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Roderick C. Meredith - A Biographical Sketch

By Redfox

1950s
1951: Junior. Transferred from Junior College, Joplin.
President of Student Council (2nd semester, 1951) (1951 Envoy,
p. 13). While at Ambassador College he is a roommate with
Herman Hoeh.
1952: President of Student Body and Senior Class 51-2.
Sports editor. The Good News. Interested in lawn and table
tennis. (1952 Envoy, p. 11). Gradually accepts ’call’ to ministry
(PT June 1960, p.4. ).

December, Herman Hoeh, Raymond Cole, Richard David
Armstrong, C. Paul Meredith and Roderick C. Meredith are
ordained as Evangelists in that order. (Worldwide News, January
2, 1978, ' Evangelists Honored on 25th Anniversary', p. 1).

LCG often emphasizes that Meredith was one of the first ordained
Evangelists in order to assert his legitimacy as successor to HWA.
See their 'about us' page on the LCG website ('Roderick C.
Meredith...was one of the original evangelists ordained by the late
Herbert W. Armstrong in December 1952'). How can seniority of
ordination be a valid principle of succession? If it was then we

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