Churchill
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Many years ago I was a reader of The Plain Truth magazine, although I was not a member of the chruch (called the Worldwide Church of God) I did find the magazine thought provoking along with the sister magazine The Good News.
The church produced a large number of booklets. all of which were free, one just ordered a copy and it was sent. There was no catch, nobody visited you, nobody sought money - ever.
At the time - 1970s - the church had the largest coverage by satellite for their TV program The World Tomorrow, it was seen all over the world and it outstripped all other US based Christian broadcasters.
The core basis of the chruch's position was based on British Israelism, the conviction the the "lost ten tribes" had actually grown into major world nations including the British Empire and the United States, these tribes had long ago lost all record of their identities as Israelites.
This was apparently all alluded to on Biblical prophecies.
The leader Herbert Armstrong, claimed that the church's role was to preach the Gospel to all nations before the end times.
I have no idea if any others reading this even recall this group, but the reading of Biblical prophecy was thought provoking and Armstrong "predicted" several things like the US and UK would remain close, Europe would develop into a major military power, that power would come to dominate the world and push the US and UK into a corner.
He predicted a coming loss of American power and prestige, a future inability to win wars and so on as the beginning of national punishment on these peoples who had strayed far from God.
I'd be interested if anyone has any recollection of this group today.
The church produced a large number of booklets. all of which were free, one just ordered a copy and it was sent. There was no catch, nobody visited you, nobody sought money - ever.
At the time - 1970s - the church had the largest coverage by satellite for their TV program The World Tomorrow, it was seen all over the world and it outstripped all other US based Christian broadcasters.
The core basis of the chruch's position was based on British Israelism, the conviction the the "lost ten tribes" had actually grown into major world nations including the British Empire and the United States, these tribes had long ago lost all record of their identities as Israelites.
This was apparently all alluded to on Biblical prophecies.
The leader Herbert Armstrong, claimed that the church's role was to preach the Gospel to all nations before the end times.
I have no idea if any others reading this even recall this group, but the reading of Biblical prophecy was thought provoking and Armstrong "predicted" several things like the US and UK would remain close, Europe would develop into a major military power, that power would come to dominate the world and push the US and UK into a corner.
He predicted a coming loss of American power and prestige, a future inability to win wars and so on as the beginning of national punishment on these peoples who had strayed far from God.
I'd be interested if anyone has any recollection of this group today.
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