Philadelphia Church of God

Church based in Edmond, Oklahoma

For other uses, see Church of God (disambiguation).

Classification| Protestant
Orientation| Restorationism
Theology| Armstrongism
Governance| Hierarchical polity
Leader| Gerald R. Flurry
Region| International
Headquarters| Edmond, Oklahoma
Founder| Gerald R. Flurry
Origin| December 7, 1989
Edmond, Oklahoma
Separated from| Worldwide Church of God
Separations|

* Church of God's Faithful
* Church of God Scattered Faithful
* Faithful Church of God in Laodicea
* The Church of God
* Armstrong Remembrancers
* Keepers of God's Covenant

Members| Approximately 5,000
Official website| https://pcg.church/

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The Philadelphia Church of God (PCG) is a non-trinitarian, sabbatarian church based in Edmond, Oklahoma, US. The PCG is one of several offshoots of the Worldwide Church of God (WCG). The WCG was founded by evangelistic minister Herbert W. Armstrong (1892–1986). Former WCG Gerald Flurry established the PCG, stating its purpose as promoting Armstrong's teachings which the new leadership of the WCG rejected after Armstrong's death.[1](It[clarification needed] accepted orthodox christian theology, including that of the Trinity.)[2][3]

## Founder

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Gerald Flurry is Pastor General of the Philadelphia Church of God and Editor-in-Chief of The Philadelphia Trumpet magazine. He is also founder and chairman of the Armstrong International Cultural Foundation and founder and Chancellor of Herbert W. Armstrong College in Edmond, Oklahoma, USA. He was ordained as a minister in 1973[where?], and formerly served[when?]as a pastor in the Worldwide Church of God, from which he was disfellowshipped (excommunicated) on December 7, 1989, "for resisting sweeping doctrinal changes." He had alerted the WCG ministry and members of those coming changes in a self-published booklet he wrote and distributed entitled Malachi's Message. The Tkaches responded by firing Flurry and his assistant.[4] Flurry then immediately founded his own organization, the Philadelphia Church of God.

## History

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The PCG is an offshoot of the WCG. The PCG teaches they are the original and only true "Church of God"[disambiguation needed][5][6][7][8] and all other churches are apostate or counterfeit.[6][9][10] Based on the doctrine of seven church eras, Flurry believes the seven churches in the book of Revelation are descriptive of seven successive eras of God's church[11][12][13] from the original apostolic church until the final church that Christ returns to marry.[14][15][16] In his book, The True History of God's True Church and its 2000-Year War with the Great False Church, he attempts to trace his church's history back to the first century church through the Worldwide Church of God, Church of God (Seventh Day), Seventh Day Baptists, Waldensians, Petrobrusians, Paulicians and Bogomils.[17]

Herbert W. Armstrong founded the Worldwide Church of God in 1934[18] and led it until his death in 1986.[19]

Armstrong had already chosen a WCG minister named Joseph Tkach. Immediately upon his succession, Tkach made major changes to church doctrine to make it more in line with christian orthodox concepts of grace and the trinity. Tkach also removed Armstrong's written works from regular circulation.[20][21][22] These changes .[20][23] WCG minister Gerald Flurry "seriously questioned WCG leaders' doctrinal changes", resulting in Tkach firing Flurry and his assistant.[24][25] In 1989, Flurry established the "Philadelphia Church of God" in Edmond, Oklahoma in 1989.[24][26]

## Accusations of cult behavior

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PCG has been labeled as a "non-Christian doomsday cult" which "perverts the Bible" to Flurry's own ends by the World Religions and Spirituality Project, Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry and Watchman Fellowship[27] [28] Gerald Flurry was described as showing "typical cult-leader arrogance" and creating a "seclusionary atmosphere" for his followers.[29]

#### What makes a cult?[30]

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It must be noted that the modern, strictly pejorative sense of the word "cult" is not without controversy. The accepted narrow definition of the term "cult" describes a self-proclaimed religious group with some or all of the following characteristics: a charismatic leader who exercises total control; an apocalyptic vision (i.e., doomsday cult); isolation from society; an emphasis on a transcendent spiritual experience; rigid rules governing group members’ behaviour; and the exploitation of members, including financially.

#### Specific accusations by ex-members and by neutral observers

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Flurry's approach to church government has been criticized for being "totalitarian, dictatorial, heavy-handed and tyrannical".[31] Ex-members of the PCG claim that Flurry uses his power to "command absolute obedience" of church members, and threatens to deny them salvation for their disobedience.[29] Members have become impoverished due to the financial demands placed on them and many, including children have died due to inadequate medical treatment.[29][32] Flurry has stated "I sometimes feel real good when I'm called a cult..." in a sermon from 1990.[33] The Philadelphia Church of God has said[when?] to flee the country at some point in the near future.[29]

The PCG claims that "we are entering the most tumultuous period in world history, the terrible time period prophesied to occur just before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ."[34] Flurry believes that God continues to give him new revelations, such as warning Laodiceans, the United States, the nations of the British Commonwealth and Israel of their impending destruction through his Key of David program and various publications.[35] He claims that "God is pleading with mankind and that those who don't respond to his message will experience the worst time of suffering ever on this planet!"[36]

KOKH-TV conducted a news report aired November 24, 2008 on the PCG, examining their apocalyptic message and comparing Flurry to David Koresh and PCG to the Branch Davidians.[37] Stephen Flurry later held a press conference in response to the news report, claiming the report was "based on innuendo, dishonest, and just disgraceful."[38]

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Daily Express noted that religious organizations such as the Philadelphia Church of God have flooded social media with fear-mongering prophecies.[39] In another 2020 article, the Express criticized Gerald Flurry for his predictions regarding Donald Trump.[40]

## Gerald Flurry's prophecies

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In 1999, Flurry declared himself a prophet, specifically the "unnamed prophet" from John 1:21.[41][42][43] Over three decades, he has made several prophecies, including Donald Trump remaining president,[44] the US Supreme Court overturning the 2020 U.S. Election,[45] Barack Obama as the last president of the United States,[46] Pope Benedict XVI will "resurrect" the Holy Roman Empire,[47] the PCG would acquire the Bricket Wood Estate in the UK,[48] and that Jesus Christ will return.[49]

#### Prophecies regarding Donald Trump

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According to his "Great Again" booklet, Flurry claims that Donald Trump's victory in 2016 was prophesied in the Bible and designates him as King Jeroboam.[50] He wrote that God revealed to him "that we are in the prophesied 'Jeroboam' end", and there would be "unparalleled carnage and destruction on Earth like never in history!"[51] He also prophesied that Trump would be "taken out by the sword",[52] and that Tkach Jr. would conspire with Trump to send the PCG into exile.[53] He also claimed that this[clarification needed] is the reason why Trump appointed so many conservative Supreme Court justices during his term.[54] Due to none of the events occurring during his term as president, Flurry was confident that Joe Biden winning the 2020 U.S. election was against Bible prophecy[55] and that Trump would "return" as president.[56] Flurry later stated that "Jereboam's greatest sin was rejecting [King] David's throne".[57]

#### Prophecies regarding the British Monarchy

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In his book The New Throne of David, Flurry claims he heard a "strong" voice that said "There is a new stone of destiny and a new throne of David."[58] One of the beliefs of the PCG was that Queen Elizabeth II was the reigning monarch on David's Throne.[59] He subsequently espoused the belief "in January 2017 that all changed, that throne is no longer in Britain",[60] claiming that "God has to have a king in this Church who is a descendant of David".[61]

#### The 'Place of Safety'

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Flurry wrote in 2018 that the PCG must be "prepared to go to the 'Cave of Adullum', the place of safety. Make this part of your thinking." and explained that there, "a 'converted apostle' in the PCG", claimed to be a descendant of King David, "will sit as a king on a throne".[62]

As of 2024, none of Flurry's prophecies have been fulfilled.

## Legal disputes

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### WCG vs. PCG

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When Flurry's was fired from PCG in 1989, then Church Administrator Tkach Jr. told Flurry that printing of Mystery of the Ages was to be discontinued because it was "riddled with error".[63] In 1997, the PCG decided to reprint Mystery of the Ages and a six-year legal battle over its copyright ensued.[64][65] Based on the "mystery had to be finished" reference found in Revelation 10 and the "legal language" used in Habakkuk 1, Flurry claimed that victory in court was revealed and prophesied and that Jesus Christ would make a "personal appearance[66] in the middle of the court case."[67] Flurry also claimed in "That Prophet" that he would emerge victorious.[68]

In 1999, the district court ruled in favor of the PCG, but this ruling was reversed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2000.[69][70] Facing an injunction to stop printing Mystery of the Ages, Flurry appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.[71] A few weeks later, the Supreme Court declined to hear his petition.[70] In September 2002, during a Feast of Tabernacles sermon, Flurry stated "the court case is a battle with the devil" and that "he would not make a deal with such an evil force - he will only fight."[72] Starting in April 2002, the PCG made different offers to the WCG,[73] and the parties reached an out-of-court settlement by January 2003, for 19 of Armstrong's works for $3 million.[74][75][76] The PCG has been criticized[by whom?] for misleading their members about the details of the court case to fit their prophetic narrative[72] and caving into making a deal to secure their victory.[71][77]

The PCG believes that Mystery of the Ages is "God's inspired words",[78][79] that Armstrong was merely a scribe with "God pouring those words into his mind."[80][65] Flurry's case hinged on the argument that the text was divinely inspired[81] and "central to their religious beliefs".[82] Despite criticizing the WCG for revising Mystery of the Ages,[83] they[who?] have removed several statements inferring that there are no prophets in the New Testament Church[84] to reconcile the book with their[who?] new teaching on the subject.[85] Mystery of the Ages has been updated at least four times since its first release in 1985.[86][72]

### Dervaes vs. PCG

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Malachi's Message is Flurry's explanation of the WCG's departure from Armstrong's teachings.[when?][21][87]

Author Jules Dervaes[who?]challenged Flurry's copyright[clarification needed]on September 26, 1990, arguing that Flurry's "ideas are a direct and clear plagiarism" of his work The Letter to Laodicea, which was published in stages between 1986 and 1988.[88] Both works identify a "Laodicean era", discuss Zerubbabel and Joshua, the betrayal of Zerubbabel, and the man of sin.[72]

All ministers, deacons and writers of the WCG were sent a copy[how?] of The Letter to Laodicea in 1987\- including Flurry.[89] Flurry claims that his book was revealed to him in 1989 as new revelation and a vision from God. Despite these claims, Flurry has released several editions of Malachi's Message[90][91] with countless edits since its first release in January 1990 \- at least five times by the end of 1991.[72] Flurry has significantly expanded the book over the years from 83 pages in 1989 to 156 pages.[92]

Earlier editions of the book state that Tkach Sr. was to remain alive when Jesus Christ returned [93] and was to be "plucked out of the Great Tribulation".[94][95] In this book, he states that Armstrong fulfilled the prophesied role of "God's end-time Elijah", and that the role of "the Man of Sin" was by Joseph Tkach Sr. and that, after the elder Tkach's death, the junior Tkach succeeded his father in these roles. Flurry changed the term elect was to very elect[72] and removed references to the Laodicean messenger in 1999.[96]

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## Media projects

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The PCG buys mass media (including television shows and regular publications) to promote its message and to attract new followers.

### The Key of David

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PCG produces an infomercial[where?] called The Key of David.[97][98] It is used to promote their literature and is the primary method for attracting new subscribers to their magazine The Philadelphia Trumpet.[99]

Flurry claims that the Key of David is the "profound understanding Christ wants all of us to have",[100] which will lead to "special positions of authority in New Jerusalem".[101]

There are 26 seasons and 820 episodes recorded,[99] airing in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and the Philippines.[102]

### The Philadelphia Trumpet

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The Philadelphia Trumpet is the PCG's flagship magazine, published ten times a year and paid for by the tithes and offerings of their members.[97] It claims to "accurately forecast" global events and trends[97] and position the magazine as the successor to the Plain Truth.[103] It serves as their recruitment magazine[104][105] that is designed to look like a credible news magazine.[95] It is filled with news stories selected and written to fit their prophetic narrative and used to promote their religious ideology.[106] First published in February 1990, the magazine's circulation peaked at 458,700 in 2007[107] and dropped to 262,346 by 2018[108] (of which 168,835 was sent out to waiting rooms to attract new readers[109]).

### The Trumpet Daily

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The Trumpet Daily is terrestrial radio and streaming show hosted by Stephen Flurry [110] that also promotes WCG.[95] YouTube restricted the program on since January 2021[111][112]

### Celtic Throne

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WCG produced a dance program that it described by the following: "Celtic Throne is the United States and Britain in Prophecy performed as a dance show."[113] [114][115]

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==Education programs==

The PCG offer three education programs to members and their children, with curricular based on their world view and doctrinal teachings.

### Herbert W. Armstrong College (AC)

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The PCG runs a small unaccredited theology college, Herbert W. Armstrong College, from their headquarters compound in Edmond, Oklahoma.[116] AC offers their church members two-year and four-year liberal arts programs with the objective of teaching students "how to live",[117] heavily focusing on theology and prophecy.[118] The college acts as a seminary to provide ministers and a pool of entry-level workers for the church's operations.[119]

The college was established in 2001 as "Imperial College of Edmond," but was renamed after objections by Imperial College London.[120] Armstrong College graduated its first class in 2006.[121] In 2015, the PCG opened a second campus at their Edstone mansion in the United Kingdom.[122]

### Imperial Academy (IA)

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In August 2008, Flurry founded Imperial Academy, a primary and secondary school for the children of church members patterned after the WCG's Imperial Schools.[123] As an unregistered educational institution, Imperial Academy operates independently from local government oversight, providing K-12 education using the A-Beka home schooling curriculum.[124] The church claims that "Imperial teaches young people how to base their learning and thinking on the Holy Bible."[124]

### Summer Educational Program (SEP)

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Formerly known as Philadelphia Youth Camp (PYC), the PCG sponsors a yearly summer camp modeled after the WCG's Summer Educational Program. Held in Edmond Oklahoma, Edstone England, Australia and the Philippines, campers participate in athletic activities, Bible studies and a wide variety of social and educational activities during the two to three-week camp. It is billeted as an outreach program, exclusive to the teenagers of the church, with the goal of instilling church doctrines and developing unity amongst the teenage membership.[125] According to Flurry, SEP is a "vision of how God will correct the problems of the entire world", and claims to "help their young people turn to God" and to prepare them for "the return of Christ".[126]

## Outreach activities

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The PCG runs various outreach activities aimed at improving their public image and promoting Flurry's teachings across the world.

### Armstrong International Cultural Foundation (AICF)

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Armstrong International Cultural Foundation was established in 1996 as The Philadelphia Foundation. The AICF sponsors a performing arts concert series and archaeological digs in Israel. Armstrong Auditorium, located on the Herbert W. Armstrong College campus in Edmond, opened in September 2010. Armstrong Auditorium hosts the AICF's performing arts concert series and occasionally, archaeological exhibits.

### Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology (AIBA)

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Founded in January 2022, Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology is the church's archaeological institution based in Jerusalem, Israel.[127] With a stated mission to showcase biblical archaeology to the world, AIBA sponsors and participates in archaeological excavations in the City of David and on the Ophel.[128] Initially, Flurry planned to name the institution the Armstrong-Mazar Institute of Biblical Archaeology in honour of Herbert W. Armstrong and archaeologists Benjamin Mazar, and granddaughter Eilat Mazar.[129][130] The PCG has been involved in several phases of Mazar's excavations in Jerusalem since 2006.[131][132]

## See also

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* Armstrongism
* Herbert W. Armstrong
* Grace Communion International
* Church of God (Seventh Day)

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Adventist|

* Seventh-day Adventist Church
* Abajiri
* Church of God (Seventh-Day)
* Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement
* International Missionary Society
* True and Free Seventh-day Adventists
* Shepherd's Rod
* Branch Davidians
* Adventist Church of Promise
* United Seventh-Day Brethren
* United Sabbath-Day Adventist Church

Armstrongism|

* Philadelphia Church of God
* Church of the Great God
* Living Church of God
* United Church of God
* Global Church of God
* Grace Communion International
* Church of God International (United States)
* Restored Church of God

Baptist|

* Seventh Day Baptists

Pentecostal|

* Nazareth Baptist Church
* Sabbatarian Pentecostalists, Ukraine [uk]
* Soldiers of the Cross Church
* True Jesus Church

Others|

* Church of Christ (Fettingite)
* Church of Israel
* Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)
* House of Aaron
* Subbotniks
* World Mission Society Church of God
* AEMINPU

Observing both
Saturday and Sunday|

* Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
* Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
* Iglesia ni Cristo

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New religious movements

Major groups|

* Adi Dharm/Brahmoism
* Adventism
* CoG7
* SDA
* Aetherius Society
* Ahmadiyya
* Lahore Ahmadiyya
* Ananda Marga
* Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
* Anthroposophy
* Antoinism
* Armstrongism
* Bábism
* Baháʼí Faith
* Bible Students/Jehovah's Witnesses
* Black Hebrew Israelites
* Brahma Kumaris
* Branch Davidians
* Brotherhood of the Cross and Star
* Caodaism
* Chabad
* Noahidism
* Charismatic Christianity
* Pentecostal (Oneness)
* Charismatic
* Neo-charismatic
* Chinese salvationist religions
* Chinmaya Mission
* Christadelphians
* Christian Science
* Church of Divine Science
* Church of Scientology
* Church of the Guanche People
* Creativity
* Discordianism
* Falun Gong
* The Family International
* Friends of Man
* Fourth Way
* Fung Loy Kok
* Goddess
* Godianism
* Heaven's Gate
* Humanistic Judaism
* Iglesia ni Cristo
* International Peace Mission movement
* ISKCON
* Invitation to Life
* Jewish Renewal
* Kingdom of Jesus Christ
* Kopimism
* Latter Day Saints/Mormonism
* Maha Bodhi Society
* Messianic Judaism
* Modern paganism
* Druidry
* Heathenry
* Rodnovery
* Moorish Science Temple of America
* Nation of Islam
* New Acropolis
* New Apostolic Church
* The New Church
* New Confucianism
* New Kadampa Tradition
* New Thought
* Religious Science
* Unity Church
* Nuwaubian Nation
* Oomoto
* Opus Dei
* Peoples Temple
* Pilgrims of Arès
* Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha
* The Process Church
* Raëlism
* Rajneesh movement
* Ramakrishna Mission
* Rastafari
* Risshō Kōsei Kai
* Sahaja Yoga
* Sant Mat
* Radha Soami
* Santa Muerte
* Santo Daime
* Satanism
* LaVeyan
* Church of Satan
* Temple of Set
* The Satanic Temple
* Theistic
* Joy of Satan Ministries
* Sathya Sai Baba
* Shakers
* Shambhala Buddhism
* Shri Ram Chandra Mission
* Soka Gakkai
* Spiritualism
* Spiritism
* Sukyo Mahikari
* Tenrikyo
* Thelema
* Theosophy
* Theosophical Society
* Transcendental Meditation
* True Buddha School
* Twelve Tribes communities
* Unarius Academy of Science
* Unification Church
* Unitarian Universalist Association
* United Submitters International
* Universal Church of the Kingdom of God
* Universal White Brotherhood
* Vipassana movement
* Eastern Lightning
* The Way International
* Weixinjiao
* Wicca
* Word of Faith
* World Mission Society Church of God

Notable figures|

* Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
* Noble Drew Ali
* Marshall Applewhite
* Herbert W. Armstrong
* Shoko Asahara
* Sri Aurobindo
* Báb
* Sathya Sai Baba
* Baháʼu'lláh
* Alice Bailey
* Chinmayananda Saraswati
* David Berg
* Helena Blavatsky
* Sri Chinmoy
* Aleister Crowley
* Mary Baker Eddy
* Josemaría Escrivá
* Louis Farrakhan
* Charles Fillmore
* Kelsang Gyatso
* Hak Ja Han
* L. Ron Hubbard
* Li Hongzhi
* David Koresh
* Anton LaVey
* Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi
* Lu Sheng-yen
* Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
* Meher Baba
* Nikkyō Niwano
* Sun Myung Moon
* Elijah Muhammad
* Nakayama Miki
* A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
* Phineas Parkhurst Quimby
* Raël
* Rajneesh
* Ramakrishna
* Prem Rawat
* Helena Roerich
* Charles Taze Russell
* Joseph Franklin Rutherford
* Ahn Sahng-hong
* Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
* Menachem Mendel Schneerson
* Shiv Dayal Singh
* Joseph Smith
* Nirmala Srivastava
* Emanuel Swedenborg
* Rudolf Steiner
* Joseph W. Tkach
* Chögyam Trungpa
* Ellen G. White
* Poykayil Yohannan

By region|

* Pacific Northwest

Concepts|

* African-initiated church
* Buddhist modernism
* Chabad messianism
* Christian denomination
* Classifications of religious movements
* Conspiracy theories
* Cult
* Cybersectarianism
* Doomsday cult
* Heresy
* Hindu reform movements
* In-group favoritism
* Japanese new religions
* Neoshamanism
* New Age
* Open-source religion
* Polytheistic reconstructionism
* Prosperity theology
* Religious conversion
* Religious syncretism
* Schism
* Sect
* Self religion
* Spiritual evolution
* UFO religion

Public education|

* CESNUR
* INFORM (Information Network Focus on Religious Movements)
* World Religions and Spirituality Project

Scholarship|

* Academic study of new religious movements
* Anthropology of religion
* History of religion
* Journal of Contemporary Religion
* Nova Religio
* Philosophy of religion
* Psychology of religion
* Religious studies
* Sociology of religion
* When Prophecy Fails

Opposition|

* Anti-cult movement
* Christian countercult movement
* Anti-Mormonism
* Persecution of Ahmadis
* Persecution of Baháʼís
* Persecution of Falun Gong
* Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
* Persecution of Rastafari
* Religious discrimination against modern pagans

Lists|

* Academic study
* In popular culture
* New religious movements

## External links

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* Official Website
* The Philadelphia Trumpet
* Herbert W. Armstrong College
* Armstrong Institute
* Armstrong International Cultural Foundation

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