Timeline for General, albeit serious and well written reference for an introduction to Protestantism
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| Sep 28, 2022 at 20:55 | comment | added | Ben | that is correct, Ray Butterworth. The falling apart started circa 1991 with Joseph Tkach introducing the New Covenant. By 1995, most of WCG was in splinter groups. e.g. United Church of God (ucg.org), Philadelphia Church of God (Flurry), Bob Thiel came out of it (cogwriter.com) & numerous others. Side point, Herbert Armstrong wasn't the originator of many of his claims e.g. British-Israelism, Sabbath identifies the true church & more. | |
| Sep 28, 2022 at 20:52 | comment | added | Ray Butterworth | … The book, Raising the Ruins (ISBN 978-0-9745507-1-8), is Stephen Flurry's history of this process from the view of the Philadelphia Church of God, founded by breakaway minister Gerald Flurry. | |
| Sep 28, 2022 at 20:50 | comment | added | Ray Butterworth | @Ben, under Tkach and son, the WCG dropped most of the church's signature doctrines and changed the organization to be part of mainstream Christianity. Meredith (and several other high ranking ministers) baled out at various stages of this process, each forming their own organization to continue with the church's original doctrines. The vast majority of the church's congregation and ministry left too, leaving a very much smaller organization, which now owned, and promptly sold, the vast physical assets of the larger church. … | |
| Sep 28, 2022 at 20:30 | comment | added | Ben | FTR, Meredith splintered out of the Worldwide Church of God under Jos Tkach after Herbert Armstrong died in 1986. WCG still had many Protestant practices mixed with Old Testament/Covenant legalism, e.g. Sabbath and Lev 23 Holy Days were essential-for-salvation and identifying the true church. They practiced three tithes per Leviticus. But, WCG also had a clergy-laity system after Protestantism (generally accepting only their own college in East, TX ordinations), a strong liturgy centered on a single person sermon & more. WCG fell apart in the early 90s debating New Covenant adoption. | |
| Sep 24, 2022 at 15:13 | history | edited | Ray Butterworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 23, 2022 at 18:39 | history | answered | Ray Butterworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |