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Questioning Herbert W. Armstrong

 

Was Herbert W. Armstrong who he said he was? Did he tell the truth? These articles are for those who want to get to the bottom of these things.

NOTE: If this is the first time you have visited this page, we recommend you first read: Why is it Difficult For Exiters to Question Herbert Armstrong?

Put your faith completely in Jesus Christ,
not in any man or any movement. ~Robert L. Sumner

 

Questioning if HWA told the truth
Questioning HWA's fruits
Questioning HWA's background
Questioning HWA's methods

Questioning if HWA told the truth:

• Herbert W. Armstrong's Religious Roots
  The origin of Herbert's unique doctrines

• Did Herbert Armstrong Set Dates?
  Includes several examples, plus an HWA quote saying there is "no prophet today."

• Did Christ Reorganize the Church?
  February 1939 Good News article showing HWA condemned hierarchal church government in his early years. [offsite article]

• Mystery of the Ages (a critical review)
  Chapter by chapter in-depth review.

• True Original Church/Faith Once Delivered (Proof Herbert Armstrong Lied About the "Lost" Church Century)
  Was the history of the early church, in its first century of existence, "lost," or are there in existence today documents that we can examine? Shows HWA intentionally withheld information.

• More proof showing how HWA failed to quote all of the words from an 1885 book, and thereby making readers think that church history had been lost!
  Exact quotes from the book by William Fitzgerald, furnished in critique of Mystery of the Ages, chapter 6.

• Did Herbert Armstrong Distort Historical Church Documents?
  This article shows proof that he did.

• Did Herbert W. Armstrong Have God's Truth?

• Was Herbert W. Armstrong God's True Servant?

• How I "Proved" Herbert W. Armstrong Was God's Apostle

• The "Key to Unlocking Prophecy" (Did Herbert Armstrong Say God Revealed it to Him Alone?)

• John Kiesz Furnishes Information on Herbert W. Armstrong
  Kiesz was an elder in the Church of God Seventh Day and a close friend of HWA's; includes a number of HWA's failed prophecies.

Also see: Articles on Grace and Law (and other teachings)

Questioning HWA's fruits

• "None of God's Servants Were Perfect" (for those who like to use this reasoning)

• Why Herbert Armstrong Couldn't Have Been God's True Apostle
  Includes link at end to: How I "Proved" Herbert W. Armstrong Was God's Apostle

• Herbert W. Armstrong and the Incest

• Letter About Herbert Armstrong and the Incest
  Sent to: "Dear Friends in the Worldwide Church of God"

• Worldwide Church of God History
  Transcription of message by Ken Westby message reveals how HWA treated those that dared asked questions and confront the abuses; shows double standards of the Armstrongs.
  

• Robert Gerringer 1975 Letter to Charles Hunting
  Reveals how Herbert Armstrong was confronted time and again with doctrinal issues and failed to change. Covers double standards, false prophecies, bad fruit, lack of intellectual freedom of the members to think for themselves, etc. Also covers how we felt the Worldwide Church of God was God only true church.

• Jack Kessler 1981 Letter to Worldwide Church of God Board of Directors
  Reveals the evil of the continuing, persistent financial abuses in HWA's Worldwide Church of God and the shocking moral depravity. Also covers Joseph W. Tkach, Sr. stealing $5,000 as a "needy church member."

• Three books available in PDF which ESN can send through email (covers HWA's fruits and methods)

Questioning HWA's background

• Background exposé on HWA's early activities
  Revealing info.

• HWA's early racist activities

• Did HWA study communism?

• Radio Church of God openly embraced the agenda of the American Communist Party
  This also includes info about "Communism and the Churches."

• Did Herbert Armstrong use Mein Kampf as a guide in controlling people?

• HWA's questionable activities in international governmental affairs

• The Private Letters of Herbert W. Armstrong and Loma D. Armstrong
  HWA and his wife were very active in international governmental affairs following the United Nations' first meeting held in San Francisco in 1945.

• Letter Regarding FBI Files on the Worldwide Church of God

• The Conspiracy Was Strong - The Discernment Ministries
  Herbert W. Armstrong is mentioned in Parts 1-3 of this in-depth report--search for the words "Worldwide Church of God; also mentions the FBI files on Herbert Armstrong and Stanley Rader; covers Anthony Buzzard. [offsite link]

Questioning HWA's methods

• How Did Herbert W. Armstrong Recruit People?
  The step-by-step process.

• Where Do I Find the "One True Church"?

• Did Herbert W. Armstrong Abuse His Flock?
  Includes additional: How Did the Worldwide Church of God Abuse its Members?

• Dropouts See Hucksterism Where They Once Saw God
  Newspaper article.

• An Open Letter to Our Acquaintances in Worldwide Church of God
  Covers the fear that was placed in members.

• Did Herbert W. Armstrong Change Words of Sacred Hymns?

• Lifton's Eight Criteria of Thought Reform
  Includes how it has been used by leaders of any high demand, authoritarian group.

• Comparisons Between PCG and the Roman Catholic Church
  Shows how HWA used many methods of the RCC.

• Three books available in PDF which ESN can send through email (covers HWA's methods and fruits)

 

"Thou maketh this people to trust in a lie." ~Jeremiah 28:15