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The following appeared ln the June 13, 1978 issue of the Pasadena
Star-News and is being reproduced by permission of the Star-News •
Banned
by
father
Garner Ted off air ·again
By DICK LLOYD
l&all Wrtl«
Off-again, on-again Garner Ted Armstrong is off a1ain, msfrong. said Rader. "The'r'e
·
was a-powerful drill toward
from the airwaves of radio and televi1ion, banned from 9eCUlat'izatlonof radioand television," Rader said.
evangelizing on the edict of his aging father, Herbert W.
And lt ls that secularization and absenceof spiritual
Armstron,.
content, he said, that led to his removal from television
But it 1s more than that, reliable sources indicate, arid then the latest decision to takeGarner Ted off the
meaning the silver-haired, silver-tongued orator is pro- airwaves altogethc:-.
hibited from making contact with any members of his
At the same time, saidRader, theyounger Anmtrons
father's Worldwide Church of God during what is to be an was leaning away from the church by setting bimself up
enforced six -month leave of absence.
as the autltority, ..Ungcorrespondence witb Garner
As such, any member who makes contact with Garner Ted Armstrong
Product1ona
on the letterbelld with his
Ted Armstrong is likely to be in trouble himself.
.
picture instead oftheWorldwideChurch ofGod.
I t is the second Ume since 1972 tbat the younger Ar·
"Godwaa beingtakenout of. thework," saidRader.
mstrong, the voice of the World Tomorrow radio and
During bis six months away from "tbe work," said
television programs, has been blanked from the air· Rader GamerTed will be asked tocontemplate on his
waves. The first was the result of alleged sexual lmpro- future'and Ilia relatiombip with Godand take time to
prietiea by Garner Ted. He was brought back into full restore his spiritual strength.
fellowship four months later by bis father.
That was tbe Wrection he was given in 1972, the fint
Hardly more than two weeks ago, the 48-year-old evan· lime be was exiled to Colorado for alleged sexual impro
geliat won a last-minute reprieve from bis father, who prietiea. Fourmonths later, he waa brought back into the
was moving then to take his son off the airwaves for wort to resume his schedule of radio and television
working contrary to his will.
broadcasting.
But this time the exile is certain, confirmed Stanley R.
But an alleged laclt ofl'l!P"'*,anreoa bis part, plua
Rader, the personal aide of Herbert Armstrong and ,rowing diffen!Dcesin opinion amon,tbelllbutry over
spokesman for the elder Armstrong, the Worldwide
.
doctrinal matterssachas divorceIDdremarriage, medl·
Church of God and its educational arm, Ambassador Col- cal treatment, day ofPentecostandotben, opened a
lege in Pasadena.
wideriftamongministen,retUIU.,IDNCellioll
ol
more
And before the youncer Armstrong is restored to full than 20 mtnilten arid
·
the departure of several hundred
fellowship and allowed to resume his evangelist role, said followers.
Rader, I.here will have to be full repentance. not just
There continues to be division in the church over sup-
remorse.
porters and detractors of Gamer Ted,
"There is � . ubs�tial difference between repentan�, Rader sa id theyounger Armstrong's ouster "ls
not
a
and remorse. he said.
new development" but a continuation of what waa
"If a person is not in the right attitude, be won't pro- planned before in '
which
Herbert circulated cburcbwide
duce the right kind of results,'' said Rader.
a letter to his � advtlilllhim U-t be no loaprbid a
Garner Ted learned of his leave of absence in a private part in the wort but tbat be "eollld"perhaps at IOIDe
letter from his father, said Rader. It seems to have its ti me in the fu ture '
origin in ac�ons ol the son I� govemao�e of Ambassad�r
After tbe letttt was published,a..... Ted prevailed
College while he was president and m the maMer t n upon bi s father to let him stay bi broadcutiq,aereeinl
which he �as h:a"dling . concerns of the church while be to change the proerammlnc to suit the father. Sut.e-
was executive VJce presadeat.
quently that agreement wasre9Cinded.
. He had �de important decisions without consul t ing
"M r. ' Armstrongreali zed that bl1 son was not back on
h11 father, saad Rader.
the track " said Rader and a new letter removing him.
But there ia lndication as well, say other perso� close from the �
rk
was sent:
to the situation, that Herbert Ai'��OIII fe� t . htS son,
B ut wi th Ted Armstrong's absence, will the work ofthe
even after a reprieve, was·out stirring up divas t on be· church and i ts membership suffer? Rader is convinced it
tween himself and bis father.
will not
Those facton are believed to have led Herbert Ar·
"The ··on of the church ia notdepelldentupon the u•
mstrong to remove his son from all positions of au�ity of televi s ion or radio,"Radersaid. "It iiindependent of
in both the cburcb and college and to reassert bis own television or a particularpenon."
personal leader�ip over both I.he church and co llege .
I t was not true said Rader tllat tbe younger Ar-
responsibilities he bad delegated to GarnerTed in 1974.
matroag was�toradio a� televtaionevancelilm
But the trend of radio and televi1iCN1 broedcasting by in 1972became contribaUou fell offduring bis abaence.
Garner Ted also was of 1reat concern to Herbert Ar-
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