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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
WORLD HEADQUARTERS
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91123
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
President and Pastor
July 30, 1978
Dear Brethren and Fellow Ministers,
It is with deepest disappointment that I regret that I am
forced, once again, by hostile actions by my son, Garner Ted, to
bring you up to date with the PLAIN TRUTH.
Diametrically contrary to what he has always said he would
never do, he has, not only "raised a hand against his father,"
in the public press, but as the Apostle Paul warned the elders
of the church at Ephesus, "For I know this that after my departing
...of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things,
to draw away disciples after themselves" (Acts 20:29,30).
Paul did not say or mean, to draw people closer to God, but
to draw away those already IN THE CHURCH, after themselves--to
follow a MAN instead of Jesus Christ!
It has happened before. Paul knew it would happen again--
and again--and again!
The Lord Jesus Christ, and the God after whom His Church is
named were, under Ted's leadership little by little, being subtly
pushed out of God's Church and of Ambassador College. It was
becoming apparent to several.
One of several such letters just recently received says,
"Thank God you are back where Christ wants you. Never before
have we been so inspired by sermons or Bible Studies. For the
past ten years, so many people, including myself, have noticed
that something was wrong.... We noticed that for some reason we
were not as inspired as we had been in the past. We felt there
was something missing.... In fact, all of the doctrines of God
were treated as if they were not important...we were sincere,
but did not accomplish much because we lacked so much of the
knowledge and faith that we once knew...we were spinning our
wheels and sliding backwards. To say the least, Mr. Armstrong,
...Christ has finally shown you plainly where we, the Church,
were heading.... I am glad that Christ has put you back in the
pulpit to teach us...we can actually understand it when you
expound on it."
In my very painfully written letter, notifying you of the
disfellowshipment of Garner Ted, I wrote you: "Now I come to
something I have felt I had to withhold from you, brethren.
During these past few years, when I sensed a CONSPIRACY to bring
about a complete takeover of the entire Church's work--virtually
to put JESUS CHRIST out...I attributed it entirely to Satan.
...to protect my son's name and reputation, I have 'covered up'