Why you should not trust the numbers Bobaniah Thiel gives for his total membership (3,000+)

The Great Self-appointed Bwana and Savior of the Church of God, Bobaniah Thiel has proclaimed for many years that he has thousands of members in Africa. He has claimed he has 3,000+ members there. Bobaniah apparently uses the same counting system that Wade Cox uses when he claims 1/2 of the African continent, including untold numbers of Muslims, are his followers. There is one thing for sure about the COG and that it has always been good at fudging numbers and making them mean something other than what they actually are.

Bobaniah has this up on his blog in a letter to his African faithful. Notice the numbers they are reporting:

India, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Haiti, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia 

Per my request, various leaders have provided numbers of congregants in various lands. 

From our deacon in India: 

We have 39 members who have been baptised and another equal number who are co-workers who await baptism. 

Our feast participants number nearly 80.

From deacon Koang Deng, here are parts of two emails: 

Truly, we do have more number here in Ethiopia than that of South Sudan. 

 

Ethiopia has … Total number 88. 

 

For South Sudan {50}… 

 

He also mentioned also that there are another 52 in Ethiopia that expressed interest, but he is not convinced that they are yet faithful. 

 

In Haiti, we have 20 people. 

 

From evangelist Evans Ochieng: 

 

The church members in Tanzania are 65 they were 67 but two left. One died and another man … left. 

 

While in Uganda we have 8 people.From deacon Radson Mulozowa:

Zambia … Last time they report to have 50 brethren …

The fullness/full number of the Gentiles need to come in (Romans 11:25) and many are coming with the CCOG. 

 

Serbia

 

We have 6 regular Sabbath and Holy Days attendances in Serbia. Four members are baptized, one person is being prepared for baptism and another is having issues with Sabbaths and Holy Days off, but attends more-less regularly.

Remember though, the fields are white for harvest and Bobaniah will soon be bringing untold numbers of people for the final end times push. How many years have we heard that from Ron Weinland, Dave Pack, Gerald Weston, Gerald Flurry, and other failing COG leaders?

Bob Thiel and Horus Ruin Christmas

 

Living Church of God Cancels Annual Christmas Weekends in Charlotte and Kansas City

 

Well, the boys in Charlotte actually made a good decision in canceling their upcoming annual Christmas celebrations. Though I doubt it was as much their decision as being forced to by the current COVID State closures sweeping the country the past couple of days. Either that or they had a lapse in faith that God would take care of them during this fun time of the year. After all, hasn't the COG always claimed God protects the church and its activities?

Anyway, good move on their part.

Charlotte and Kansas City Family Weekends Both to Be Rescheduled

We’ve been in regular contact this week with our Charlotte and Kansas City pastors, Messrs. John Strain and Rand Millich, about the planned family weekends scheduled to take place at the end of December. As we have been watching the trend of growing government restrictions on nonworship meetings, some difficult decisions have had to be made.

According to Mr. Strain, “We regret to announce that it is now necessary to cancel the family weekend planned for Charlotte that was scheduled for December 24–26. Current North Carolina statewide government regulations are too restrictive to allow for our planned activities and will affect access to area restaurants. This, as well as the current rate of COVID-19 infections, which is expected to increase in the weeks ahead, make this the prudent decision for the present time. We hope to reschedule this activity in the not-too-distant future.”

Kansas City is in a similar situation, according to Mr. Millich: “As local Health Department guidelines have gotten tighter and more complicated, the reality is that we will simply not be able to conduct the family weekend as planned. A different hall is currently being sought for regular Sabbath services, and it should be large enough to accommodate a few extra visitors. For those

near the Kansas City area, the snow activity should be able to go on as planned. We plan to reschedule the Kansas City family weekend for a later date.”

Thank you to everyone who showed interest in the family weekends. We are certainly disappointed that we are unable to have them at this time, as initially planned, but we hope to reschedule for a future time.