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AC - Am bassador College ABC - Am bassador Bible Cent er, t raining school operat ed by UCG. ACD - Associat ion for Christ ian Developm ent , founded by Ken West by , and all t hat s left of t he 1974 break away Associat ed Chur ches of God. AI CF - Am bassador I nt ernat ional Cult ural Foundat ion, defunct WCG or ganizat ion. AJP - Albert J. Por tune, for m er business m anager and leading evangelist in WCG ASK - Associat ion for Script ural Knowledge, founded by ELM ( for m er ly FBR) . AU - Am bassador Univer sit y, t he shor t - lived accredit ed v ersion of AC

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BA - The Bible Advocat e, m agazine pr oduced by CG7 BCG - Biblical Chur ch of God. Defunct splint er group which separ at ed from WCG in t he lat e 70s. Founder Fr ed Coult er went on t o launch CBCG. BI - Br it ish I sr aelism BSA Bible Sabbat h Associat ion, dist ribut or of lit er at ure providing aw areness of t he sevent h- day Sabbat h. I t also publishes t he Sabbat h Sent inel m agazine

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CBCG - Christ ian Biblical Chur ch of God led by Fred Coult er aft er his init ial splint er , BCG, fell apart . CEG - GCG splint er group Chur ch of t he Et er nal God CEM - Christ ian Educat ional Minist ries, r un by RLD. CG7 - Church of God ( Sevent h Day) based in Denver. Also called COG7 CGE ( or COGE) - Church of God, The Et er nal founded by Raym ond Cole ( brot her of CWC) CGG - Chur ch of t he Gr eat God led by John Rit enbaugh. CGI - Church of God, I nt ernat ional. Founded by GTA CGOM - Chur ch of God Out reach Minist r ies. Made up m ainly of form er CGI m em ber s. COE - Council of Elders. COG - Church of God or Chur ches of God. A collect ive t erm for t he various

Sabbat ar ian splint ers. COG7 - see CG7 COG2 1 - Raym ond McNairs Church of God 21st Cent ur y COG- AI C - Church of God - An I nt er nat ional Com m unit y . Splint er of UCG led by UCGs first president , David Hulm e. COG- EI M - Chur ch of God - Est ablished in Modest o. Originally past or ed by Don Billingsley unt il he form ed COG- FF. COG- FF - Chur ch of God - Fait hful Flock - . Don Billingsley . COGW ( or COGWM) - Church of God Worldwide Minist r ies ( form erly Chur ches of God Wor ldwide) , a splint er fr om I CG. CW C - C. Wayne Cole, once a t op m inist er in WCG CW L Coworker Let t er

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D LA - Dav id L. Ant ion, anot her t op m inist er who separat ed in t he lat e 70s, and brot her in law t o GTA. D UB - Day s of Unleavened Br ead

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ECG - Et er nal Church of God ( Art Braidic) ELM - Ernest L. Mart in, influent ial dissident t heologian who founded FBR, t hen ASK.

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FBR ( see FN FOT - Foundat ion for Biblical Research, creat ed by t he lat e Ernest Mart in ELM) . Fait h Net wor ks, independent m inist ry associat ed wit h Guy Swenson. - Feast of Taber nacles

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G& S - Giving & Sharing a service offer ing free and discount books t o t he Chur ch of God. I t also produces regular Giving & Shar ing newslet t er s and t he Chur ch of God News. Posit iv e News of t he Churches of God. GTA - Gar ner Ted Ar m st rong, son of HWA GTAEA - Gar ner Ted Arm st rong Evangelist ic Associat ion, now run by Ted's son Mark GCG - Global Chur ch of God, t he original Meredit h splint er ( see LCG) GI F - Gr ace I nt er nat ional Fellowship, pr oposed nam e for t he WCG, quick ly dit ched in favour of GI C ( Gr ace I nt er nat ional Com m union) which was wisely also dit ched. GN - The Good News, a m em ber publicat ion for WCG m em bers ( out of

pr int ) , but also an out reach m agazine published by t he UCG ( in print ) GRF - Ger ry R. Flur ry , PG of t he PCG.

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H LH - Her m an L. Hoeh, WCGs for em ost scholar , aut hor of t he Com pendium of World Hist ory H W A - Herbert W. Ar m st rong

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I CG - I nt er cont inent al Church of God. Gat es second splint er aft er he left CGI

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JW T - Joseph W. Tkach. Com es in t wo flavour s, Senior & Junior. Bot h ascended t o t he office of PG in t he WCG and let t he Chur ch int o apost asy.

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LCG - Liv ing Chur ch of God, cr eat ed out of t he GCG led by RCM

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M OA - Myst ery of t he Ages. Final book by HWA M D - The Missing Dim ension. I nspir ed by HWA t it les such as The Missing Dim ension in Sex

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N TE - New Test am ent Evangelism . Cooper at ive COG group led by Guy Swenson, a for m er UCG m inist er .

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PCG - Philadelphia Church of God, led by Gerry Flur ry PG - Past or Gener al. Tit le given t o HWA and passed on t o his successors. Also used by GRF. PT - The Plain Tr ut h

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RCG - Rest or ed Church of God, a sm all splint er led by David Pack . Also Radio Chur ch of God, t he original nam e for t he WCG. RCM - Roder ick C Mer edit h. RFM - Raym ond F. McNair. An ev angelist - r ank m inist er RLD - Ronald L. Dart , long- t im e associat e of GTA and cur rent ly running CEM.

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SEP - Sum m er Educat ional Progr am . WCG Yout h cam ps. STP - Sy st em at ic Theology Proj ect .

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TCW - Twent iet h Cent ur y Wat ch, GTAs version of t he PT TJ The Jour nal, a per iodical of news of t he Churches of God TPM - Tr ium ph Prophet ic Minist ries, William Dankenbring's work TW - Tom orrows Wor ld. Tit le of a WCG co- worker m agazine t hat was lat er used by RCM

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UCG - Unit ed Church of God. Mor e pr operly known as UCGia. UCGia - Unit ed Church of God, an I nt ernat ional Associat ion.

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W CG - Worldwide Church of God. W N - Worldwide News, t abloid published by WCG. Now r e- t it led WCG Today . W N P - World News & Prophecy. UCG publicat ion t hat t ies in Bible pr ophecy wit h cur rent event s. W T World Tom orrow t elevision and radio program m es W W CG ( som et im es WWCOG) - Com m on but incor rect acr ony m s for WCG

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XCOG - ex Chur ch of God. YOU - Yout h Opport unit ies Unit ed. WCG Yout h program .