John Shotliff, Bristol, United Kingdom Paul E. Shumway, Spokane, Wash. Herbert W. Simonton. Dell Stingley, Lafayette, Ind. Duluth, Minn. Ken Williams, Ann Arbor, Mich. Mel Williams, Long Beach, Calif. Dolphua Williamson, Chicago, Ill. Gerald Wilson, Denver, Colo. Janes Wilson, Madisonville, Ky. Charles W. Wire, Boston, Mass. Larry R. Salyer, Pasadena, Calif. Roland D. Sampson, Hamilton, Bermuda Delflno R. Sandoval, Sacramento, Calif. Gregory L. Sargent, San Antonio and Uvalde, Tex. Milwajkee and Kenosha, Wis. H. Burk McNair, Houston, Tex. Mexicali and Tijuana, Mexico John F. Bartholomew, Durban and Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Stan Bass, San Juan. San Jose and Aptos, Calif. Harold J. Rhodes, Austin and Waco, Tex. Charleston, Huntington and Parkersburg, W. Va Norrnan T. Strayer, Wausau and Appleton, Wis. Arthur Suckling, Pasadena, Calif. Paul R. Suckling. In the WCG, which was later renamed and is today known as Grace Communion International, the biblical term "evangelist" is no longer used as a ministerial title, although certain denominations with roots in the former WCG organization, such as the Living Church of God and the Philadelphia Church of God, still use the term. Ont. Former Baptist Richard Green Spurling preached in a millhouse along Barney Creek and eight persons formed a Christian Union for the purpose of following the New Testament as their rule for faith and practice, giving each other equal rights and privilege to interpret Scripture, and sitting . South Africa Dennis van Oeventer, Corpus Christi, Harlinger and Victoria, Tex. Okla. Weldon L. Wallick, Lakeland, Fla. Herschel E. Watts, St. Louis, Mo. Tkach began to move the church toward mainstream Christianity, a process that his son and successor, Joseph Tkach, Jr., carried to its logical conclusion. The following is the text of a letter by Mr. Richard F. Ames, explaining. Through the first half of the 1990s, about 80% of the Church completely departed from the truth. N.Y. Richard Railston, Yakirna, Wash. Raul Ramos, Long Island, N.Y. William J. Razor, Morehead, Ky. Eli Rebich, Wheeling, W.Va. Clifford A. Redanz, Youngstown, Ohio Lloyd E. Register, Lawton, Okla. Patrick M. Regoord, Buffalo, NY. Historically-speaking, in the former Worldwide Church of God an "evangelist" was a high ranking minister under governance of the Pastor General (also acknowledged to be an "apostle"), Herbert W. Armstrong from 1934 to 1986, then under Joseph W. Tkach, from 1986 until his death in 1995. Charles E. Dickey, Chattanooga, Tenn. Lawrence R. Dickey, Athens, Ga. Fred W. Diehl. Pulley, Hamillon, Bermuda Juan Quinones, Brooklyn-Queens. The Worldwide Church of God was created by . Founder and Pastor General of The Restored Church of God, Editor-in-Chief of The Real Truth magazine, and voice of The World to Come program, David C. Pack has reached many millions around the globe with the most powerful truths of the Bibleunknown to almost all. Robert F. Ashland, Seattle, Wash. Richard R Avent, Columbus, Miss. Davis R. Grove, Hagerstown, Md. J. Bernard Dowson, Bradford, Hull and Sheffield. Alta. Miss. Thomas Ecker, Vancouver. Yong Chin Gee, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Donald W. Young, Lexington, Ky. Joseph L. Young, Long Beach, Calif. Christian D. Zernichow, Oslo, Norway Gene L. Zhorne. Malawi; Kibirichia and Nairobi, Kenya Dean Wilson, Portland, Ore. Hugh E Wilson, Fargo and Grand Forks, N. D. William D. Winner, Gadsden, Ala. Gerald K. Witte, Denison. Melbourne, Australia Ralph G. prr, New Orleans, La. South Africa Harold van Lerberghe, Tilburg, the Netherlands Alfred Vans chuyver, Ada, Ok I a Roland Vanslooten, Grand Rapids, Mich. Braden T. Veller, Tampa, Fla. Owen A. Visagie, Cape Town. Thomas. In fact, the number of female pastors in the country has doubled in the last 10 years, a 2009 study found.Women are finding more and more ways to assume leadership positions in the church and make their presence known at pulpits across the United States.. Here's a list of some of the most influential female Christian voices: Donald Heberer, St. Louis, Mo. Calif. Lynn Torrance, Big Sandy, Tex. Leroy NeffNorman SmithJoseph Tkach Sr.Ralph K. Helge Evangelists of God's ChurchDIBAR APARTIAN DEAN BLACKWELL FRANK BROWN HERMAN HOEH HAROLD JACKSON RONALD KELLY ELLIS LaRAVIA DENNIS LUKER LESLIE McCULLOUGH BURK McNAIR RAYMOND McNAIR RODERICK MEREDITH LEROY NEFF NORMAN SMITH JOSEPH TKACH SR. LEON WALKER GERALD WATERHOUSE DEAN WILSON REGIONAL DIRECTORS UNDER MR. ARMSTRONGCOLIN ADAIR, CANADA (ENGLISH-SPEAKING) GUY AMES, PHILIPPINES DIBAR APARTIAN, FRENCH-SPEAKING AREAS STAN BASS, CARIBBEAN (ENGLISH-SPEAKING) ABRAHAM de BREE, DUTCH-SPEAKING AREAS FRANK BROWN, BRITAIN, SCANDINAVIA, EAST AND WEST AFRICA, AND MIDDLE EAST CARN CATHERWOOD, ITALIAN-SPEAKING AREAS ROY MCCARTHY, SOUTHERN AFRICA ROBERT MORTON, AUSTRALIA AND ASIA PETER NATHAN, NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH PACIFIC FRANK SCHNEE, GERMAN-SPEAKING AREAS LEON WALKER, SPANISH-SPEAKING AREAS FULL-TIME MINISTERS AND ASSIGNED CHURCHESRoger V. Abels, Chicago, Ill. Colin Adair. Gerry Heldt, Bismarck, M.D. Mackay. Please click here to go to our home page http://bible-truths.com Here is one series of many emails Ray received about the Worldwide. 6:02 PM. Chattanooga and Copperhill, Tenn. Randall R. Kobernat, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Jack Kost, Halifax and Yarmouth. Ohio Marxzix Fabricanle. Robert Harrison, Liverpool and Sloke-on-Trent, United Kingdom Gordon Harry, Union, N.J. Gary R Harvey, Newcastle, Australia Dave Havir, Davenport and Iowa City, Iowa Peter D. Hawkins, Johannesburg, South Africa Warren J. Heaton Jr.. Houston, Tex. Vines A. Szyrnkowiak, Joplin. Va. Thornas J. Harrison Jr., Olympia, Wash. George W. Hatch, Meriden, Conn Graham Hawkins, Croydon, United Kingdom Keith Haworth. Harold C. Williams. If you have information regarding a "minister's" death, please send me an email. Anthony L. Wasilkoff, Hamilton and St. Catharines. Knoxville, Tenn. Robert P. Taylor, Nashville, Tenn. Albert Q. Tennant, Midland, Mich. Greg Thomas, Cleveland. Wilbur A. Berg, Long Beach, Calif, Francis Bergin, St. Albans, United Kingdom Robert F. Bertuzzi, Orlando, Fla. Karl L. Beyersdorfer, Baton Rouge and Lafayette, La, Daniel J. Bierer, Ft. Myers and Sarasota, Fla. Marcial Billacura, Davao City, Philippines Alton B. Billingsley, Fresno and Visalia, Calif. Dean Blackwell, Pasadena, Calif. Thomas H. Blackwell, Harrison and Mountain View, Ark Michael E. Booze, Raleigh, N.C. Robert C. Boraker, Channel Isles, United Kingdom John Borax, Pasadena, Calif. Adriaan J. Botha, Johannesburg, South Africa Daniel Botha, Pretoria, South Africa Steven Botha, Parkersburg, Charleston and Huntington, W. Va. Barry Bourne, Birmingham, Northampton and Nottingham, United Kingdom William C. Bradford, Shreveport, La., Mena, Ark., and Texarkana, Tex. Upcoming Events. Calif George Contos, Long Island, N.Y. Gerald Cook, Huntsville, Ala. Graeme A. Cook, Townsville, Australia Kenneth Courtney, Jackson, Miss Ray K. Cowan, London, Ky. Merle Cunningham, Dallas, Tex. Daniel E. Orban, Greensboro, N.C. David L. Orban, Knoxville, Tenn. Brian W. Orchard. Lyfe E. Welty. Jose Raduban, Manila, Philippines Charles Ranchie, Kelowna and Penticton, B.C. Des Moines, Iowa John PentIin, Kansas City, Kan. Virgil P. Petcu, St Louis, Mo. Don J. Lawson, Pittsburgh, Beaver Valley and McKeesport. Glen V. White, Seattle, Wash Valden White, Sedro-Woolley, Wash. Peter Whitting, Gippsland, Australia Richard Wilding, London and Sarnia, Ont. Hammonton, N.J. Preston Frrtts, Michigan City, Ind. Dallas Worldwide Church of God, on Sundays they go with their two sons to a conservative, interdenominational Christian Church -- where they were recently baptized. Ill. Harry Bente, Beaver Valley, Pa. Robert B. Berg, Fargo. With the exception of those ordained to the ministerial rank of evangelist while in the employ of the Worldwide Church of God, those who were once members of the WCG but were ordained as evangelists while members of WCG derivative denominations are not included. Herbert W Armstrong Carlos E. Perkins, Philadelphia, Pa. Robert J. Persky, Roanoke, Va. Donat Picard, Montreal, Sherbrooke and Val d'Or, Que, George M. Pinckney, Charlotte, N.C. Richard R. Pirelli, Toronto, Ont. He also founded Ambassador College, a religious school in Pasadena, and was a controversial pioneer of radio and television evangelism whose show, "The World Tomorrow," eventually aired on 382 television stations. Names will remain on this site for at least 30 days following the date of posting. Mario Dulguime, Ambassador College, Pasadena, Calif. Richard D. Duncan, Vancouver, Wash. Wayne H Dunlap, Dallas, Tex. In 1974, a group of ministers left the Worldwide Church of God and formed a new group known as the Associated Churches of God. Charleston, Huntington and Parkersburg, W. Va Norrnan T. Strayer, Wausau and Appleton, Wis. Arthur Suckling, Pasadena, Calif. Paul R. Suckling. Vivian M. Carne, Plymouth, United Kingdom Edwin Carr Jr.. Knoxville, Tenn. Charles A. Carson. Edward G Denkler, Colorado Springs, Colo. Charles H. Denny, Syracuse, N.Y. John B. Denton, Houston, Tex. How? John W. Cafourek, Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Paducah, Ky. Charles A. Calahan, Lafayette, Ind. Al R. Dennis, Long Beach, Calil. Wilbur M. Malone. Ill. Eugene Dumas, Chicago, Ill. William Duncan, Aberdeen, United Kingdom Chester Dunlap, Bakersfeld, Calif. Richard R. Dunlap, Salem, Ore. Edward L. Dunn, Johnstown, Pa. Kevin Eastwood, Melbourne, Australia Richard Eckman, Anchorage. John Reid, Garden Grove, Calif. Rodney Reynolds, Poplar Bluff, Mo. Arthur W. Docken, Omaha and Lincoln, Neb. The Church of God began on August 19, 1886, in Monroe County, Tennessee, near the North Carolina border. All of God's people have a duty to incorporate their gifts at the service of the Church of Christ. Jesse Bellamy, Chicago. Virginia will continue to reach across the planet to the least, the lost, and the last. India Jonathan Kurnik, Kingston and Smiths Falls, Ont. Lyall Johnston, Hastings, Nelson, Palmerston North and Wellington, New Zealand Robert C. Jones, St Petersburg, Fla. Robin G. Jones, London, United Kingdom George M. 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