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The Ekklesia Compendium of 550 697 759 784 796 821 Essential Worldwide Church of God Words and Phrases

That is 666 plus 155.

"A" thru "N" this page.

"O" thru "Z" click here.

Compiled by Glenn Parker

From the great members of the Ekklesia! email list and its Founder, Bill Ferguson, the following painful memories of the Cult.

(This list cannot be used to start your own cult. You have to make up your own stupid stuff. If you control the language, you control the people.) My comments in BLUE. Ed

From: "A SHORT REVIEW OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH INTO CULTS" by Jeff Jacobsen "6. LOADING THE LANGUAGE. "The most far-reaching and complex of human problems are compressed into brief, highly reductive, definitive-sounding phrases, easily memorized and easily expressed" (p.429). A.) Used to mark membership in the group; you "know the lingo". B.) Constricts thought by dismissing problems through cliches. For example, "John is a `lukey'" (meaning a lukewarm christian) answers all necessary questions about why John doesn't pay tithes, even though he prayed fervently to God about his terminally ill daughter and believed that God allowed him to use all his resources for a hopeful operation." New On 8/30/98 !!?!! [also with scattered UNDERLINING and CAPS!!!] A car is a bedroom on wheels [Garner Ted Armstrong's reason single church members couldn't have a car] At one ment Coming out of Spiritual Egypt Day of Atonement Fasting and prayer Feast attendance Filthy lucre [why didn't they have a hand washing service?] Foot washing service From Genesis to Revelation Humble yourselves before God [or we can publicly humiliate you] If any man shall add to these things, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book [it would be nice, if true] New Covenant (Christian, etc.) Old Covenant (Christian, laws, etc.) Passover service Stand in the Holy Place The better resurrection The first five books of the Bible [the law] The first four books of the New Testament [the gospel] The Law, the prophets, and the writings Throne of David Today's offering was $$,$$$.$$, $$.$$ per person Pray at least half an hour per day Pray three times daily Spiritually hot [I certainly feel burned!] Older Alphabetical Listing Below 1 800 423 4444 1/3 of the Bible is prophesy 12 - the number of organized beginnings 1-800-423-4444 (WATS line number) 1-800-faw-23-faw-faw-faw-faw (David Hulme's version of the WATS line #) 19 year time cycle 1927 1934 1972 - the year the church would flee 1975 - the year Christ would return 1975 In Prophecy 2T (second tithe) 3T (third tithe) 40 - the number of trials 40,000 - number of confused, hurt, depressed ex-WCGers sitting at home 6 - the number of man 666 7 - the number of completion or perfection 7,000 year plan 8 million a month circulation A bowl of spiders...(the receiver's description of the Worldwide Church of God) A crisis in the Work A doorkeeper in the Kingdom Abhor Abhor yourself Abomination AC (Ambassador College) AC depicts the colleges of the World Tomorrow AC students (a privileged class of human beings) Against The Gates of Hell (a book by Stanley Rader) AICF (Ambassador International Cultural Foundation) All together now! All your righteousness is as filthy rags...(you are scum and don't forget it) Always buy the best quality you can afford Ambassador College Ambassador College is the happiest place on earth. (HWA) Ambassador College students are the happiest students on earth. (HWA) Ambassador for world peace Ambassador Foundation Ambassador quality Ambassador Report (Thanks, John) Ambassador University Ambassador Without Portfolio America Listen Campaign America Listen!! An open door Ananias and Saphira And greetings friends around the world! Anointed cloth Approved by Headquarters Around the rugged rock...(and all the other stupid vocal exercises) Art Gilmore (announcer for radio and TV shows, and tapes) Ask yourself, "Would Herbert Armstrong behave like this? " Attack speech Authority Autobiography Azazel Azel goat Babe in Christ Babylon Mystery Religion Babylon The Great Back on the track Back on Track Backsliding Bad attitude Balderdash Basketball - THE game at AC (NBA = Nobody But Ambassador) Battle of Armageddon (not the Bruce Willis movie) Be ready always to give an answer Beast with 7 heads and 10 horns Become a light Beep! Wrong Again. Sermon by Joe Jr. about how they really weren't changing anything. Begotten, not yet born Best Feast Ever Best feast yet Between the two evenings Bible bag Bible baseball Big Beak ...nothing but good clean, wholesome entertainment Big Sandy Big Sandy Blessings and cursing. Blessings so great you would not be able to receive them. Blood up to the horses' reins Blow the dust off your Bible Bobby Fisher (former world chess champ & former Worldwide Church of God disciple) Bombastic Booklets Booth City Box 111 Brethren Bricket Wood BS (Bible Study) BS (Big Sandy) Build character Build holy, righteous character Building fund Building iron bridges between nations By fiat (e.g., "God cannot create holy character by fiat.") CAD (Church Administration Department) Call for anointing Called Camping in the Piney Woods Can A Christian Raise Dogs and Tithe On The Income?(actual article "Yes") Canaanites Captain of 10, 50, 100 Carbon dating Carnal Cayenne pepper - used for medicinal purposes Century of 19-year time cycles Charles Dorothy Charles F. Hunting Check your brains at the door Children shall be their oppressors and women shall rule over them. Chosen Christ is the Head Christ was ready to return in 1975 but WE weren't ready Church "A" Team; "B" Team; "C" Team Church literature Churchianity Circumcision (not REALLY required but strongly encouraged) CIS (Computer Information Systems - formerly DPC) Clean Jell-O CO (conscientious objector) Cognitive dissonance Combined services Come out of the world Commit this service into your hands Conscientious objector letter-writing sermonette Consider the ant, o sluggard... Converted Coruscating Coruscating, scintillating, bombastic table topics Counseling for baptism Count the cost Counterfeit religion Courier Insurance Coworker Coworker letter Creation demands a Creator. D&R (divorce and remarriage doctrine) Deacon and deaconess Dead woodpeckers laying all over the forest floor (anti-evolution) Deceived by Satan (first of two reasons for disagreement with HWA) Deceived person doesn't know he's deceived Decently and in order Del Mar Boulevard De-leavening Demon possessed Dick Disfellowship Disfellowshipped and marked Dissident Dissident literature District softball tournament Do NOT attempt to make festival housing arrangements on your own. Don't believe me, believe your Bible! Don't look back. Double Sabbath Double services Downfall of Western society DPC (Data Processing Center) Drinking from the spiritual fountain Drive you to your knees Drought, famine and pestilence will hit the U.S. in 3 to 5 years! Dual nature of prophecy Dumb sheep Earthquakes in diverse places Eddie Koo (AC Pasadena barber, discount jeweler and YO-YO champ) Egypt - a type of sin El Mundo de Manana Emulate End-time prophecy Ephraim and Manasseh Eunuch for the work Evangelist Everest House Publishing Company Every one of the Ten Commandments was in force before Moses. Evolution Exacerbate Exactly 72 hours in the grave Examine yourself. Excess second tithe Faculty row (housing in Pasadena and Big Sandy) Faith without works is dead [so do your works by sending us money on faith] Family prayer Famine of the word Famine of the word Father.....Father........Father.......Father.......Father....Etc. (Lasting from two minutes to eternity. The opening or closing prayer.) Feast Ad Building Feast chain Feast dance Feast days Feast fever! Feast gift Feast of Booths Feast of Booze [Garner Ted Armstrong: "Whatsoever your heart desires... Strong drink, That's Booze, Brethren!" Fellows and girls Fellowship Fellowship with the brethren Ferret-faced fink Fervent prayer Festival advisor Festival planner Field ministers Final prayer [isn't that just a chilling thought!] Fine Israel [as opposed to fine China--another Watermouth aberration.] First color edition of the PT First fruits First resurrection First tithe Flee fornication (except for HWA and Garner Ted Armstrong) Fleeing Fleet car Follow me into the Kingdom of God! Foot washing basin For where your treasure is there your heart will be also. (Fund Raising) Foretaste of the World Tomorrow FOT (Feast of Tabernacles) Four Great Mandates Fox's Book of Martyrs Franz Joseph Straus Friday Night Bible Study Fringer Gag-a-maggot Get back to the trunk of the tree Get converted Get over it. Get the point?!! Ghastly (the word that inspired the creation of this list) Give until it hurts! GN (the Good News Magazine, for members only most of the time) God can raise up rocks [used in association with, "I can start this Work all over again with my eight Japanese Sons!" and similar threats.] God chose ME!!! (HWA's credentials.) God gave you to me. (HWA to Dorothy) God had the computer invented so the Church could handle its mailing list God helps those who help themselves [Herbert certainly did!] God is going to spank, and He's going to spank HARD! God is not the author of confusion. God is reproducing Himself God likes quality. God loves a cheerful giver God names things what they are! (e.g. Armstrong = Strong Arm) God places you in the body where he wants you (so don't complain) God works in families. God's People God's Apostle God's chosen people God's Church God's Feasts God's Minister God's people God's plan of salvation God's protection God's sacred calendar - handy wallet version God's true Church God's way of ... (doing whatever) Gospel OF Christ, not ABOUT Christ Gossip Government from the top down Government of God Graduate ghetto (where most AC grads lived after graduation) Great falling away (you are dead meat if you leave the Worldwide Church of God) Great unseen hand from somewhere Great White Throne Judgment Green Street Growing in grace and knowledge...(forget grace, obey HWA) GTA- Garner Ted Armstrong , son of Herbvert Garner Ted Armstrong has a special calling from God. (& is therefore exempt from the rules) Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle (sound of Americans on German meathooks;Rod Meredith) Hag Sameakh (Hebrew corrupted to mean "Happy Feast") Harmony at Headquarters Has Time Been Lost? (It sure has you bastards! You stole our lives.) Hat pin test Headquarters Headquarters Church Heathen Help-meet Herbert Armstrong Chair (Endowed chair at USC School of Law) Herbert Armstrong was not the church. (Hoeh at HWA's funeral.) Yes he was. Here a little, there a little...(how to construct doctrines) Hidden for nineteen hundred years High Holy Day(s) History written in advance Hitler is alive and is living somewhere in South America Hold up the hands of the apostle Holding up Mr. Armstrong's arms Holy Day(s) Holy Days Holy days absence forms Home Economics (THE major for AC female students) Honey - a medicinal salve Honey - an acceptable sweetener, if "pure" Honey Bears House of Israel House of Judah How did you first hear about *The Truth*, or *The Church*? HQ HQ (aka Headquarters, Pasadena) Human instrument Human Potential Magazine Husbands and wives will be a team in the Kingdom of God. HWA - Herbert W. Armstrong, founder of Worldwide Church of God (AKA "Herbvert") HWA has a special calling from God. (& is therefore exempt from the rules) HWA's dad had a beautiful baritone voice. HWA's Japanese sons Hypocrites I AM Ambassador College!!! I AM NOT A PROPHET!! (HWA in Jan. 1972 after church did not flee) IB (Imperial Brat) IBM 360 (WCG's first "big" computer) IBM 370/158 (WCG's first big computer upgrade - very difficult project) If a man seeks relief he should sleep on his back. If a man swallows a marble... If I pinch you, would you feel it? (not yet born again) If you can prove a doctrine once you can prove it twice If you don't like it, there's the door! Immanuel Velikovsky Immunization exemption forms Immutable, unchangeable Imperial Schools Inclusive reasoning / exclusive reasoning (how to count days) Inculcate Inductive/deductive reasoning Inspired Inspired margins Internalize Internet Lies INVITED to services (only by the ministers, of course) It happened at the Feast. (some sin, especially THAT one) It is the MISUSE of (whatever) that is a sin It's God's money Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Japanese Diet [Ruling body, although, after Herbert was there, his eight Japanese sons probably did have to diet!] Jerusalem time Jeykle Island Jezebel - whore, vanity, what HWA called women who wore makeup Job and I (why I too am self-righteous) Joe A. C. Josephus Judgmental Junk Mail (mail from kooks, crazies and possibly possessed people) King Leopold III Kingdom of God in embryo form Kosher Ladies only on verse three. Lady's Night Lake of Fire Land Sabbath Laodecian Last Great Day Leaven - a type of sin Leavened Bread Lemon juice - used for medicinal purposes Lest he smite the earth with a curse [Well, didn't we get Hitler, J. Edgar Hoover, and Herbert Armstrong?] Let go, Let God Let's all SING OUT! Liberals & intellectuals Like a brand plucked out of the fire... (there is hope for Garner Ted Armstrong) Like a dog returns to his vomit Local church Loma Loner Looking forward to a steak dinner (Always said by a local elder trying to interject some levity into an otherwise dry and boring Atonement service.) Los Angeles should be ashamed that it has a black mayor! (Rod Meredith) Lose your crown Lost century of church history Lost sheep of the House of Israel Lost Ten Tribes of the House of Israel Lot's wife Love is an outgoing concern Lukewarm Magnify the office of the apostle Mail Report (weekly summary of volume of mail and money received) Make a joyful noise Makeup - is NOT OK. Makeup - is OK. Man didn't fall, Satan did. Man is a God-plane being Man will never go to the moon and return safely. (HWA) Managing Your Personal Finances (triple tithes plus offerings) Marked Marked from the pulpit Mat training Melchizedek priesthood Member Member letter MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN Millennium Ministerial Assistant (once mistakenly abbreviated as Ministerial Ass.) Ministerial material (a most illusive substance) MISTER...(whoever) Modern day Israelites Modern-day Elijah Monkey pus (derisive term for inoculations or medicine in general) Moses' seat Mothers' Room Moving crew MPC (Mail Processing Center) Mr Belshaw (brave, intelligent, honest man who, in 1933, urged HWA to "preach Christ and Him crucified.") Mt. Pocono (SP?) My name is Rod, not God - yet. (Roderick C. Meredith) Nave's Topical Bible Neglect your calling Nematodes (anti-evolution) Never before understood Never change a winning game - Always change a losing game. (Big Bill Tilden) New moons - definitely NOT to be observed New truth News Stand program Nineteen year time cycle NMH (needs more hormones - why male students were rejected) Noah will be in charge of relocating the races after Christ's return. Not giving even the appearance of evil. Not many mighty Not many wise men now are called (because the wise would recognize the con and have nothing to do with "God's Church".) Now you'll notice that's written in italics. NTBMO (Night To Be Much Observed) More: "O" thru "Z" click here. If you have anything you would like to submit to this site, or any comments, email me at: CLICK HERE FOR EMAIL ADDRESS. Back to "Painful Truth" menu. Copyright The content of this site, including but not limited to the text and images herein and their arrangement, are copyright (c) 1997-2001 by The Painful Truth All rights reserved. Do not duplicate, copy or redistribute in any form without the prior written consent. Disclaimer