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Gerald Flurry Biography

09.23.2009 · Posted in Home and Garden Articles

Gerald Flurry is the pastor general of the Philadelphia Church of *** and editor in chief of the Trumpet news magazine, which he began publishing in 1990. He is also founder and chairman of the Armstrong International Cultural Foundation, known for its cultural, charitable and humanitarian activities, and founder and chancellor of Herbert W. Armstrong College in Edmond, Oklahoma.nnGerald Flurry is a native Oklahoman born in Oklahoma City in 1935 to parents Clarence (deceased 1977) and Jicie (deceased 1997). He married Barbara Jean Brewer, September 5, 1964, and they had two children, Laura and Stephen. Barbara Flurry died in 2004 after suffering a ******.nnGerald Flurry became a member of the Worldwide Church of *** (WCG) in 1960 and graduated from Ambassador College in Pasadena, California, in 1970. He then worked for the churchs editorial department and wrote for the Plain Truth magazine before being ordained a minister in 1973.nnFor over 35 years he has remained in the ministry full time. Mr. Flurry served as a pastor in the Worldwide Church of *** until the church disowned its founder, Herbert Armstrong, and his teachings after his death in 1986.nnUpon witnessing the changes in church doctrine away from Mr. Armstrongs teachings, Mr. Flurry plunged into an intensive study of the Bible to seek the cause of the betrayal he was witnessing. The result was a manuscript titled Malachis Message to Gods Church Today. Originally written in the spring of 1989, when the new direction in the Worldwide Church of *** was, to many of its members, not very perceptible, the book was primarily intended to alert the ministry of the WCG as to what was really happening, and secondarily to alert the Church membership. When an early draft of the book was brought to the attention of WCG leadership in Pasadena, California, Gerald Flurry and his assistant, John Amos, were fired from their positions as WCG ministers. Mr. Flurry immediately founded the Philadelphia Church of *** on December 7, 1989 in Edmond, Oklahoma.nnAfter the Worldwide Church of *** ceased printing Armstrongs writing and existing supplies of his major works were exhausted, Mr. Flurry successfully defended the Philadelphia Church of Gods right to publish and freely distribute 19 of his works, obtained through a six-year legal battle against the WCG, which attempted to use the books own copyrights to keep them out of print.nnGerald Flurry has visited over 20 countries in such critical areas as the Middle East, South Africa, Europe and Asia, meeting with key international news analysts. He has authored over 30 books including Malachis Message to Gods Church Today, The *** Family Vision, and The Last Hour.nnAs presenter of the Key of David television program, which he began in 1993, Gerald Flurry examines world events in the light of Bible prophecy and proclaims the soon-coming return of Jesus Christ to Earth — to save mankind alive and usher-in the peaceful, happy, wonderful World Tomorrow. Through broadcast, print and personal appearance campaigns he also prophesies again in the tradition of Herbert W. Armstrong a sobering warning of the unprecedented world troubles just ahead, which will precede Christs second coming.

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