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Roderick C. Meredith - A Biographical Sketch

By Redfox

December 21 letter. Meredith leaves GCG with 80% of members
and form Living Church of God. Norman Edwards provides a
thoughtful critique of the split in Servants’ News, Jan/Feb 2000:
Continuing the Work of the Worldwide Church of God Part 2.
Ambassador Watch provides a brief summary of the event.
CESNUR Center for Studies on New Religions also provides a
brief article on the split, with links to many materials.
It is interesting that one of the justifications Meredith uses for his
rebellion against the Board in his first letter is that a non-
autocratic government is unable to get 'the gospel' preached and
only causes distractions from the church's primary mission and '
breeds CHAOS and confusion'. Has he forgotten all the pervasive
political in-fighting that occurred in HWA's WCG? At one point
he was even sent to exile in Hawaii for six months. Is that not
politics? That organization was always dictatorial, so according
to Meredith's apparent reasoning there would be no political in-
fighting because everyone knows where they belong and will only
commit themselves to completing their assigned missions. The
Ambassador Report tells a different account, it reveals an
organization of chaos and confusion, of political in-fighting, of
autocratic binges that caused a mountain of abuse and trauma for
the eternally abused flock. Is that not chaos and confusion? His
justification for dictatorship does not reflect reality.

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