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Living Church of God - Definition |
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The Living Church of God (LCG) is a Church of God group descending from the Worldwide Church of God. The presiding evangelist of the Living Church of God is Roderick C. Meredith. He was one of the original evangelists ordained by Herbert W. Armstrong in December of 1952.
Meredith was the presiding evangelist of a group that left the Worldwide Church of God and founded the Global Church of God (GCG) in 1992. After a dispute in which GCG's corporate Board of Directors allegedly usurped the role of the church's ministerial leadership, Meredith left in 1998 to form the Living Church of God.
Living Church of God has its international headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. It has more than 200 congregations in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, and South America.
The church produces a weekly half-hour television program,Tomorrow's World, presented by Roderick C. Meredith, Richard Ames and John Ogwyn, all of whom are evangelists with LCG. There is also a bimonthly Tomorrow's World magazine.
According to the church web site, members "view themselves as the spiritual heirs of the original Jerusalem Church of New Testament time." The church's "mission" statement lists its goals as to:
- Preach, to all the nations of the world, the Gospel of the Kingdom and the true name of Jesus Christ.
- Preach the end-time prophecies and the Ezekiel warning, particularly to the "Israelitish" peoples.
- Feed the flock whom God calls, that all may be built to the stature of Jesus Christ.
- Be examples to the world, and to the Church at large, of Christs way of life.
- Learn and practice servant leadership in all our dealings with others.
- Build an atmosphere of radiant faith within Gods Church.
- Restore Apostolic Christianity, and all that this implies.
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