CHURCH OF GOD TIMELINES - Origin of Nations

Church of God Timelines
Date Event Source
Herman L Hoeh joins AC as does Raymond Cole
82. 1948 Raymond F McNair joins AC
Kenneth Herrmann joins AC
“Spring Vale Academy, a Church of God high school in Owosso, Michigan, opens
with twelve students. S. J. Kauer is the school's first principle.”
HWA accepts Assyrian origin of Germany around this time as far as I know
83. 1949 Roderick C Meredith joins AC as does Jack Elliott
Ambassador College Bulletin 1948/49 published (precursor of The Envoy)
“This division [in 1933] introduced sixteen years of stagnation in the Church. It
would not be repaired until the merger of 1949 and relocation of central offices to
Denver, Colorado, in 1950.”
RCG’s first million dollar budget announced during FOT
First edition of the BSA’s Sabbath Sentinel magazine published
84. 1951 HL Hoeh and Betty Bates first students to graduate from AC with a BA degree.
Hoeh also first elder to be ordained by HWA as far as we know.
C Paul Meredith joins AC about 1951 as do Burk McNair, Leroy Neff, C Wayne
Cole, Norman Smith
Good News magazine published (April).
The Envoy first published.
85. 1952 “The first five Evangelists ever ordained in the Work Mr Armstrong conducted were
all ordained together on the Sabbath of December 20, 1952 ... I was there and
vividly remember what happened.
First, Mr Armstrong ordained Herman Hoeh. Then, Mr (not Dr yet) Hoeh joined him
in laying hands on Raymond Cole. Then, they in turn laid hands on Richard David
Armstrong, then all together on my uncle Dr C. Paul Meredith and, finally, on me. I
was ordained last and least—as was fitting—since I was the newest person
coming to the Truth at that point and the youngest physically as well.
Then, six or seven weeks later, Mr Armstrong ordained Marion McNair and
Raymond McNair as Evangelists. He delayed in ordaining them because they had
not yet finished their required credits to graduate ...”
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From www.journal.org
Bible Advocate, June 2008
Roderick C. Meredith (2 Aug 2007 email to GRN).