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Justwhat
is
theWorldwide
Cht1rch ofGod?
FOUNDED A.D. 31 by JESUS CHRIST
Non-Proselyting-Non-Denominational
W
E DO 'JOT seek persecu
tion -we seem to get
1t
without the
asking-Just as .Jesus
Christ
did
A.IJ.
27-:ll.
A FRANK AND OPEN
STATE!'olEST
BY ITS PRESENT-DAY
PASTOR-GENERAL
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THE F. . \U. OF 192fi I wa� chal
ienged 1n!1, an
in-depth
.
-.rudy of the
H,,i... -
Hih/{' \ - fy marr:a:ge depended on
a 'T!ama�e that did last hftv '.',·ear�.
I had he.i:>n horn to and reared hy :-.ub
,tant1at ,;tnrl urnght parents . with ances-
1nr� that migrated from England with
\\:1:liam Pt>nn a hundrtd ..,ears hefnre !he
!/; nh ,d (11Jr nat;on I wa:,, reared in a
r""�pt'<'tt:"d Prote,.tant r -hurr-h. hut Jo.;t ln
tPrf''-1 tn rPl
1i::1on and hr<>ke ntf church
;ittf:'nrlance at !K.
I hecarne successful !n
i htc-ath·ertt"-tngand F•urn<1l1;.m ru•ld
.\ �ER!Ol S CHALLESGE
\� 'hf· .-\po'-lle !'au1 wa,- "''ruck doy,,n y.·1th
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dilG h,,,,10::ht ;nt,, the
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:n :i d1tfer
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:n. 'H'II llft' ' And h(,W crni;d I recer\ e
c·t�·rnai .i1t- '. ,, .. a J,!ltt. ;1,ht'n
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alrf'arh had i�
"' dn 1mrn1crr.-i! - . .oul. .
tTRTHF.R SL"RPRISES
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i.an,e ri-rer:ed !TIE.' �(.
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t· Thi, -utpr1,,ing -..1aternen111.a,; rt'
err:pr . ;,--..,zerl .i.·hen l �l
a!'< t-<1 ctnc-.. . � 1he pa,:::t
.-.nri ·A"" ,Pr · ,f:' __: 1 1 "The .,.,,1[that ,ir ,ni-th .
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f"h,··, : rhHI 1h;1t (;,,., :
j riari. ...a,d '.hf' ,,im1c
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\d 1m ar,,l Fv.- · ! th.,.,t
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tw" ""ti;,
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. 1' Jt ltlf·\. dft -
,i I tit' !rirl,H\dt>!l
ih,,, ,:-
i:11 1 ,;,r1·i1, rb:• ,( ;t-:W"I� .! J ';
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Thi� (1µ,e111n.,: ,ho,(.'k prn:ked mv interest
hitlt Ln an,!er_ half Lr: ta-.nnaterl interest !
had heard ot \'€'t\ " 1·amou,; evani,-:ellst .;av,
'The Hihlf' ,av�. · \\:hen v.e all .;et tl•
iwa\en ·
rhen m\ e\f:''- '.l'll Pn .John _i.:1·1
- \nd n1, man hath rt:i�·ended up \r) hea\
w,,rd
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GOD A:"D BIBLF.
PROVED TRL'E
�lmultanh•u-;h I re,.,earched Dar,.,in
Haeckel. H1.xlt'Y. H ;11.
-.;.non rn\· mind wa,,
-.,1,1mm!"lg111, "nt1J" · .c,n ! had h-een rear�d tn
chf' fwlie1 ol •he f''l1.1,trncr "j (;i>d Hut n;,w I
·.,.-a...
n'
t ql11te -,ire l r.-:
1!1ll!d I had - 1{-cepterl
!he heliei \o\-lthout Pftrn,�
·· �,,w l harl to have
\1;· ,l tHl11:, d1d pr,,vi:' 11 \,, 'Tie Then I qlit-'-·
11,,nf'rl tr'II' K1hl1' ;-111d :n dtJ!:' time prm- ed to
n- 11, ....-li th.- tn'<plrf'(lall!hontvi,f the Hihle a .
..
ri"wH·
T\ \1,-,,rd i,fth<:" l
1\1nl( r;ou
Pfr, �il\E· :nl' a ,ol
1rl fnundat11)n lor ht"
f"hi-... ar1\t·r11<in.
· rp-...1->,1rch -..wt:>pt rr,,· mim1
,·'.ean <ti d-..�,:mpt1un., dnd prf'\'h>H_.., hf.lit>f
:-.
'1AS'S
TRA:ssn:sot:ST POTENTIAL
It ..,,,"a� a rude ..;h,wk /1, learn Lhat rhuffh
tecH hin_!!� ,,.,Prl:' 1n :n�Hl\ . :t not m(l�I ca�e"
thP lt'f\ ' 'JJ
P<P,i1f- :,( hd1lt,'al tnith.
I wa s
�n,1,�ht t, , 3. ,,,mpirlf' repe!lrnnce ht:'in�
·,ru;u,-;rr·a ' h\ .re�t;, ( 'hr1"( Frr,m Hi,.; writ
'.t 'n \\
,ird.
He "r}l:'nt'ci rnv mind tn the
a.mi,- . ..
{ 1c,uii\ . . . :
ni<rinwn, incredihle. tran�
,·!:
'ndnHpot;-,nCl , 'l.1 :,I
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Ti <1.li "4.
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a� n,,fhin� t>be f'H·
r had
l leanwd .lp,.;u" had -.:-Hd He wrn1id hu1id
Hi,, l'hur,-h, dnd 1:iai !Wt e\ endeath wuuld
prf'vail e1.:
a1r.�t d
WHERE IS THAT CHL'RCH
TODAY?
Th . . n en;-
th,o11�b.t l1:c1pt'l1 . tc mind.
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'1..-nc ' ,� '!-- : ,1 1 ,,nf' 'r:ie r·hurd1 toda.. -
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,f'arched 1 · ,,r d , h,H( h "'hn,l· teat , h;nii:,.;
,q,:drt'i! we!h ' . ht' H1hit' It riarr.;wed dol,,\,
·r, to
1 pn!'o.... 1Hf:' t·�·,, then hv prn1..·es.;,.f elimina
, la:r.it'd ,,1re!v :!i.at c11u;d 11"t he the true
1 'h,.r1 h .:e...,J,-( ·hri.;t · ,,inrled · · Ye\ 1! wa.. tht'
,n;1 ,
- - .. nf' \o\- h""* '
rl,..: tr:'1.-� c1nri '*hf'f-... wt-
n
c
'h""t' ,-,1 I;, , d·.. _ \I.,, ,rd � r:d ,! app"i:
irerl f(1 be itn
n1p< , l1 '
111_ 1 r·.
1.tle..-. rhur,·h '!'h
,.
n rl1d _ .
_(Jf,
: 'H·n. " - t't>m 1 (, nrdkf ' �en.,t' F,Hth1-rf'Xhi-lu�ti\ . .
reseaffh int() t:hurr:h history confirmed. the
•_ruth . Itwa:- the remnant Church, whlchafter
centurie,s of pe-r'-ecution. !
' 1till existed-Just
hareh
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J saw that .les-us foretold all this , and
continual persecut1c1n
\h . ,.. .1(e dnd [ heJ::an feilHwshippin� with
them . .\ll the time Cod wa� opening my eyes
tr, many \1tal!y impor tant truth!! th1,;
( 'hurch had l"!',t.
I hegan 'A·riting a.rticle11 \Jn
·
_he,-e hnding'-.
Flnally I yielded to plead
ing� to lecture ,;11 these truths . -con:a,tantly
,ipenm)! new vistas i)I understandin!l-- I)!
wH'r' human;s were placed on this earth
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.- 1�h the cau,1', !if this W()rid\. evil:a,-i�n just
WHO and WHAT Cl)d rf'aH-.,· l',. -- <>f WHATand
v.tt, man 1� ancl ama.zin� PRiJPHl':r!F.:-. r,f
the :rnm1n.-r11 !1:li1rE'
CHRIST'S !'OMMISSION
TO HIS l'HLRCII
-\JI th11t ,tar!f'd ."•2 1, · e;H:-. /:lj{H As thl.'�I'
i,u,1, lri.JT.h" ',l.·i·
rt' r,s�eHlt>d, at !1r,t in fl.:-mAII
rlf!'fl. 1ht'n m11;,,qall . .
-. hn.rtllv worlJ..,,,1d1--.
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lt'cHnt'd !ht- rnw mf"J:tnl111( ,11 pe-r,;ecutH,n
t · :Hit·r tht' I )l\'lnt
' Hand. :he lJ
rl.('lnal !mt'
( hun h ,,1 l
;,.rj_ al\o\-·a\·., e1ppo:-.ed and per1ie·
PJ!Ni.
ha , , 1:;ruwn 1n the..,e :auer davs lo the
pn_'
!',t'nt v-. - ,,rldwide Church of Cod. It pm·
,- 1 a1rn.
-.
,,._,.r[rl·,.,
-1de the (�(),;;pel '1-tES�ACE ,Je.-,us
Htrn,.t-H tauKht Its hi!',tory is at on('e one of
1!w m(,.,t .bt(mishini,: · ·
success stories" of
,,ur time. a:,; 1.1.el! as une L)f enduring and
;:::rowin� cimid thi<, world';; rehiious confu
-;,,n a.nd p,_,
rsennion .Jf>-<;t:<! Christ said of
Hi:- ( 'hurch .
. . [ will neverleave nor forsake
-,,.u ·· and He ne\'er hasl Ourm1si:.iun ls �OT
memhn- huildLng, bul TRL ' TH _ l;H"UII? and
,hnr:ni;.
,:1 thesP last davs of a .,.,-odd that
heh 111,t it:,; \o\-av.
C,x:i '
s church .
as '\\'e (·all Lt.
ha� rlune ri<>thin'1: to cau,;:,e or deserve the
•:11Ju!<t pt>n;pcutll:n 1t hai'i suffered. But for
thr,se whu W1)uld like to know more about
,i,... wt' ha\ ' e 'in !lttractive bo.-Jk!et . titled.
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