GERALD FLURRY is the pastor general of the Philadelphia Church of God. He has been an ordained minister for over 30 years. Mr. Flurry is the editor in chief of The Philadelphia Trumpet newsmagazine, which has over 1 million readers, and is the presenter of the Key of David television program, which reaches a potential audience of 400 million viewers around the world. He is also chancellor of Herbert W. Armstrong College and chairman of the Armstrong International Cultural Foundation.
Mr. Flurry formerly served under Herbert W. Armstrong as a minister in the Worldwide Church of God. After being excommunicated from the Worldwide Church of God for resisting sweeping doctrinal changes, Mr. Flurry founded the Philadelphia Church of God in 1989.
Mr. Flurry has visited over 20 countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, South Africa, the Philippines, China, Australia and others. He has written over 30 books and booklets and successfully fought for the copyrights to reprint Mr. Armstrong’s most important book, Mystery of the Ages, and 18 other works. Through Personal Appearance Campaigns, he prophesies again in the tradition of Herbert W. Armstrong, delivering God’s final watchman warning to the world.
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HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG was recognized and respected by leaders in government, industry and education around the world. Until the time of his death in January 1986, he was pastor general of the Worldwide Church of God and editor in chief of The Plain Truth magazine, which he began publishing in 1934.
He was a pioneer in religious broadcasting in the 20th century. Millions around the world heard his voice on the World Tomorrow radio and television program for over 50 years.
In 1947 Mr. Armstrong founded Ambassador College in Pasadena, California. He was also founder and chairman of the Ambassador International Cultural Foundation, known for its cultural, charitable and humanitarian activities. Herbert W. Armstrong visited more than 70 countries proclaiming the gospel of the Kingdom of God, and was highly honored by heads of state in such critical areas as Japan and China, Africa, Israel and Egypt. Even in his 90s, Mr. Armstrong continued to write, broadcast and preach the good news that God will intervene to save mankind in this generation! Among his many books are The United States and Britain in Prophecy and his final work, completed in 1985 just months before his death, Mystery of the Ages.
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STEPHEN FLURRY is executive editor of the Philadelphia Trumpet newsmagazine and president of Herbert W. Armstrong College in Edmond, Oklahoma. He served on the Philadelphia Church of God’s legal team in the battle against the Worldwide Church of God over the copyrights to Herbert W. Armstrong’s literature. He lives in Edmond with his wife and two children. You can read his articles on theTrumpet.com.
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