The Enduring Legacy of Herbert & Loma Armstrong
To many, Herbert W. Armstrong was a familiar and distinctive voice on nightly radio, but little more besides. To others he was the preeminent symbol of loathsome cults who threatened beloved Christian traditions. To still others he was the catalyst for dramatic life change – changes that affected them in ways that for better or for worse, could never be erased.
Many of those who were affected by his work in some way since the early 1930s are ashamed that they ever responded to his message at all. Others still hold loosely to some version of what they first learned through him. But some few continue in determined personal sacrifice to hold fast to that which they believe was not the work of any man at all, but of a purposeful Creator God.
Was he a powerfully inspired messenger of God in the twentieth century, or was he, perhaps, merely an opportunistic businessman making a living off of religion? Is there anything of value still left of that Work today? If so, what might it be?
Are you a former member of the Worldwide Church of God (or one or more of the many remnant groups having their roots in that parent church), and already convinced that Herbert Armstrong was inspired by God?
Have you had previous interest in the teachings of Herbert Armstrong to some extent, but have you been put off by much of the confusion and negative press concerning “Armstrongism?”
Have you only recently been exposed the teachings of Herbert Armstrong, and are you curiously seeking to make heads or tails of all of the different “takes” out there on what it is really all about?
Have you been frustrated because existing groups claiming to honor Armstrong teachings fail to answer significant questions about the history and doctrines of that church, and continue to introduce “new teachings” that stray ever further from the original?
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Jon W. Brisby was raised in the Worldwide Church of God by parents, Don & Pat Brisby, who joined the church in 1959. In 1968, Don was recruited by Herbert Armstrong to work at the Ambassador College Press in Pasadena, CA because of his expertise in commercial color printing. That is how the Brisby family, much like the Beverly Hillbillies, made it to southern California from middle Tennessee. Jon attended the church’s private grade school on the Ambassador College campus (Imperial Schools) from 1968-1972. His own experience as a child “at headquarters”—as well as that of his parents during this significant time period for the church—would leave lasting impressions.
Who was Herbert W. Armstrong? What happened to the controversial church that he founded? The author of this ground-breaking new book answers these questions in a thorough investigation of the true history of the Worldwide Church of God from its humble beginnings to its ultimate breakup.
