The Painful Truth-Herbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God
Understanding the psychology of religious seduction and spiritual abuse.
For thousands of years, church and/or religion has used the same routine of adopting the name of God into their particular organization in order to gain credible acceptance that they have the almighty “power” of God behind them.
For thousands of years, church and/or religion has used the same routine of adopting the name of God into their particular organization in order to gain credible acceptance that they have the almighty “power” of God behind them.
February 14, 1941
SPECIAL— AND VERY URGENT!
TO MY CO-WORKERS: Again I find it necessary to acquaint you with the problems that now confront us in this great and fast-growing work. Since the November-December PLAIN TRUTH was issued, a number of NEW readers, listeners to the SEATTLE broadcast, have sent in offerings, thus becoming part of our Co-worker family— just as I knew by faith, they would. However, we still are in the “in-between” period, when our special fund for the Seattle broad- cast is exhausted, and the number of new Co-workers from the Seattle broadcast, and the amount being received, is still far short of making the new station self-supporting. As our new listeners get to know us better, learn more of the glorious TRUTH God has called us to proclaim, they will make the Seattle broadcast more than self-sustaining, helping us add other stations. But this will take another six weeks or two months.
In the 1970s, the ministers of the Wordwide Church of God were pushing older members to change their wills to give all their money to the WCG rather to pass it on to the next generations of their own families. After all, the WCG was doing the most important work on the face of the earth and anyway, the world wasn’t going to last much longer. You might as well give away your heritage because you won’t have one….
The following story could just as well be told for the Philadelphia Church of God, the Restored Church of God, Living Church of God or any of who knows how many splinters are left:
Bonus: For you servants of false gods, know the damage you have done and know that there is no forgiveness for you:
Many who cling to their paychecks to this day, still believe that they are superior to the members of the congregation….
