leading the final phase
of the work. Hopefully, more who were once part of various COGs, as well
as those who are newer seekers of the truth, will be like the Bereans
and search to see that these things are so (Acts 17:10-12).
You are not ordained Bud, so why do you expect the COG to flock to you? For a church that places high importance on church governance, having a non-ordained self-appointed person in charge is a deal breaker.
