The Herbert W Armstrong and Radio Church of God Historical Trail & Photo Album Researched and sites visited by Craig M White Copyright © 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 Herbert W Armstrong and Radio Church of God Historical Trail & Photo Album The Herbert W Armstrong and Radio Church of God Historical Trail & Photo Album By Craig M White Copyright © 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 All rights reserved Version 1.1 History Research Projects GPO Box 864, Sydney, Australia 2001 www.friendsofsabbath.org www.originofnations.org No limitation is placed upon reproduction of this document except that it must be reproduced in its entirety without modification or deletions. The publisher's name and address, copyright notice and this message must be included. It may be freely distributed but must be distributed without charge to the recipient. Our purpose and desire is to foster Biblical, historical and related studies that strengthen the Church of God’s message & mission and provides further support to its traditional doctrinal positions. 1 Herbert W Armstrong and Radio Church of God Historical Trail & Photo Album NB: if any links in this document are broken, please go here where the photographs are linked to can be found. Contents Acknowledgements .............................................................................................................................................................. 3 Associated Readings ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 Direct Website Links ............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Visit to the Historical Sites 2011 ........................................................................................................................................ 10 Visit to the Historical Sites & Churches of God Dec 2017 – Jan 2018 ............................................................................... 18 Herbert W Armstrong and Radio Church of God Historical Trail Chart ............................................................................ 22 Appendix. Trail Maps ......................................................................................................................................................... 33 Appendix. Grave Sites of the Pioneers & Wives ............................................................................................................... 35 References and Sources ..................................................................................................................................................... 37 2 Herbert W Armstrong and Radio Church of God Historical Trail & Photo Album Acknowledgements Information was supplied by Randy Stiver (United Church of God), Larry Walker (United Church of God), John Lemley (Church of God (seventh day), Al Stout and Ben Light for my 2011 trip for which I am most grateful. Prior to and during my second trip (2017/18) to view, record and photograph these important sites, Benjamin Light was a wonderful asset and extraordinarily helpful. Many others provided information including Randy Stiver, Calvin Burrell (Church of God (seventh day), John Lemley (Church of God (seventh day), Rose Difley and others – all of whom helped to make the trip a success. Reading extensively about the Church’s history, visiting the sites, meeting new and helpful members who related their Church and Ambassador College experiences has been a wonderful time of learning for me personally. 3 Herbert W Armstrong and Radio Church of God Historical Trail & Photo Album Associated Readings • Amazing Temple Symbolism found in Revelation chapter 3! by C White • Church of God and Sabbatarian Timelines by C White • Collection of Notes on Church of God Groups by C White • Early Writings of Herbert W Armstrong by Richard C Nickels • Greenberry G Rupert. Man of God by C White • Greenberry George Rupert – A Significant Church of God Leader by C White • Herbert W Armstrong. Man of God by C White • Herman L Hoeh. Salute to a WCG Pioneer by C White • Historic Church of God Fundamentals of Belief. Tracking the Development of Core Doctrines by C White • Just what do you mean ‘Laodicean Church’? by C White • Pioneers of the Worldwide Church of God by C White • Research Notes on the Eastern Churches by C White • Sabbatarian Groups: A scattered and little flock by C White • Seven Eras of Ancient Israel. Type of the Eras of the True Church? by C White • Seven Restorations of the Work by C White • Seventh Day Baptist Relationship to the Church of God by C White • The Autobiography of Herbert W Armstrong by Herbert W Armstrong • The Independent Sabbatarian Groups (c1800-c1860) by C White • Worldwide Church of God Pioneer Timelines by C White 4 Herbert W Armstrong and Radio Church of God Historical Trail & Photo Album Direct Website Links Friends of the Sabbath website information: (www.friendsofsabbath.org) Historical Person or Organisation Description Alonzo T Jones A former SDA scholar, then associate of the Church of God and colleague of Greenberry G Rupert Andrew N Dugger Church of God pioneer early 1900s to 1975 Ambassador College History & its Treasures AC History, Catalogues, Pictorials, Photographs, Beautiful treasures that were once at AC. Also audios of the history of AC and HWA Historical Tour video with Rex Sexton here. Dr Hoeh also talks about some of the history of AC in some of these recordings. NB: Ambassador Auditorium Collection at Stanford Libraries Apostasy! Information on the great end-time apostasy in the Church of God! Bible Advocate Articles by HWA published in the Church of God (seventh day) publication, the Bible Advocate in 1928 Bible Sabbath Association An organisation that was established to promote Sabbath observance Bylaws and Constitution Various editions of the Radio Church of God and Worldwide Church of God bylaws and constitutions Church of God History (WCG) Historical information on Herbert W Armstrong, the Radio Church of God and the Worldwide Church of God Church of God History (ancient to modern times) The 2,000 year history of Sabbatarians until recent times Church of God periodicals (old) A collection of old and rare publications from the mid-1800s including the original Church of God publication 'The Messenger of Truth.' Church of God History - further resources Huge amount of information on the Giving & Sharing site Church of God History audios & videos Dozens of Sermons and lectures on the subject inc many by Dr Hoeh. Churches of God history by Richard Nickels Hundreds of pages of fascinating information 5 Herbert W Armstrong and Radio Church of God Historical Trail & Photo Album Historical Person or Organisation Description Church of God Leading Ministers grave sites Honouring and remembering our pioneers and men in the faith Church of God (Seventh Day) Information about CG7 pioneers and various other information Church of God (Seventh Day) history Large amounts of original papers and articles Craig's articles on Church History Articles, notes and charts on church history etc Greenberry G Rupert Church of God pioneer early 1900s. Herman L Hoeh Collection (WCG Pioneer) Most senior WCG pioneer, after HWA. Audio sermons and studies here Herbert W Armstrong books etc His most popular books in PDF plus other materials and articles of interest. Grave site information here and here Herbert W Armstrong and early Radio Church of Following the footsteps of Herbert W Armstrong and the early Radio Church of God God Historical Trail Herbert W Armstrong Research Centre (DVD & CD Preserving the literature and memory of the man God used in these last days Library and Archives) History of Foreign Works The Works in Europe, Australia etc. The Spanish, French, German Works etc Kenneth Herrmann Papers (WCG Pioneer) Thesis, papers, articles and letters by Kenneth Herrmann. Grave site information here Lectures, Sermons, Studies 100s of rare and old recordings back to the 1950s Leroy Neff Papers (WCG Pioneer) Excellent articles and papers by a pioneer. Grave site information here Photographs and Graphics Scores of photos and graphics of HWA, GTA, old WCG pioneers, HWA crest, prayer rock, certificates etc Raymond F McNair Papers (WCG Pioneer) Papers and articles. Sermons here Richard C Nickels (Church historian) See his website: www.giveshare.org Robert E Fahey Articles and sermons inc. 2 very rare sermons on the Place of Safety (1980). He was an AC graduate 1965; Evangelist; HWA's Executive Assistant; member of the Council of Elders and Regional Director for South Africa, Australia, Canada. Sermons here. Grave information here Roderick C Meredith Papers (WCG Pioneer) Papers and articles. Sermons here. Grave site information here 6 Herbert W Armstrong and Radio Church of God Historical Trail & Photo Album Historical Person or Organisation Description Seventh-day Adventists Large collection of historical information and research Seventh Day Baptists Historical works valuable for sabbatarian history research 7 Herbert W Armstrong and Radio Church of God Historical Trail & Photo Album Introduction For many years I have had great interest in the history of the sabbatarian movement from its foundations in the first century. It dawned on me many years ago that some of the Churches of God have not kept a detailed history of their pioneers, including the Worldwide Church of God (known as the Radio Church of God until 1968). I noticed also that the Seventh Day Baptists and Seventh-day Adventists (and non-Sabbatarians) have kept very good historical records of the history of their groups – see for example: • http://sdbhistory.org/ • http://www.aplib.org/ • http://washington.netadvent.org/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church_Pioneers • http://www.thethirdangelsmessage.com/pioneers_philadelphia.php As such I determined to keep record of the Worldwide Church of God pioneers and others overlooked (such as Greenberry George Rupert) in the following articles: • Church of God and Sabbatarian Timelines • Worldwide Church of God Pioneers Timeline • List of Pioneers and Senior Veterans of the Worldwide Church of God • Greenberry George Rupert. A Significant Church of God Leader • Greenberry George Rupert. Man of God! • Herbert W Armstrong. Man of God! • Herman L Hoeh. A Salute to a Worldwide Church of God Pioneer • And a lot more at http://www.friendsofsabbath.org/ABC.htm and in my own collection of information in folders It seemed to me that there was a real need for consolidated information and a logical ‘trail’ of Herbert W Armstrong’s and the Radio Church of God’s early Work – that something in this vein was overdue for assembling together. Hence this historical trail and album. 8 Herbert W Armstrong and Radio Church of God Historical Trail & Photo Album Although I took many photographs, some have been collected from The Autobiography of Herbert W Armstrong, the internet and a trip I undertook in October 2011 to Portland, Eugene and Willamette Valley in Oregon and Los Angeles, others have also supplied photographs. A more extensive trip undertaken in late 2017-early 2018 yielded further details and photographs. Finally, instead of consolidating all of the photographs into one document, this was considered to be too unwieldy, too large to e-mail and unmanageable as the document is updated over time. Instead I chose to develop a document that would contain links to the photographs and documents. I think most would agree that this would be the best option. So, just click on the blue links within this document to access the information and photographs. Suggestions for any improvements or inclusions are always welcomed. 9