1990 Letter to Flurry

Below is documentation of the FIRST Laodicean warning given to the Worldwide Church of God. This message still stands today as the only one correctly—biblically—delivered to God’s people.

Flurry seized these writings as his own—as coming to him “out of the blue!” To scare people into not seriously questioning how he arrived at his message and to thwart any rivals who could challenge him, he used the oldest tricks in the book–claiming an angel specially delivered the message to him personally. À la Joseph Smith with Mormonism.

You will easily find that the ideas that Flurry plagiarized from the seven scrolls (The Letter to Laodicea). Regardless of the outright plagiarism, there is the heinous use of truth by Flurry to start up his own church. What Mr. Dervaes wrote and first delivered over the period of 1986-1988 in writings and then from 1988-1991 on the streets, Flurry abused by trying to legitimize godless rebellion—a coup in the name of God. The important issue is that he, preying on the helpless, insidiously manipulated God’s truth and was the first to divide God’s people, thereby opening the floodgates for continuing schism. If Malachi’s Message were truly from God, then it wouldn’t have advocated another government. God does not—He cannot—bless division.

Man’s laws there are loopholes, but in God’s court He will have all the evidence. That is the ONLY court that matters.

I. Registered receipts for letters (”scrolls”): First, Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh (all original drafts on file).
—plus Joseph Tkach’s Sr. signature for first letter; the 1990 letter to Gerald Flurry
Please note: The fifth letter (Stabbed in the Back) was sent to Mr. Tkach, but not as registered mail.

II. After sending Joseph Tkach Sr. the preview of the first letter (A Good News Letter)
—Larry Salyer’s response (12/23/86)

III. After sending Joseph Tkach Sr. the second letter (Now, the Last Era)
—David Hunsberger’s response (3/3/87)

IV. After sending out the first, second, and third letters to Ambassador College faculty
—Arthur Suckling’s response (4/28/87)

V. Number of people sent warning message directly:
—Ministers: 237*
—Members: approximately 479
* Not including those staff members in worldwide PT and GN field offices.

Number of ministers and members who received the message indirectly:
Many, many thousands, as there were three intervening FOT which naturally afforded plenty of opportunity for these ideas to be spread through personal exchanges.
—Feast of Tabernacles: 1987, 1988, 1989

VI. Gerald Flurry’s home state reached by mail FOT (1988) through requests.
(All addresses on file)

OKLAHOMA
Number of Mailings - City:
1 - Avant
4 - Broken Arrow
1 - Catoosa
1 - Claremore
1 - Coweta
1 - Glenpool
2 - Owasso
3 - Sand Springs
1 - Tahlequah
12 - Tulsa

VII. Receipts for Tyler Telegraph and Longview News-Journal newspaper ad. (Also witnessed in person at Big Sandy on Last Day of Unleavened Bread, April 1989.)

—Newspaper AD tearsheet

VIII. Malachi’s Message - the “lost page” of the original 1990 version that is mentioned in Mr. Dervaes’s letter to Gerald Flurry in September 1990 which said that Dr. Hoeh “stated that the Church of God has entered into the Laodicean era….”

DURING 1987-88

– BUT ONLY AFTER PASTOR GENERAL TKACH
FAILED REPEATEDLY IN HIS BIBLICAL
(AND PERSONAL) RESPONSIBILITY –
All these evangelists, pastors, local elders, deacons, and PT/GN writers, etc., received (subject to error in mailings, etc.) one or more mailings sent to their home address or office.

* Indicates that the minister’s ADDRESS was not known; therefore, the literature was sent to a member in his congregation with a written request to forward it to that minister by name.

Note: Additionally, other pastors whose NAMES were not known were also sent the literature by sending it to a member with a request to forward it.

All names for unsolicited scrolls (excluding personal friends) were obtained from the Church’s The Worldwide News — from the announcement and local church news sections. Then the addresses were found in the state phone directories at public libraries.

“Oh, my anguish, my anguish!  I writhe in pain.  Oh, the agony of my heart!  My heart pounds within me, I cannot keep silent.  For I have heard the sound of the trumpet; I have heard the battle cry.” Jeremiah 4:19

189 MESSAGES
of Faith, of Hope, and of Love
Delivered to the Lost
Worldwide Church of God
by Signs on the Street

A BRAIN DEAD
WCG MEMBER IS
NO MEMBER AT ALL

WCG SCOFFERS—
YOU ARE PROVING JUDE, PETER & HWA RIGHT

A DOG RETURNS
TO ITS VOMIT
1. MAKE-UP
2. BIRTHDAYS
3. WORLD CLUBS
4. VOTING ARE THERE NO WCG DAVIDS TO FACE THIS SIX-FOOT GOLIATH?

SHAKING IN
THEIR BOOTS ARE
KING T & HIS ARMY! YOU CAN’T JUST SIGN
ON THE DOTTED LINE
TO BE IN THE KINGDOM

LAUGH IF YOU WILL—
YOU WILL ONLY
DIE LAUGHING DUALITY—
JERUSALEM
DEVOURS
 HER CHILDREN

HAVING A PIECE
 OF THE ROCK—CHRIST—
IS THE SUREST WAY
TO DIE! THIS IS
THE PLAIN TRUTH:
THE KINGDOM IS
NOW AT HAND

WHEN YOU THINK
YOU’VE FOUND GOD—
YOU HAVE NOT!

ASK FOR THE OLD PATHS AND WALK IN IT
BUT THEY SAID…
JER 6:16

JWT SERVES YOU
BUT NOT GOD—
GOD GAVE ME THIS
U S A OF SAFETY DO YOU HAVE
ALL TRUTH?
SO YOU—NOT JESUS—
MUST BE GOD
IN THE FLESH

HWA’S CHILDREN
SHOULD BELIEVE
THE SAME THING
HE BELIEVED ONE DAY YOU WILL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR
NOT HAVING THE GUTS
 TO QUESTION SIN

WE DON’T SEE
 THE BLOOD ON
 OUR OWN HANDS HWA’S BLIND SPOT
WAS TO TRUST JWT—
TKACH’S GROUP
 TOOK OVER THE WCG
 IN A COUP

TO TURN AWAY—–
THE LIGHT MUST BE
BLINDING YOU! FOR YOU TO TURN AWAY—THE LIGHT
 OF JESUS MUST BE BLINDING TO YOU

YOU COWARDS
 REFUSE TO STAND UP TO AND REJECT
 THE COUP PLOTTERS

GOD IS NOT TO BE USED AS YOUR PACIFIER

I SEE A CHURCH
WISE IN ITS OWN EYES
PROV 26:12 & 26 ANYBODY READ THE MYSTERY OF THE AGES LATELY?
WHAT HAPPENED TO
 YOU—YOU LOOK
LIKE THE WORLD

THE CHURCH IS
TO HOLD GOD’S PLACE
NOT TAKE IT! THE BIBLE IS A
DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD—
DO YOU FEEL IT?

WHERE IS HWA’S DOCTRINE OF THE SEVEN ERAS? YOUR APPROACH
TO SEEKING TRUTH
IS TO RUN AWAY

YOU’RE FEELING HAUGHTY NOW
BUT WHAT WILL YOU
SAY IN 3 YEARS? NOW TKACH SHOWS
HIS TRUE COLORS

DON’T LOOK
DON’T LISTEN—
DIE!

GOD DOESN’T
TRUST TKACH—
 WHY DO YOU?

TKACH HAS TAKEN AWAY YOUR MEMORY AND
YOU ARE ROOTLESS AS YOU DID STAB HWA—
SO NOW ARE OTHERS
STABBING YOU TKACH!

SHOW ME IN THE BIBLE
WHERE I AM WRONG…
JUST LIKE I’VE BEEN
SHOWING YOU! THE MOST HIGH DOES NOT LIVE IN A CHURCH RUN BY MEN

GOD IS OBLIGATED
ONLY TO WARN YOU—
NOT TO RESCUE YOU WCG—A CHURCH WISE
IN ITS OWN EYES

YOU WERE TO BUILD
ON THE APOSTLE’S FOUNDATION—NOT DEMOLISH IT BIT BY BIT
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE
TO PROVE ME WRONG?
LOOK IN THE BIBLE
TO CHECK THE BIBLE

THE JEWS WHO KEPT
THE HOLY SABBATH
KILLED JESUS

SHOW ME IN THE BIBLE
WHERE I AM WRONG

WHAT ARE YOU
 AFRAID OF?
AFRAID TO LOOK? SATAN SAVED
HIS TRUMP CARD
 FOR THE LAST—
TO GET YOU!

YOU GO BACKWARDS! WCG IS TOO SOPHISTICATED
TO ACCEPT A MESSAGE
OFF THE STREETS

PRAY THAT SOMEONE
INSIDE THE LAODICEAN CHURCH OF GOD WILL SOW DISCORD PLEASE! ONLY TREE CLIMBERS
NEED CALL

WE ARE IN MORTAL DANGER (QUOTE HWA) CHECK OUT
GN 8/79 PAGE 27 GOD DOESN’T REWARD
A COWARD—
TKACH JUMPS SHIPS AND IS ONE PLAIN
OLD DESERTER

THE CHURCH
DOES NOT WANT JESUS TO RETURN—HE WILL SPOIL THEIR FUN

TRUTH IS NEVER OBSOLETE!

TO BE A TRUTH SEEKER
MEANS YOU
DON’T HAVE IT GOD HAS HIGHER STANDARDS
THAN MR. TKACH

YOU STIFF NECKED PEOPLE—
 YOU KEEP ON BACKSLIDING WHAT MAKES THE WCG
ANY DIFFERENT
FROM OT ISRAEL?
ONLY 2000 YEARS!

LUCIFER ALSO LED
THE GOV’T OF GOD
ON THE EARTH WCG CANNOT
SAVE YOU—
ONLY CHRIST CAN

YOU VULTURES
GATHER TO FEED
 ON THE CARCASS! GOD HAS HIDDEN
THESE TRUTHS FROM YOU WISE ONES

YOU’VE BEEN LIVING
OFF HWA’S RESIDUAL
BLESSINGS—YOU ARE
JUST DYING S L 0 W L Y!

GOD GAVE ME
THIS PLACE OF SAFETY

I AM SAFE HERE
 FLYING ON
 THE TWO WINGS
OF USA EAGLE PLEASE FOLLOW HWA
SEEK TRUTH
LOVE ALL MEN

SCARED BOYS
USE SKIRTS OF MAMA
TO HIDE BEHIND! GOD’S APOSTLE COMMANDED
NO MAKE-UP PERIOD!

AMBASSADOR COLLEGE
TELLS THE WORLD
TO REPENT
BUT IT DOESN’T EVEN THE ELECT
CAN BE DECEIVED—
LOOK IN THE BIBLE

THE PT HAS ITS HEAD
IN THE SAND CHILDREN PLEASE
WHY DON’T YOU EXPLAIN THE STORY OF GEN 27 TO YOUR PARENTS?

SEE A CHURCH WISE
IN HER OWN EYES PROVERBS 26

WHY DON’T YOU MEET ME ON MT. CARMEL?

YOUR FEASTS
 ARE A DISASTER—
 GOD HATES
 YOUR PARTYING HWA WAS FOOLED BY GTA, BY RADER,
BY DEAN, BY TKACH & CO AND YOU!

JOE TKACH AND YOUR
AMBASSADOR SS TROOPS WHO ARE BESIEGING
GOD’S CHURCH
OF NEW JERUSALEM   OUR ARMY
 REPLIES TO YOU:
 “N U T S!”

DO YOU HAVE CHRIST?
WELL THEN YOU’VE
JUST GOT A GOD
IN YOUR IMAGE HWA WAS FOOLED BY
1. HIS OWN SON
2. RADER
3. DEAN
4. TKACH, HOEH & CO
AND ALL YOU FAKERS

PAUL AND PETER KNEW
THE DANGER COMES FROM WITHIN—
 BUT YOU DON’T!
APPLY 2 PETER 2 TODAY WHERE’S MR. TUFFGUY?
YOU CAN RUN
BUT CANNOT HIDE

DOES YOUR ’90 WCG HAVE ALZHEIMER’S—
OR AMNESIA? NO!
 YOU HAVE REBELLED!

DOES ANYONE KNOW
HOW TO USE THE BIBLE?

I SOW TRUTH
NOT DISCORD—
I DO NOT HIDE
 IN ANONYMITY DIDN’T ELIJAH SOW DISCORD—
JOHN THE BAPTIST
JEREMIAH
ETC, ETC?

YOUR YEAR IS TO BE
THE WORST EVER! DO NOT DISTURB—
THE WCG IS RESTING
PEACEFULLY

YOUR WALLS
WILL CRASH—
BE TORN DOWN
  A CHRISTIAN WHO
STOPS GROWING IS NOT A CHRISTIAN AT ALL

TRUTH BEFORE UNITY
SEEK TRUTH AND
LOVE ALL MEN GOOD ANGELS WERE LOYAL AND OBEYED
AND BECAME DEMONS

UNITY IN ERROR
MEANS ALL WILL FALL TOGETHER

UNITY AFTER TRUTH
YOU BOW DOWN
TO Y 0 U- NITY!

SABBATH KEEPING
 IS NOT A ROPE
 AROUND GOD’S NECK CHECK SUNDAY PAPERS FOR MY TRIBUTE
 TO HWA

READ APRIL 30
LONGVIEW JOURNAL
 & TYLER TELEGRAPH BLESSINGS COME
FROM THE LORD
BUT YOU BOW TO
AND WORSHIP JWT

BEST FEAST EVER?
CA 6.9 (EARTHQUAKE)
JERRY & HUGO (HURRICANES) LAST DAY OF U B (4/26)
AT BIG SANDY TEXAS
7 REQUEST CALLS

ALL NEWS MEDIA PROVE I AM CORRECT—
 FOR A YEAR I’VE KNOWN WHAT THE BEAST SYSTEM WAS JWT IS NOT FOLLOWING
IN HWA’S FOOTSTEPS

WE ARE DEDICATED
 TO CARRY ON
HWA’S LIFE’S WORK

SLEEPING WCG USES GOD AS ITS PACIFIER

PLEASE DISTURB AMBASSADOR COLLEGE!
SHE IS SOUND ASLEEP THIS HOLY SEASON, PLEASE REMEMBER
 MR. ARMSTRONG—
WHAT HE TAUGHT

J-W-T TRICKED BLIND AND DYING HWA
TO GET THE BLESSING BARNABAS WAS LED
ASTRAY BY PETER

ARE YOU SO RICH
THAT YOU DO NOT NEED MORE TRUTH? THE BIBLE IS FULL OF
REALLY WEIRD PERSONS

WHAT MAKES YOU
SO DIFFERENT
FROM O T ISRAEL? WCG PRAYS
THANKING GOD
 SHE IS NOT
 LIKE SINNERS
LUKE 18:11

WE ARE
THE WORLDWIDE
CHURCH OF GOD
 OF 1986—BUILT ON
THE VERY SAME FOUNDATION!

WE ARE THE 1990
REMNANT OF JUDAH!

FOR YOU TKACHITES
YOUR FEAST IS GOING TO BE THE WORST EVER! GOD WILL REIGN—
HE WILL RAIN ON
YOUR PARADE TKACH!

AT LEAST THE PROPHETS OF BAAL ANSWERED
THE CHALLENGE! SIN IS SIN EPH 2:20
HWA DEFINED AND
JWT CAN’T REDEFINE

THE PLAIN TRUTH IS YOU SHOULD DROP HWA’S NAME AS FOUNDER IN PT!
 WHY NOT BE HONEST?
  ACROSS THE WAY IS
THE SYNAGOGUE
OF SATAN REV 3:9

I MAY LOOK, ACT,
TALK LIKE A WOLF
 BUT THE REAL ONES
ARE THE SHEEPY
TKACHES HIDING IN WCG THE CHURCH IS NOT
THE KINGDOM OF GOD

I BELIEVE H W A
I FOLLOW H W A
I TEACH H W A

JESUS CHOSE JUDAS
AND HWA CHOSE TKACH BOTH CHOICES
LED TO BETRAYAL

AMBASSADOR PRODUCES
 $YCOPHANT$ 2 + 2 ≠ 5
  I KNOW THAT
HWA WAS ALIVE

A CHURCH
WITH ALL THE ANSWERS MUST PINCH ITSELF A CHRISTIAN
 WHO STOPS GROWING
 IS NOT ONE AT ALL

HOW ARE YOU SUFFERING TODAY CHRISTIAN? Y-0-U DESPISE HIM
 WHO TELLS YOU
THE TRUTH
  AMOS 5:10

FORCEFUL MEN
LAY HOLD
 OF THE K 0 G
NOT WIMPS! LOOK HOW SMART
 YOU ARE—NOT EVEN USING THE BIBLE!

SURE I AM CRAZY
AND SO WAS NOAH
UNTIL IT BEGAN TO RAIN

I CAN EXPLAIN
REVELATION 3:9
YOU CAN’T

ON THE STREETS
BY NEW JERUSALEM
AT THE GATE OF THE SPIRITUAL TEMPLE
WHICH IS THE CHURCH FOR GOD’S PEOPLE/
NEW TESTAMENT ISRAEL
I LIFT UP A BANNER

DON’T PRAY—OBEY
OBEY GOD! GOD IS
NOT ON OUR SIDE
STOP TAKING
HIS NAME IN VAIN

DOGS RETURN
TO THEIR VOMIT:
DOCTORS, MAKE-UP, BIRTHDAYS
& WORLD CLUBS TKACH—YOUR COUP
WILL COLLAPSE
CHRIST WILL RETURN
TO RECLAIM
HIS GOVERNMENT

AS WITH SAUL
GOD ALLOWS TKACH
TO RULE IN ORDER
TO TRAIN DAVIDS! WHY NOT AT LEAST
BE HONEST AND SCRATCH HWA’S NAME AS FOUNDER
OF YOUR CHURCH?

THE WCG
WON’T BE ABLE
TO CRUISE
 TO THE KINGDOM

THE BRAIN DEAD WCG’ER IS
NO MEMBER AT ALL

A WAIT AND SEE
FARMER STARVES!
A WAIT AND SEE GENERAL LOSES!
A WAIT AND SEE CHRISTIAN DIES! WATCH TKACH
SEE HIM PURGE HWA
A LA STALIN

WE’RE THE 1
AND THE SAME
WCG OF 1986—
LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT! TKACH—
YOUR GROUP
IS DYING
WATCH ALBERT & CO!

ONE DAY JWT’S PARTY
WILL BE OVER
AND YOU’LL BE FACING
THE MUSIC ALONE SINCE THE CAT DIED
IN 1986, THE MICE ARE
NOW RUNNING WILD

THE WHOLE WORLD
IS DECEIVED
AND THAT MEANS
  ALL OF US OUR WAY IS NOT GOD’S
AND WE ARE BLIND

NOT CHANGING HIS BELIEFS, MANDELA MAKES TKACH LOOK LIKE SOME STOOGE

A SMALL VOICE
 SPEAKS OUT—
EMPEROR TKACH
HAS NO CLOTHES ON!

IT WON’T BE LONG NOW!
GOD REJECTED YOU—JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE! FOUR YEARS AGO
MINISTERS WERE
KISSING UP
 TO HWA’S BOOKS
 WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

NO MAN OR GROUP
 IS THE WAY
ONLY CHRIST IS THERE’S MORE
 TO CHRIST
THAN MEETS THE I

WOULD YOU’VE
NAILED CHRIST
 FOR HIS DIFFERENCE? WOE TO YOU
 WHO LAUGH NOW
 LUKE 6:25

JWT HAS
CASTRATED MINISTERS
  ARE ANY MEN LEFT
 IN YOUR WIMPY CG? NO CHURCH OWNS GOD WOE TO YOU BUYERS

YOU HAVE REJECTED GOD AND CHOSEN
 TO OBEY TKACH INSTEAD!

THIS ROYAL CHURCH
HAS NO CLOTHES ON REVELATION 3:17

SABBATH KEEPERS MAKE GOOD HYPOCRITES DANGER—
OPEN MIND!

THE USA EAGLE
HAS 2 WINGS,
 2 FREEDOMS—
SPEECH AND RELIGION! MAY I PLEASE WASH
YOUR FEET MR. TKACH?

FATHER PLEASE
FORGIVE US
FOR OUR SILENCE THIS CHURCH WHICH BEARS MY NAME
 HAS BECOME A DEN
OF ROBBERS! JER 7:11

NO CHURCH OWNS GOD TRUTH ISN’T DISCORD CHRIST TOLERATES TKACH
FOR HIS PURPOSE
OF TESTING YOU!!!

THE WCG CAN ONLY TELL THE WORLD
TO REPENT—AS IT ACTS THE PHARISEE!!

YOU THINK HWA WAS WRONG ON BELIEFS
BUT THE ERROR HE MADE WAS ON TKACH

GOD SAYS …
MY PEOPLE
“YOU WCG”
HAVE FORSAKEN ME WE PUBLISH
THE GOOD NEWS
THE WCG
NO LONGER DOES

SHHH—QUIET PLEASE!
RETIRED CHURCH! THE GOSPEL TRUTH—
JESUS WAS/ IS KILLED
BY HIS OWN CHURCH

A VULTURE’S WORK:
TKACH’S FEAST
IS PICKING CLEAN
THE BONES OF HWA USA—A NATION
UNDER GOD?
NO WAY—GOD HATES
THIS INDEPENDENCE

GN FOR BABIES
  HOW SAD
  THE GN NOW
A 2ND CLASS JOKE GN FOR BABIES
  HOW SAD
  THE GN NOW
2ND CLASS MUSH

I BELIEVE HWA
I BELIEVE HWA
I BELIEVE HWA!

FOR 3 1/2 YEARS
I’VE HELD
A BANNER HERE
FOR 3 1/2 YEARS
YOU HAVE GROWN
MORE AND MORE BLIND

Permanent Signs Displayed

I BELIEVE H W A.
I FOLLOW H W A.
I CARRY ON H W A.
AND, I WARN YOU!

H W A SAID
NO!
NO MAKE-UP!

PLEASE FOLLOW
H W A
SEEK TRUTH!

1-800 LAST ERA

A PROPHET OF OLD WAS A MAN ON THE STREET
FOR J-W-T
THIS IS 50 YEARS OF TRASH!

I BELIEVE
HWA
WHY DON’T YOU? Placed underneath this sign:
MYSTERY OF THE AGES,
THE GOOD NEWS,
THE PLAIN TRUTH,
HWA’S BIOGRAPHY,
& pamphlets that HWA wrote.

Note: All the offices of THE PLAIN TRUTH and THE GOOD NEWS listed in the 1986-88 Issues were sent the entire SEVEN SCROLLS WARNING.

1974

DEC            Baptized in New Zealand by WCG minister John Larkin.

1975

JUNE          Returned to Tampa, Florida; attended WCG Tampa congregation.

1984

AUG            Entered Ambassador College, Pasadena.

1985

SPRING       Began series of counseling sessions with ministers, ending August ‘85.

AUG            Daughter Anais and live-in guest Dannielle enrolled in Imperial Schools for one year.

1986

JAN             Founder Herbert W. Armstrong died.

FEB             Sent first letter to Mr. Tkach.

APR             Submitted General Letter to Ministry      of the Church’s own teachings to ministers.

MAY            Graduated from Ambassador College (AA) degree.

JUNE          First counseling session with ministers regarding letters to Mr. Tkach.

JULY           First mentioned Laodicean Era in letter.

OCT            Second counseling session regarding letters.  Mr. Dervaes disfellowshipped by Larry Salyer and Robin Webber.  (At no time did Mr. Dervaes or his wife discuss the Laodicean concern and other issues  with any lay person or minister outside the private counseling sessions.)

DEC            Sent the first scroll-A GOOD NEWS LETTER-to Mr. Tkach.  (Mr. Dervaes followed the correct procedure that Mr. Armstrong established for handling controversial issues.)

DEC            Received response from Larry Salyer to message.

1987

JAN             Sent the first scroll to evangelists, ministers, and local elders in Pasadena and international offices.  Then distributed the scroll, placing it on members’ cars parked on public streets near the college.  Mr. Dervaes never set foot on church property to distribute literature.

FEB             Sent the second scroll-THE LAST ERA-to Mr. Tkach.  Followed the same distribution procedure.

MAR            Sent the third scroll-A TALE OF TWO FAMILIES-to Mr. Tkach; then followed the same distribution procedure to evangelists, ministers, etc.

APR             Sent the fourth scroll-ZECHARIAH’S PUZZLE-to Mr. Tkach. Followed distribution procedure again.

SEPT           Sent the fifth scroll-STABBED IN THE BACK-to Mr. Tkach.  Followed distribution procedure.

FOT             Sent the scrolls to various ministers and members nationwide and worldwide.

NOV            Sent the sixth scroll-THE REAL POPE-to Mr. Tkach.

1988

JAN             Sent the seventh scroll-WHO MOVED?-to Mr. Tkach. During this whole time, there was no response from Mr. Tkach.

SPRING       By this date, the following had received the entire seven scrolls-LETTER TO LAODICEA:

Gerald Flurry

John Amos

Rod Meredith

Raymond McNair

David Hulme

plus hundreds of others

PASSOVER     Began hand-held banner showings on public sidewalk around Ambassador College

MAY            Last hand-held banner showing.  Began banner/sign showing on van parked on public streets around Ambassador College.

FALL           Sent out last of unsolicited mailings.

FALL           Advertised 1-800-LAST ERA number.

1989

APR             Witnessed to Big Sandy, Texas, with signs and a newspaper ad in the Longview News-Journal and the Tyler Telegraph.

FALL           Divorce finalized between Jules Dervaes and Mignon Rubio.

DEC            Gerald Flurry founded Philadelphia Church of God and published MALACHI’S MESSAGE (February 1990).

1990

SPRING       Ambassador College closed and was put up for sale.

SEPT           Wrote to Gerald Flurry about his book MALACHI’S MESSAGE after receiving it unsolicited.

1991

FALL           Three and a half years (four Holy Seasons) of banner and sign showing ended.  Thousands of local, nationwide, and worldwide members were witnessed to, resulting in personal requests for the scrolls.

1993

Rod Meredith founded Global Church of God.

1995

MAR            Started Dervaes family business in Pasadena.

JUNE          Dervaes family wrote Mr. Tkach upon hearing he was seriously ill

AUG            Sent the VINEYARD LETTER to Mr. Tkach just before he died.  Also sent it to employees of the various splinter churches.

1996

AUG            Wrote to Mr. Joseph Tkach, Jr.

1998

JULY           Dervaes family compiled the true history of the Last Era of the WCG.  During the twelve years the family never attempted contact with any present or former members of the WCG to draw them away.

SEPT           Published and sent the history to employees (whose addresses were known) of the four churches, i.e.,

Worldwide Church of God

Philadelphia Church of God

Global Church of God

United Church of God   

(Photo Credit: September 1990 Ambassador Report.)

For three and a half years (April 1988 – September 1991) on Sabbaths and Holy Days, Jules Dervaes witnessed to thousands of local, national, and international Worldwide Church of God members before and after services by displaying banners and signs on the streets bordering Ambassador College.

“Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth.”  Psalm 60:4
( Banner  size:  2’ x 10’ )

The Church’s flagship publication, The PLAIN TRUTH, showed an English language circulation of 8,075,000. The more doctrinally based The GOOD NEWS magazine had a circulation of 754,000. Moreover, The World Tomorrow television broadcast was one of the most watched religious programs in the U.S.

However, as church membership declined and annual revenue plunged from a high of about $170 million a year to $25 million, the WCG began looking for ways to dispose of its property.

With rolling lawns and manmade streams trickling into ponds swimming with koi, the maintenance of the Pasadena campus alone cost an annual $2 million.

In the spring of 1990, the Ambassador College Pasadena campus closed its doors and was listed on the real estate market. The WCG had its last remaining campus located in Big Sandy, Texas, closed in 1997.

In March of 2000, the Big Sandy campus sold for $8.5 million dollars to Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., who then leased the campus to Bill Gothard, president of the Institute in Basic Life Principles.

The Pasadena campus remained on the market for 14 years. During this time, the church had put forward plans to develop a massive housing project on the property. The world-renowned Ambassador Auditorium—also known as the HOUSE OF GOD—was slated to be bulldozed.

Pasadena neighbors fought this project and, in the end, the church decided to sell off portions of the property. The eastern third of the campus was bought by Sares-Regis, an Irvine-based developer who plans to build condominiums and apartments.

In May of 2004, the WCG sold approximately 13 of its 31-acre west campus to Maranatha High School and Harvest Rock Church for an undisclosed sum. The sale included many of the campus’ main buildings: Ambassador Auditorium, Hall of Administration, Physical Education Complex, Student Center and Men’s Dormitory.

The WCG’s total church income for 2003 was approximately $18.6 million.

In the fall of 2004, the remnant of the WCG leadership closed escrow on their new headquarters—a 50,000 sq. ft. office building in Glendora, CA.