“I want to make a statement about…me…now, if I became deceived, I will never tell you what I’m going to tell you now…I am telling you if I go off into strange ideas, misconduct, rebellion, you name it, don’t follow me. I want to tell you that now, because if I start doing that I’m gonna try to get you to follow me! I’m gonna come to you and tell you it doesn’t apply, it doesn’t mean me, no, no, no, no, no, no, it’s OK to follow me because ABCD and XY and Z. Do you understand what I’m saying? Listen to me now, when I tell you don’t follow me if I go off into weird ideas, or if I get off into other things that are total absolutely unscriptural conduct, because if I do I’m gonna paint it with a different face and try to get you to follow me. Do you understand what I’m saying brethren? Please remember that, because I promise you that if I become deceived, I’ll forget it, and I’ll want you to forget it…And I hope you’ll remember it well enough to quote it right back to me…But I’ll tell you what, I’m not going anywhere.”
-David C Pack
December 12, 1998
The Clarion Call of Apostle David C. Pack
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I will argue that operating a church as a corporation undermines its spiritual purpose and values, turning it into a business rather than a community of faith.
The idea of a church being run as a corporation should evoke transparency in that they have a audit done yearly and release that information to the public. I do not see any of the acog’s doing this. Where is the money going? Into pensions for the old farts that run their own personal thiefdom.
Jon, my memory is hazy on this, since it was decades ago, but it seems that the WCG did have an audit annually. I think it was Arthur Anderson. Of course, there seemed to be some ‘problems’ with Arthur Anderson and fell into some disrepute, whether deserved or not.
I think that United has audits as well, but that too is rather hazy. In that regard, and in light of your comment, yes, indeed, United did set up their pension plan as one of the first things they did when they were formed. It seems that all or nearly all of the original crew have either retired already for some time, relying on their allegedly good retirement benefits or have died. The young ministers are now retiring and, in fact, one is retiring this year.
How time flies when you have a secured pension.
The rest of the AoGs? The leaders (and some of their children) will be OK, but those lower class ministers are just sure out of luck.
Yes the WCG was audited yearly.
The Enron scandal.
In 2002, Arthur Andersen was found guilty of obstruction of justice for destroying documents related to its work for Enron, which ultimately led to the firm’s dissolution. Based on this information, it can be said that the auditing firm Arthur Andersen was involved in corrupt practices. The question is, was the firm offered a incentive to report favorably on the balance sheet of the WCG?