tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89257944922122924562012-02-16T13:01:42.854-08:00Thoughts and musings on the Worldwide Church of God and spinoffsStannoreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925794492212292456.post-83114135954561452682007-09-17T11:13:00.000-07:002007-09-19T19:29:32.276-07:00

Ambassador Reports is moving to the following clickable link:Ambassador Reportsor you can just paste http://www.ambassadorreports.blogspot.com into your browser and change your bookmark. The old website is to be archived.AmbassadorReports.blogspot.com is optimized for viewing in Internet Explorer, but should also render suitably in Firefox. Your comments and feedback are highly valued, as always

Stannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925794492212292456.post-89037977565885176942007-08-28T20:42:00.001-07:002007-08-31T21:30:40.908-07:00

Apparently, it is for real. Ted Haggard, former Colorado Springs mega New Life Church pastor with 14,000 members and former president of the National Association of Evangelicals, featured in the dvd rental documentary Jesus Camp, and in The Root of All Evil, is in the news again. Haggard sent out a questionable fund raising email letter asking for money to provide two years of financial support

Stannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925794492212292456.post-89211081406033824322007-08-24T01:59:00.000-07:002007-08-26T06:52:21.960-07:00

MinistryWatch.com was recently interviewed on ABC's 20/20 with John Stossel regarding the lack of financial transparency among some televangelists. Some of these media ministries are much larger than the COGs of today, but nonetheless some of the same principles apply to smaller size ministries.The ABC 20/20 segment may be viewed on the MinistryWatch.com homepage. Ministries are graded according

Stannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925794492212292456.post-9388243112820988052007-07-28T17:54:00.000-07:002007-08-27T03:54:31.361-07:00

Philadelphia - Freedom Through "The Work"?The Philadelphia Church of God's (PCOG) Edmond, Oklahoma headquarters may not evoke images of captivity and a world war, but the gated and locked church college compound entrances give silent pause to those who have concerns about youth, family or loved ones living under the control of televangelist Gerald Flurry.The PCOG holds youth camps at Armstrong

Stannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925794492212292456.post-65822715483365888112007-07-10T14:44:00.002-07:002007-07-28T11:03:02.655-07:00

Just what is David Pack's RCG doing in Canada? David C. Pack, former Worldwide Church of God minister, affectionately known by many as the 'Packatollah', founded and operates a new kind of triple-tithe Worldwide Church of God based on cloning the old one- his very own Restored Church of God (RCG) knockoff brand from the Radio Church of God 'original'.After parting ways with Rod Meredith, Pack

Stannoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925794492212292456.post-81173424773276107462007-06-26T23:33:00.000-07:002007-07-24T03:05:34.950-07:00

Is tithing voluntary in the Worldwide Church of God for pastors?Quoting chapter and verse from the currently-in-force "WCG Administrative Manual", section 6375 (June 2007 version, source below):"Pastors should teach that financialgiving is an aspect of worship. As teachers, pastorsshould be generous stewards (it is the policy of theWCG that all employed pastors tithe their income;bivocational

Stannoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925794492212292456.post-45496476594348018132007-06-21T16:05:00.000-07:002007-07-24T03:07:20.012-07:00

Dr. John Buchner, former WCG member in Australia, was awarded his Doctor of Philosophy degree by the University of Western Sydney, Australia for research on change in the Worldwide Church of God. You may already know him from his previous work in compiling the most exhaustive reference bibliography ever assembled on the Worldwide Church of God.John Trechak's Ambassador Report long ago justifiably

Stannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925794492212292456.post-50637942928280873372007-06-21T12:29:00.000-07:002007-06-28T17:55:53.373-07:00

A poster commented:Stan,It's not just HQ that's not being willing to be up front with the membership about offerings and what's being done with them. The local congregations (at least this one) bears watching as well. While we were just shown a budget for this year recently, we have never been told how last year's funds were actually spent. It's one thing to say you plan to do something; actually

Stannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925794492212292456.post-37020511169254371592007-06-19T18:04:00.000-07:002007-07-24T03:10:45.675-07:00

It's been next to impossible to get any consistent, solid financial information on the WCG since the Tkachs took over in 1986. You see, under the Armstrong era, the cult invented the absurd "Catch-22" glitch that one has to be a member of the WCG "in good standing" (meaning passing a computer "tithe check", maybe?) to qualify to ask for any HQ financial information. But then, a loyal, lowly WCG

Stannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925794492212292456.post-23279758411512796772007-06-18T22:04:00.000-07:002007-07-17T12:26:34.283-07:00

Shadows of WCG: Stan speaks out! -(link)Thank you, J, for highlighting my comment on Tkach's lifetime lack of disclosure of the WCG Church Association Bylaws and lack of full financial disclosures to the WCG membership. These HQ financials should be made freely available to the membership on a periodic basis - the full, proper accounting form of written, verifiable financial statements - not

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