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PUBLISHED BY THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL. 2, NO. 37
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
SEPTEMBER 21, 1978
ANSWERING GTA'S FALSE CHARGES
by Herbert W. Armstrong
Fellow Ministers, Mr. Wayne Cole has just brought to me in
my office a memo that GTA has become very aggressive in his efforts
to sow the seeds of discord within God's Church. That he is sub
tly putting questions and doubts in members' mindsi making false
charges and misstatements designed to affect them emotionally,
turning them against God's Church and Work, and gaining financial
support for himself.
He claims to be giving the "inside story" about "his father"
and the goings on" at headquarters. This, as Mr. Cole explains,
leaves you ministers at a disadvantage.
I have asked Mr. Cole to send you as soon as possible an
explanation of what really is going on, and what did, under GTA'S
assumption of absolute authority never given him!
Meanwhile, I rush this to you, to put you in position to
answer those doubts, suspicions, and possible oppositions GTA is
so adroitly, cleverly and subtly (he has to be inspired by Satan
for no one, let alone GTA, could have the sly psychologically
effective and emotion-stirring subtle cleverness) to so try to
damage and destroy the Work of God.
In brief, I give you now this much.
Anyone who accuses and tries to create suspicion invariably
is himself GUILTY of that which he accuses in others.
The four specific reasons I wrote in the disfellowshipment
letter to him were not even the tip of the iceberg. They were
four specific details of the moment given me, on the day that I
hurriedly wrote that letter, by Messrs. Cole, Wright, LaRavia,
and Rader -- all of which I am ASSURED were correct, despite his
denials. But the BIG REASON was simply THIS:
After my son had three times been put out of the Church for
improper conduct, unbecoming a minister of Christ, on his profes
sion of repentance I had accepted him back. At the time, by
board resolution, Mr. Al Portune was Executive Vice-President.
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