CHURCH OF GOD TIMELINES - Origin of Nations

Church of God Timelines
Date Event Source
Friends of Sabbath founded by John Merritt and sponsors a 3 day seminar
December in San Antonio featuring the famous Dr Sam Bacchiocchi. It is known as
Jubilee 95
Christian Educational Ministries (CEM) formed by Ron Dart (Nov)
124. 1996 First ever sabbatarian conference held in Australia (Sydney) – Friends of the
Sabbath
International Bible Learning Center established by John Merritt and Don Ward
Plain Truth magazine ceases and Plain Truth Ministries established semiindependently
of WCG
Groups that emerge out of UCG that year are: Lon Lacey forms New Mexico
Regional Church of God; United Church of God, Birmingham (Ray Wooten);
Orlando Church of God (Rob Elliott)
“Nearly twenty Hispanic congregations, with key leaders, exit the Church [CoG7]
over political concerns.”
Several ministers and lay members met in Tulsa and formed the Churches of God
Information Centre (later known as COGM) (April)
AC Board of Regents votes to permanently close AC (Dec)
WCG joins National Association of Evangelicals
Barnabas Ministries started by Alan Ruth
125. 1997 GTA removed from Church of God, International
COGM’s New Horizons magazine V.1 No.1 issued (January)
Big Sandy campus closes in May – Ambassador University is closed down
permanently.
Tkach, jnr publishes Transformed by Truth
At the Conference in Wagoner, OK, the Churches of God Outreach Ministries
(CGOM) was formally launched. COGUK associated with this group (June).
Bible Advocate, Oct-Nov 2008
See the appendix A History of Ambassador University. Also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambassador_College
Ron Weinland forms The Church of God, Preparing for the Kingdom of God
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