Grace Communion International (GCI), formerly named the Radio Church of God and Worldwide Church of God, is a Christian denomination with 30,000 members in about 550 churches spread across 70 countries. Marie, Orit Rodney G. King, Canberra, Temora and Wodonga, Australia H. Judd Kirk, Wichita, Kan. James E Kissee, Big Sandy. Go to Calendar. Robert J. Lehmkuhi. Ont. Sedro-Woolley, Wash. Ronald Haines, Wichita, Kan. Charles Halliar, Chicago, Ill. Ernest Names, Toowoomba, Australia James E. Hanson, Eugene, Ore. Robert Happel. Yong Chin Gee, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Donald W. Young, Lexington, Ky. Joseph L. Young, Long Beach, Calif. Christian D. Zernichow, Oslo, Norway Gene L. Zhorne. Wash David Gray, Dallas. Between 1970 and 1974, GTA was exposed by many high level (true believing) ministers within the church. Tex. Gerald E. Weston, Midland and Cadillac, Mich. Dennis Wheatcroft, Sheridan, and Casper, Wyo. Norfolk, Va. Kenneth R. Wooldridge, Las Vegas, Nev. Kenneth Wrench, Fayetteville, N.C. Peter Wurster, Wodonga, Australia Wayne Wyman, Edmonton, Alta. Ohio Marxzix Fabricanle. Bill Whitaker, Cape Town, Mitchells Plain and Retreat, South Africa A. John White, Cape Town. Steve Sctiantz, London. Sask. Graham Mitchell, Northampton, United Kingdom Janies E. Mitchell, Hattiesburg, Miss. I Grant Spong, Winchester, Va.. Cumberland and Hagerstown, Md. Don J. Lawson, Pittsburgh, Beaver Valley and McKeesport. Minneapolis, Minn. Rex Sexton, Pasco, Wash Steve Stiafer, Seattle, Wash. Larry E. Sham us, San Jose, Calif. Jack C. Sheppard, Montgomery, Ala. Donald Sherrow, Kingston, Ont. Mackay. Gary King, Gaylord, Mich., and Sault Ste. As the Church of God, a Worldwide Association, our job is to share that message with the world and then care for those who respond to itto give them a place to grow and flourish. This small group supported the radio ministry (called The World Tomorrow) and the magazine (called The Plain Truth). Lyle L. Campbell, Wichita. Robort Millman, Atmore, Edmonton and Westlock, Alia. Pa. George Peyton, San Antonio. David H. Mills, Salem and Albany, Ore. Pacified Z. Mirto, Cebu City, Bacolod City and Itoilo, Philippines Alfred J. Mischnick, Mojave and Bakersfield, Calif. Steve D. Moody, Mobile, Ala., and Biloxi, Miss. Atlanta, Ga. Henry J. Bontrager, Elkhart, Ind. Gary L. Nielander, Columbus, Ind. Carl Fields, Toledo, Ohio Martin Filipello. Aurelio ManrJap, San Fernando, Philippines Edward J. Mann, Perth, Australia Boyd Mansanarez, Vancouver, Wash. Felix A Manubay, Manila, Philippines Martin Manuel, Charlotte, N.C. Donald L. Marson, Portland, Ore. William Martin, Blackfoot, Idaho Colin Mason-Riseborough, Hastings, New Zealand Donald J. Mathie, Wausau, Wis. Charles Mayer, Montreal, Que, Jay R. Mayfield, Corpus Christi, Tex. Ron Smitri, Wheeling, W. Va, and Cambridge, Ohio Steve R. Smith, Fort Wayne, Ind. Robert F. Ashland, Seattle, Wash. Richard R Avent, Columbus, Miss. Birminghann, Ala. Gwendell Holste, San Luis Obispo, Calif. James F. Hopkins, Columbus, Ohio Alan S. House, Lake of the Ozarks. Upcoming Events. Marc Masterson, Gainesville and Athens, Ga Kingsley O. Mather, Kingston, Jamaica; Nassau and Freeport. Garner Ted Armstrong and the Masseuse Tex. Price, Binghamton. Kim Wenzel, Tisdale, Prince Albert and Big River, Alta. Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico John F. Bartholomew, Durban and Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Stan Bass, San Juan. Thomas Ecker, Vancouver. Manila, Philippines Richard F. Ames, Pasadena, Calif. John Amos, Columbus, Ohio Bernard Andrist, Geneva and Neuchatel, Switzerland Gary E. Antion, Pasadena, Calif. Dibar Apartian, Pasadena, Calif. Bernard Audoin, Bordeaux and Toulouse, France Jerold W. Aust, San Diego, Calif. David Austin, Wodonga, Australia Craig Bacheller, Melbourne and Fort Pierce, Fla. C. Fred Bailey, Evansville, Ind. Arthur H. Dyer, Johnstown and Huntingdon, Pa. Neil Earle,. Formerly one of Worldwide's top field ministers, he spent 25 years in the organization before resigning last year. Milan P. Chovan, Akron, Ohio Kenneth W. Christopher, Portsmouth, Ohio John E. Christopherson, Roseburg, Ore. Elijah Chukwudi, Lagos, Nigeria Roland B. Clark. Kansas City, Kan. Lyle J. Greaves, Abilene and San Angelo, Tex. Edward J. Oettel. The prime mover behind this split was a district manager named Ken Westby. Information covering his early beginnings with the Worldwide Church of God, later Church of God International and today, Christian Educational Ministries. Richard Rice, Pasadena, Calif. John W. Ritenbaugh. Minneapolis, Minn. Rex Sexton, Pasco, Wash Steve Stiafer, Seattle, Wash. Larry E. Sham us, San Jose, Calif. Jack C. Sheppard, Montgomery, Ala. Donald Sherrow, Kingston, Ont. Tex. Ray Woolen, Ann Arbor and Detroit, Mich. Reg Wright, Gold Coast, Australia Maurice Yurkiw, Saskatoon, Sask. Hull, Middlesbrough, Newcastle-on-Tyne and Sheffield, United Kingdom Medardo Maninang, Daet, Legazpi and Naga, Philippines Petros Manzingana, Sowelo and Johannesburg, South Africa Cecil E. Maranville, Magog ancl Montreal, due Edwin N. Marrs, Detroit, Mich. Graemme J. Marshall, Kingaroy, Toowoomba and Warwick, Australia Kenneth M. Martin, Birmingham and Jasper, Ala. Steve Martin, San Francisco, Calif. Donald E. Mason, Tulsa, OKIa. Frederick G. McGovarin, Peterborough, Ont. David H. Mills, Salem and Albany, Ore. Pacified Z. Mirto, Cebu City, Bacolod City and Itoilo, Philippines Alfred J. Mischnick, Mojave and Bakersfield, Calif. Steve D. Moody, Mobile, Ala., and Biloxi, Miss. "I have no . George A. Meeker, Springfield, Mo. Church of God, an International Community, "LIST OF WCG PIONEERS OR SENIOR VETERANS OF THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD", "Banned by HWA! United Kingdom Joe W. Taylor. Ohio Vincent Panella, Trenton and Hammonton. William G. Rabey, Cumberland and Victoria, B.C. Charles E. Dickey, Chattanooga, Tenn. Lawrence R. Dickey, Athens, Ga. Fred W. Diehl. Walters Johnson, Waco and Austin, Tex. Haiti Robert E. Fahey, Manhattan and Long Island, N.Y. Edward D. Faulk, Norfolk, Va. Ben Faulkner, Pasadena, Calil. Having ingested the false leaders' doctrines, the remaining 20% scattered into various splinters, holding to varying degrees of the truth. Knoxville, Tenn. Robert P. Taylor, Nashville, Tenn. Albert Q. Tennant, Midland, Mich. Greg Thomas, Cleveland. Seattle, Wash Allen Sims, Orlando, Fla Ken Slade, Bendigo, Australia Robert Sloneker, Findlay, Ohio Edward W Smith, Cincinnati. Robert Harrison, Liverpool and Sloke-on-Trent, United Kingdom Gordon Harry, Union, N.J. Gary R Harvey, Newcastle, Australia Dave Havir, Davenport and Iowa City, Iowa Peter D. Hawkins, Johannesburg, South Africa Warren J. Heaton Jr.. Houston, Tex. Australia Bruce Dean, Clermont, Emerald, Mackay and Rockhampton, Australia Kevin Dean, Pasadena, Calif. Rodney Dean, Geelong and Melbourne, Australia George DeLap, St. Albans, United Kingdom Roy G. Demarest, Baltimore, Md. Roy T. Newell, Abilene, Tex. Green, Atlanta, Ga. A. Bruce Greenaway, Gold Coast, Australia Garvin L Greene, Muncie and Richmond, Ind. Trevor M. Higgins, Gold Coast, Australia Donald J. Hildebrand, Calgary. James E Reyer, Denver, Colo. Camilo P. Reyes. Kan. Daniel D. Fricke, Portland, Ore. James L. Friddle, Nashville and Dickson, Tenn. Winfried Fritz, Bonn.Duesseldorf, Darmstadt and Stuttgart, West Germany Reinhold, A. Fuessel, Wheeling, W Va., and Cambridge, Ohio George Geis, Pasadena, Calif. Kenneth C. Giese, Richmond, Va. Gilbert H Goethals, Tacoma, Wash. Pablo Gonzalez, San Juan, Puerto Rico Roberto Gopez, Imusand Los Banos, Philippines William D. Gordon, Duluth, Minn. Bruce O. Gore. Glenn Doig, Soldotna, Alaska Dennis Doucet, Lake Charles, La., and Beaumont. John H. Ogwyn. Douglas R. Horcrtak, Flagstaff and Prescotl, Ariz Noel E. Hornor, Modesto and Stockton, Calif David House, Brighton, Godalming, Reading and Southampton, United Kingdom Ronald L. Howe, Pasadena, Calif. Bryan H. Hoyt, Kansas City, Mo. Mo. Davis R. Grove, Hagerstown, Md. U.S., those once with GCG went to many places. Knoxville, Tenn. Robert P. Taylor, Nashville, Tenn. Albert Q. Tennant, Midland, Mich. Greg Thomas, Cleveland. La Crosse. Leonard E. James, Cleveland, Ohio Verner Jensen, Portland, Maine Mordakhai Joseph, Pasadena, Calif. Epeli Kanaimawi, Suva, Fiji Helmuth Kaserer, Salzburg, Austria Norman Keeble, Gippsland, Australia Glen W. Keeley, Kalarnazoo, Mich. Robert Kendall, Big Sandy, Tex. Peter Shenton, Aarhus, Denmark; Oslo, Norway; Stockholm, Sweden; Basildon, Ipswich and Norwich. James A. . South Africa Walter Neufeld, Banning and San Bernardino. Warren J. Heaton III, Hazard and Piheville, Ky. Michael A Hechel, Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga. SelmerL. Torn Melear, Rochester and Syracuse, N.Y. Pedro R Melendez, Manila, Philippines Alfredo Mercado, Monterrey, Mexico Roderick C. Meredith, Pasadena, Calif. Ray A. Meyer, Louisville, Ky. Pieter Michielsen, Dawson Creek, B.C. Lyle L. Campbell, Wichita. Wilbur A. Berg, Long Beach, Calif, Francis Bergin, St. Albans, United Kingdom Robert F. Bertuzzi, Orlando, Fla. Karl L. Beyersdorfer, Baton Rouge and Lafayette, La, Daniel J. Bierer, Ft. Myers and Sarasota, Fla. Marcial Billacura, Davao City, Philippines Alton B. Billingsley, Fresno and Visalia, Calif. Dean Blackwell, Pasadena, Calif. Thomas H. Blackwell, Harrison and Mountain View, Ark Michael E. Booze, Raleigh, N.C. Robert C. Boraker, Channel Isles, United Kingdom John Borax, Pasadena, Calif. Adriaan J. Botha, Johannesburg, South Africa Daniel Botha, Pretoria, South Africa Steven Botha, Parkersburg, Charleston and Huntington, W. Va. Barry Bourne, Birmingham, Northampton and Nottingham, United Kingdom William C. Bradford, Shreveport, La., Mena, Ark., and Texarkana, Tex. Ill. Kenneth Buck, Southampton, United Kingdom Albertus M. Burbach, Toronto, Ont. Paul Seller. John D. Ferrier, Ballarat, Australia Dean Fertig, Casper, Wyo. Wilbur M. Malone. But salvation history knows of God's personal presence in this world. Robert Devine, Nottingham, United Kingdom Earl D. Dickenson, Midi and, Tex. Kenneth L. Smylie, Lenoir and Boone, N.C. Jim Snook, Pasadena, Calif Timothy L. Snyder, Chicago, Ill. Oresl Solyma, Bathurst and B lax I and. Historically-speaking, in the former Worldwide Church of God an "evangelist" was a high ranking minister under governance of the Pastor General (also acknowledged to be an "apostle"), Herbert W. Armstrong from 1934 to 1986, then under Joseph W. Tkach, from 1986 until his death in 1995. J. Bernard Dowson, Bradford, Hull and Sheffield. Ill. Albert S Foy, Houston, Tex. Mitchells Plain and Retreat, South Africa Dan L. White, Texarkana, Tex., Mena, Ark., and Shreveport, La. Robert Elliott, Toronto. Michael F. Picket, Anchorage, Alaska Frank Pierce, Houston, Tex. Laurie Nynus, Toronto, Ont. Alta. Kenneth B. Webster, Lethbridge and Maple Creek, Alta. Herbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God Some Horror Stories about Herbert W. Armstrong's Cult In Herbert W. Armstrong, Herbert W. Armstrong History, Horror Stories, Radio Church of God, Worldwide Church of God Tags Herbert W. Armstrong Horror Stories, Worldwide Church of God Horror Stories April 8, 2020 7545 Views Waterloo, Iowa, Fundamental Doctrines of the Church of God. Alta. Kim Wenzel, Tisdale, Prince Albert and Big River, Alta. Dwight B. Viehe, Pasadena, Calif. Terrence Villiers, Childers and Gympie, Australia David P, Wainwright, Pasadena, Calif. Keith A. Walden. Ga. Kenneth S. Lewis, Melbourne, Australia Petronilo Leyson, Manila, Philippines James P. Lichtenstein, Cincinnati, Ohio Joel M. Lillengreen, Sacramento, Calif Victor A. Lim, Cagayan de Oro. Albuquerque, N.M. Gary Lucas, Barrie, Ont. Donald Heberer, St. Louis, Mo. Nev. Luis E. Chavez, Bahia Blanca, Argentina Trevor Cherry, Evansburg, Alta. He began publishing The Plain Truth as a mimeographed newsletter. Many who left UCG, including former President Clyde Kilough recently formed another group called Church of God, a Worldwide Association (COGWA). Robert J. Nork, Phoenix, Ariz. Francis W. Northrip, Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. Albany, N.Y., and Springfield, Mass. Short, Corpus Christi, Tex. and Whealland, Wyo. Milan P. Chovan, Akron, Ohio Kenneth W. Christopher, Portsmouth, Ohio John E. Christopherson, Roseburg, Ore. Elijah Chukwudi, Lagos, Nigeria Roland B. Clark. Bend, Ore. Ken H. Williams, Kalamazoo and Coldwater, Mich. Owen Willis, Blantyre. Accra and Kumasi, Ghana Fran Ricchi, Windsof, Ont. Alta. Minn. Donald Osborne, Oakland. ministers left the religion to form new churches, taking tens of thousands of members with them. Yong Chin Gee, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Donald W. Young, Lexington, Ky. Joseph L. Young, Long Beach, Calif. Christian D. Zernichow, Oslo, Norway Gene L. Zhorne. Joe E. Dobson, Lake of the Ozarks and Rolla, Mo. Columbia. Worldwide Church of God Ministerial Apologies. Raymond McNair, Pasadena, Calif Darris McNeely, Murfreesboro and Cookeville, Tenn. Stanley McNiel, Brainerd and Grand Rapids, Minn. Rodney A. McQueen, Melbourne, Australia John Meakin, Maidstone and Croydon. News and Observations About Armstrongism and the Church of God Movement: Charles Hunting 1919-2011", "Cartwright's Journal Out: Gavin Rumney's Death, Ken Westby's death, UCG & Guardian FOT attendance, and an AC reunion", Herbert W. Armstrong Searchable Library - HWALibrary.com, Raymond F. McNair Articles - Dedication Site, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Evangelists_of_the_Worldwide_Church_of_God&oldid=1121942400, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, White, C. List of Pioneers or Senior Veterans of the Worldwide Church of God. Shreveport, La. Arthur A. Kirishian, Kent, Wash Steve Kirk, Ada, Okla. M. Earl Knight, Glendale, Calif. Gerald A. Knochel, Peoria. Mackay. Hegvold, Pasadena. United Kingdom Stephen R. Brown, St. Louis, Mo. Pasadena. Most of them agreed on certain basic doctrines, but conversely disagreed on many others. Richard J. Frankel, Washington, DC. John B. Bald, La Crosse. The Church of God's first General Overseer, A. J. Tomlinson, instituted a form of Church government with an inclusive International General Assembly (1907), established a world evangelization effort starting in the Bahamas (1909), inaugurated the Church of God Evangel (1910), and created educational environments for ministers and members (1918). Philip Shields, Saint John, Fredericton and Moncton, N.B. Dale K. Krebbs, Lubbock, Tex. Virginia will continue to reach across the planet to the least, the lost, and the last. Sydney, Australia Eldon Davis, Tonasket, Wash. Elmer C. Davis, Farmington, MM. Ernest A. Hoyt, Eugene, Ore. Sydney J. Steve Buchanan, Rapid City. Mark R Ellis, Ballymena and Belfast, Northern Ireland; and Dublin, Ireland Guy L. Engelbart, Cleveland, Ohio OswaToU. San Jose and Aptos, Calif. Harold J. Rhodes, Austin and Waco, Tex. Jarena Lee (1783-1864) In 1819, Lee became the first African-American woman authorized to preach in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. N. J. Richard Parker, Kenl, Wash, George E. Patrickson, Vancouver, B.C. Mike Feazell, Pasadena, Calif. Kent Fentress, Bowling Green and Madisonville, Ky. David R. Fiedler, Appleton and Wausau, Wis. Thomas Fitzpatrick, Long Island and Manhattan, N.Y. Charles B Fleming, Kingston, Jamaica Robert Floras Jr, San Antonio and Uvalde, Tex. Glen V. White, Seattle, Wash Valden White, Sedro-Woolley, Wash. Peter Whitting, Gippsland, Australia Richard Wilding, London and Sarnia, Ont. Tex. and Whealland, Wyo. Jerry Ortiguero, Manila. Jackson Campbell, Dallas, Tex. NONE of us are individually responsible for ALL the following but we had a . Big Sandy, Tex. Jacksonville and Gainesville, Fla. Val Burgett, Belleville and Mount Vernon, Ill. Percival D. Burrows. James M. O'Brien, Amarillo, Tex. In this episode, she describes what it was like to be raised in a high demand group with one parent in the church and one outside of it and why cults are not just a white people thing. Keith Wells, Garden Grove. Guy L. Ames. Michael F. Picket, Anchorage, Alaska Frank Pierce, Houston, Tex. St. Albans, United Kingdom Colin Sutcliffe, Brisbane, Cairns, Ipswich and Townsville, Australia Michael V. Swagerty, Akron, Ohio Terry Swagerty, Omaha and Lincoln, Neb William H. Swanson, Salt Lake City, Utah Kenneth R. Swisher, Dallas, Tex. Lee Sefcak, Banning, Calif Sluart Segall, Coos Bay, Ore. J. R. Seiver, Houston, Tex. Gary Moore, Cornwall, Ont., and Pittsburgh. Dennis G. O'Neill, London, Ont. John Gibbs, Indianapolis, Ind. James E. Stewart, Raleigh, M.C. Robert A. Fergen. Calif. William A. Tex. Herbert W Armstrong The Worldwide Church of God was the culmination of the calling and life's work of Herbert W. Armstrong in re-establishing the Truth of God as it was revealed and practiced in the early New Testament Church. Bill Sidney, Gold Coast, Australia David J. Silcox, Lancaster and Manchester, United Kingdom Frank Simkins, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Lyle V. Simons, Vancouver, B.C. Abner D. Washington, Los Angeles, Calif. Ronald P. Washington, St Louis, Mo. J. Bernard Dowson, Bradford, Hull and Sheffield. Further information on the history of the Church of God may be found at this website: This page was last edited on 15 November 2022, at 00:17. Robert F. Ashland, Seattle, Wash. Richard R Avent, Columbus, Miss. Fioland B. Stanley, Florence, Ala William F. Starling, Ft. Pierce, Fla. Irwin Steagall, Tucson, Ariz. Ellis W. Stewart, Big Sandy, Tex. Pasadena. Charleston, Huntington and Parkersburg, W. Va Norrnan T. Strayer, Wausau and Appleton, Wis. Arthur Suckling, Pasadena, Calif. Paul R. Suckling. Calif. William T. Ferrell, Waco, Tex. Randy D'Alessandro. Herbert Cisneros, Guatemala, Guatemala; San Jose, Costa Rica, and San Salvador, El Salvador Arnold L. Clauson, Oklahoma City and Enid, Okla. Robert L. Cloninger, Des Moines and Ottumwa, Iowa Leroy W. Cole, San Jose and Aptos, Calif. J. R. Collins, Birmingham, Ala. John S. Comino, Bathurst, Blaxland and Sydney, Australia Russell Couston, Sydney and Blaxland, Australia William C. Cowan, Sr., Cookeville, Tenn William C. Cowan, Jr., Chattanooga and Copper Hill, Tenn. Charles R. Crain, Bluefield, Beckley and Summersville, W. Va. Dan E. Creed, Bismarck, Dickinson and Minot, N.D. Jack Croucher, Auckland, New Plymouth and Whangarei, New Zealand Gavin N. Cullen, Sydney and Wollongong. Ronald C. Sower, Boise, Idaho Harlan D. Spieker, Watertown, S.D. Calif. Charles Whetson, Youngstown, Ohio Bobby D. Whitaker, Somerset, Ky. Henry White, Detroit, Mich. William White, Cairns, Australia Ben H. WhitfielrJ, Meeker, Colo. Richard A. Whiting, Hull, United Kingdom Tom E. Whitson, Houston, Tex. Fioland B. Stanley, Florence, Ala William F. Starling, Ft. Pierce, Fla. Irwin Steagall, Tucson, Ariz. Ellis W. Stewart, Big Sandy, Tex. Duane F. Ledy, Midland, Mich. Harold R. Lee, Tucson, Ariz. John H. Lee Jr., Baton Rouge, La. Mark R Ellis, Ballymena and Belfast, Northern Ireland; and Dublin, Ireland Guy L. Engelbart, Cleveland, Ohio OswaToU. South Africa Harold van Lerberghe, Tilburg, the Netherlands Alfred Vans chuyver, Ada, Ok I a Roland Vanslooten, Grand Rapids, Mich. Braden T. Veller, Tampa, Fla. Owen A. Visagie, Cape Town. Melbourne, Australia Ralph G. prr, New Orleans, La. India Jonathan Kurnik, Kingston and Smiths Falls, Ont. Garden Grove, Calif. Raymond Neuls, Cumberland, Ont. Mont. His show, Success-N-Life, was beamed into homes throughout the nation and earned the pastor's church millions per year during the later 1980s and early 1990s. Ronald L. Dart (from OIU Vol. Gerald E. Hoyer, Olympia, Wash. Dwaine C. Hudson, Topeka, Kan. Keith E. Hudson, Omaha, Neb. Larry Helscher, Glendale, Calif. Mike Henley. Bill O. Guillen, Missoula and Kalispell, Mont. Wilbur M. Malone. Des Moines, Iowa Clive Leske, Wollongong, Australia Samuel T. Librojo, Los Banes, Philippines Peter Lindop, Tauranga and Rotorua, New Zealand Dennis R. Lindquist, Denver, Colo. Eric Livermore, Ottawa, Ont. Arlo A. Gieselman, Kansas City, Mo Dennis Gillen, Paducah, Ky Dennis Gordon, Wellington, New Zealand Anthony Goudie, Luton, United Kingdom Gordon C. Graham, Edmonton. Aurelio ManrJap, San Fernando, Philippines Edward J. Mann, Perth, Australia Boyd Mansanarez, Vancouver, Wash. Felix A Manubay, Manila, Philippines Martin Manuel, Charlotte, N.C. Donald L. Marson, Portland, Ore. William Martin, Blackfoot, Idaho Colin Mason-Riseborough, Hastings, New Zealand Donald J. Mathie, Wausau, Wis. Charles Mayer, Montreal, Que, Jay R. Mayfield, Corpus Christi, Tex. TOP STORY: WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD: Once regarded as cult, a quirky church embraces evangelical belief; TOP STORY: WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD: Once regarded as cult, a quirky church embraces evangelical belief; TOWARD THE TRINITY: TRANSFORMING THEOLOGY AND LIVES OF THE MINISTERS IN THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD/GRACE COMMUNION INTERNATIONAL Leonard E. James, Cleveland, Ohio Verner Jensen, Portland, Maine Mordakhai Joseph, Pasadena, Calif. Epeli Kanaimawi, Suva, Fiji Helmuth Kaserer, Salzburg, Austria Norman Keeble, Gippsland, Australia Glen W. Keeley, Kalarnazoo, Mich. Robert Kendall, Big Sandy, Tex. Sacramento, Calif. James D. Williams. Lloyd Garrison, Birmingham, Ala. Hal Geiger, Milwaukee, Wis. Dennis M. Gentleman, Fairbanks, Alaska Sieve Gerrard, Dallas, Tex. South Africa Harold van Lerberghe, Tilburg, the Netherlands Alfred Vans chuyver, Ada, Ok I a Roland Vanslooten, Grand Rapids, Mich. Braden T. Veller, Tampa, Fla. Owen A. Visagie, Cape Town. South Africa Walter Neufeld, Banning and San Bernardino. Tex. Paul Kurts, Montgomery, Ala. Tom Lapacka, Basel and Zurich. John H. Ogwyn. Al Kersha, Miami, Fla. William Kessler, Nashville and Dickaon, Tenn. Paul Kieffer, West Germany Reginald Killingley, Pasadena, Calif. Clyde Kilough, Jonesboro, Ark , and Poplar Bluff, Mo. Larry J. Walker, Eugene, Bend, Coos Bay and Roseburg, Ore. Leon Walker, Big Sandy, Tex. In this major study David V. Barrett tells the story of the Worldwide Church of God. France Owen B. Murphy, Bonnyville, Alta, Lloydminster and North Battleford, Sask. Rochester, N.Y. Larry Dietrich, Long Beach, Calif. Walter Dolengo, Brooklyn-Queens, NY Behrman Doucet, Houston, Tex. Carlos E. Perkins, Philadelphia, Pa. Robert J. Persky, Roanoke, Va. Donat Picard, Montreal, Sherbrooke and Val d'Or, Que, George M. Pinckney, Charlotte, N.C. Richard R. Pirelli, Toronto, Ont. Current affiliation is not known. Randal G. Dick, Dallas, Tex Robert A. Dick, Columbus, Ohio Walter M. Dickinson, Albuquerque and Farmington, N.M. Dennis Diehl, Findlay and Mansfield, Ohio Pablo S. Oimakis, Guadalajara, Mexico William T. Dixon, Brisbane and Caboolture, Australia John Dobritch, Clarksburg, W Va., Belle Vernon and Washington, Pa. David E Dobson, Memphis, Tenn., and Jackson, Miss. Ill. Harry Bente, Beaver Valley, Pa. Robert B. Berg, Fargo. James L. Averett, Greensboro, N C. Gerald P. Backhus, Montvale, N.J. Julian Baliinting, Cebu City, Philippines Donald R. Bailey, Medford, Ore. John W. Bailey, Iowa City, Iowa Burg in W. Baity, Columbia, S.C. James E. Baldwin, Concord, N.H. Abelardo Balisnonno, Naga City. Pa. George Peyton, San Antonio. Below is a list of ministers ordained to the rank of evangelist in the Worldwide Church of God between 1952 and 1990.[1]. India Jonathan Kurnik, Kingston and Smiths Falls, Ont. Australia Albert Sousa, Bahia Blanca and Ezeiza. G. G. Rupert (1847-1922) - former American Seventh-day Adventist minister who founded Independent Church of God; Paul Rusesabagina - internationally honored for saving 1,268 civilians during the Rwandan genocide; the subject of 2004 film Hotel Rwanda; describes himself as a "lapsed Adventist" in his autobiography Kan. Thomas D. Turk, Cd. Hal W. Baird, Houston, Tex. Mo. Juarez, Chihuahua, Jalpa de Mendez, Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico James E. Turner, Phoenix, Ariz. Bruce C. Tyler, Bunbury and Perth. Australia Melvin J. Dahlgren, London, Middlesboro and Somerset, Ky. Fred W. Davis, Medford and Klamath Falls, Ore. Abraham de Bree, Tilburg. Letter to the Ministry, March 4, 2011). Edward J. Oettel. Prince George, B.C. The church's operating budget, which was $211 million as recently as 1990, has shrunk to $38 million. Roger T. Shigehara. 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