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CHURCH OF GOD TIMELINES - Origin of Nations

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Church <strong>of</strong> God Timelines<br />

Date Event Source<br />

The publishing efforts <strong>of</strong> the Church <strong>of</strong> God was <strong>of</strong>ficially named the Church <strong>of</strong><br />

God Publishing House<br />

37. 1899 Official incorporation <strong>of</strong> the General Conference <strong>of</strong> the Church <strong>of</strong> God (seventh<br />

day) in Gentry County, Missouri<br />

Clarence O Dodd born<br />

38. 1900 Advent and Sabbath Advocate and Hope <strong>of</strong> Israel paper has its name changed to<br />

The Bible Advocate and Herald <strong>of</strong> the Coming Kingdom. The paper would later<br />

simply be known as The Bible Advocate.<br />

“Rome in Prophecy by Elder W.H. Littlejohn. Complete power to be restored to the<br />

Papacy in the near future. The true church about to be subjected to another terrible<br />

persecution. Italy the sixth head <strong>of</strong> the prophetic beast <strong>of</strong> Revelation 17. (And here<br />

was inserted a cut <strong>of</strong> the Seven-headed and Ten-horned Beast). This shows that<br />

way back at the turn <strong>of</strong> the Century someone felt that the Catholic Church would<br />

get back into power.”<br />

Merritt Dickinson accepts British-Israelism<br />

39. 1902 Of great interest to Church <strong>of</strong> God historians is that a Church <strong>of</strong> God, Seventh-day<br />

pastor residing in Auckland, New Zealand in the early twentieth century, wrote a 16<br />

page booklet on the subject with the title Begotten Again, or Born Again, Which?<br />

The entire booklet powerfully proclaims that the new birth occurs at the<br />

resurrection.<br />

Greenberry Rupert departs from the SDAs this year but does not join any other<br />

group.<br />

40. 1903 “Gilbert Cranmer dies at the White Cloud, Michigan, Sanitarium” [the Sanitarium<br />

belonged to the Church <strong>of</strong> God]<br />

41. 1904 GG Rupert starts the Church <strong>of</strong> God (Independent) about this year.<br />

42. 1905 Splits occur in Church <strong>of</strong> God<br />

The Bible Advocate, July-Aug 2013: 19<br />

History <strong>of</strong> the Church <strong>of</strong> God (Seventh Day) by John Kiesz, p.70<br />

History <strong>of</strong> the Church <strong>of</strong> God (Seventh Day) by John Kiesz, p.70<br />

A copy <strong>of</strong> this article may be found at www.friends<strong>of</strong>sabbath.org<br />

From www.journal.org<br />

CoG7 suffers in dispute over Bible Advocate editor W. C. Long Bible Advocate, April-May 2008<br />

43. 1906 Andrew F Dugger ordained a minister <strong>of</strong> CoG7<br />

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