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suing the false; the knowledge of
what man is, why he is, and the w
A Y
to his transcendent potential.
This is not a sentimental, emo–
tional message
about
Christ as a
Person- it is
not
a message of plead–
ing with people to "give their hearts
to the Lord"- but a message show–
ing people what they need to turo
from and teaching them
THE
w
AY
that will
CAUSE
the results they
really want-here and now, as well
as throughout eternity.
An adjunct of the Church's com–
mission is to feed those who do
become converted - converted
means "changed to a ditferent atti–
tude and way made possible by re–
ceiving God's Spirit"-to feed them
the spiritual food of practica! com–
monsense Christian
LIVING
by
God's w
AY oF LIFE.
Ambassador College Founded
Therefore the Church of God found
the establishment of an educational
institution imperative.
It
was
needed to provide an educated min–
istry.
lt
was needed to provide
trained personnel for administrative
needs in God's Work of proclaiming
this good news worldwide-by radio,
by television, in print.
Pasadena, California, was chosen
as the locale for the college. Ambas–
sador College swung open its doors
to students October 8, 1947. lt was
separately incorporated in 1951.
Since the commission of the
Church is actually an educational–
not an evangelistic- one, this entire
operation became for sorne years
the activity of Ambassador College.
Therefore Ambassador College has
remained Church associated. It is
largely Church financed. The
Church of God has always been a
tithe-paying church. It knows God
has promised, scripturally, to pros–
per the tithe-payer. This practice
has caused members to be more
careful in budgeting personal
ti–
nances. These members have pros–
pered financially and, consequently,
so has the Church.
Nonproselyting, Nonpolitical,
Nonmilitant
As stated above, the Church of God
from A.D. 31 has been nonproselyt-
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ing and entirely noncompetitive, in
accordance with bíblica! principies.
In no sense is it militant, nor has it
ever participated in any agitating
movement to bring about any objec–
tives by action.
It
participates in no
group or mass action, political or
otherwise. The Church of God, in
all its history, has had only an atti–
tude of !ove for all races and peo–
ples, regardless of color, creed, or
nationality.
Always its teaching has been sub–
mission to whatever
AUTHORITY
is
over one- whether human govern–
ment or the authority ofGod.
The Worldwide Church of God,
while not activist or militant, does
nevertheless believe in and otfers
practica!
solutions
to the many
human problems.
Through its continued teaching
over radio, television, and in its
magazines and special booklets, it
has profound impact upon society
in
many ways.
More than a million people have
received our booklet concerning
crime, its causes, and how people
can protect themselves, their chil–
dren, and their property from crimi–
nals.
Millions have experienced
changes in their marital lives
through our broadcasts and through
reading the instructional booklets
and magazine articles they have re–
ceived. From New Zealand to Af–
rica, and from the Swiss Alps to
Puget Sound, tens of thousands
write of the deep and far-reaching
changes effected in their homes and
families through a better under–
standing of God-revealed
ways
of
right, clean, wholesome living.
Tens of thousands write of their
newfound ability to properly rear
their children; of the immediate re–
wards in greater !ove and obedience
sbown them by their children after
they have read and applied the in–
formation they have requested.
Millions of Lives Changed
Millions have read literature which
changed their personallives in many
constructive, useful ways. The televi–
sion and radio broadcasts and book–
lets about pollution, famine, the pop–
ulation explosion, and the space race
deal with big, worldwide issues. And
our literature about drugs, alcohol,
marriage, managing personal
ti–
nances and the laws of success
d~als
with daily, practica!, personal infor–
mation that literally
changes lives.
The members of the Worldwide
Church of God are so genuinely
concerned for
OTHERS,
and with the
problems of the world at large, that
they
GIVE
of their own substance to
a id
in
this worldwide etfort to
APPLY
THE SOLUTIONS
to the probiems suf–
fered in common by all mankind.
The divine commission to the
Worldwide Church of God is to pro–
claim the coming world of peace un–
der the soon-coming divine
Messiah. The Church is merely in
the role of a reporter, reporting
prophecies as
ADYANCE NEWS
RE–
PORTS.
It is giving hopeless nations with
their masses the
ONLY
hope for the
future- the hope never heard in
those nations before.
And
THAT
is the Worldwide
Church ofGod!
o
HanWaWon
Our
Last
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For years America had it all go–
ing her way-but now we seem
to find ourselves in an ever–
weakening international posl–
tlon. First Vietnam, then Pan–
ama-what's next? To find out,
write for your free copy of
The
Unlted States and British Com–
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Thls
full-color booklet traces the ori–
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In on the fundamental causes of
our natlonal decline. Send for
your free copy today.
The
PLAIN TRUTH
January
1979