False Prophet Ronald Weinland

A Personal Timeline for False Prophet Ronald Weinland

1949, May 30: Ronald Eugene Weinland was born to David and Ramona Weinland and was the oldest of five children.  He grew up in western Kansas on a farm near Russell Springs and attended college in Hays.

1969: Ron undergoes various trials, including a car accident, the breaking of his jaw, and the loss of his best friend in Vietnam. Weinland is introduced to Armstrongism by his father during his college summer break, and believes it immediately without resorting to reading any biblical scriptures or other research.  In sermons Weinland often mentions this incident, using it as an example of how God just puts it in the mind.

1969, September 9: Weinland is baptized into the Worldwide Church of God.  Initially he returned to college in Hays but dropped out and moved to Hutchinson for a time.

1972-73: Weinland attends the Bricket Wood (England) campus of Herbert Armstrong’s Ambassador College as a first year student.

1973-74: Weinland is class president of the second year students at Bricket Wood.

1974-75: After the Bricket Wood campus is closed, Weinland transfers to Ambassador College’s Big Sandy campus.

1975, May 16: Using some credits from worldly institutions, Weinland graduates a year early with a Bachelor’s degree in theology and a minor in Mathematics from unaccredited Ambassador College.  He is not assigned as a ministerial assistant as are many of that year’s other male graduates.  (A ministerial assistant was an intern-like position to prepare a ministerial candidate).

1975, August 3: Weinland marries Laura Gail Short of the Corpus Christi area.  The Weinlands moved to Kansas for a year.  Laura didn’t like it there, so they moved to Houston.

1977: Daughter Audra is born.  The Weinlands are living in Houston.  Weinland worked in sales for the petrochemical industry.

1981, April 18: Weinland is ordained as a Local Elder in WCG while in Houston, TX.  The Weinlands remained in Houston for some time after that.   (Ordained ranks within Armstrong’s WCG were, in ascending order: Deacon, Local Elder, Preaching Elder, Pastor, Evangelist, Pastor General).

1982: Weinland is hired as a ministerial assistant to Keith Walden for WCG congregations in Texas and New Mexico and moves to Lubbock.

1984, December:  Weinland attends a ministerial refresher course at WCG’s headquarters in Pasadena, CA.  He is listed as the Associate Pastor in the Cincinnati area.

1985: Son Jeremy is born. The Weinlands are living in northern Kentucky near Cincinnati. Weinland may have been elevated in rank to Pastor around that time.

1986, January 16: Herbert Armstrong dies. Joseph Tkach, Sr succeeds him as Pastor General of the Worldwide Church of God.

1987 (approx): Weinland is transferred to the northwestern Pennsylvania area as pastor over congregations in Erie and Franklin.

1994, July: Weinland is transferred from Erie, PA to pastor WCG’s Toledo, OH congregation.

1994, December 17: While in Atlanta, Joseph Tkach, Senior delivers his infamous sermon dismantling Armstrongism in the Worldwide Church of God. Tkach reprises the sermon a week later in Big Sandy and a video of this sermon is distributed throughout the all the other local WCG congregations in Jan. 1995. Weinland later refers to this event as the opening of the first seal of the book of Revelation.  He also refers to Tkach’s sermon as the “abomination of desolation” with WCG as the rebuilt temple and Tkach as the “man of sin” and “the Son of Perdition” of 2 Thes 2.

1995, March 6: Weinland and the Worldwide Church of God part ways.  Ron claims to have resigned.

1995, April 25: The United Church of God Toledo Inc is incorporated by Weinland in Delaware.   Weinland becomes a pastor with the United Church of God (an International Association) which formed in 1995 after Tkach’s doctrinal changes. His Toledo area UCG congregation is made up of those who left WCG in response to Tkach’s doctrinal changes. The UCG became the largest of the splinters from WCG, surpassing Rod Meredith’s Global COG (later Living COG) and Gerald Flurry’s Philadelphia COG, even though the other groups were established prior to the 1995 breakup of WCG.

1996, December 27: Weinland writes an open letter criticizing UCG financial management.

1997, April 14: Weinland’s father dies.

1997, May 26: Weinland resigns from UCG and most of his Toledo area congregation leaves with him to form an independent congregation. Some former WCG members from Detroit, Cincinnati and Meadville, PA also join him. The corporate name is changed to The Church of God, Inc, and the web site set up later identifies the organization as such.

1997, June 15 (Pentecost): In 2009, Weinland claims that he had resigned from UCG on Pentecost of 1997, although in 1998 his own church website stated that he had resigned on May 30, 1997.

1998, January: Weinland publishes the first issue of “News Watch” which is published intermittently over the following four years.  “News Watch” lays the foundation for much of his later prophetic theme. Weinland recruits ex-WCG members from other areas including Georgia and Texas.

1998, April: Ordained Terry Wrozek as elder.

1998, May 30 (the day prior to Pentecost): Ron claims this as the end of a prophetic 1260-day period which began on December 17, 1994 with Joe Tkach Sr opening the first seal of the book of Revelation.

1998: Lay members organize a Feast of Tabernacles site near Niagara Falls.  Weinland later characterizes this as the first feast of the COG-PKG organization.  Johnny Harrell is ordained as elder.

1999, Sept 25 – Oct 2:  Feast of Tabernacles are held in Sevierville, TN in association with Al Buchanan’s Belleville (Illinois) CoG.

1999, November: Ron and Laura begin their globetrotting with a trip to Europe financed by Steve and Patty Dalrymple.  He spent time in the Netherlands and also traveled to London where he met the Ikwuemes and Phillip Burman.

2000, January: The banner of this month’s issue of News Watch changes, adding a logo reminiscent of the seal of Ambassador college with a child, a lion, and a lamb, and also a new slogan “Preparing for the Kingdom of God”.

2000, January 29: In a 3-hour sermon  Weinland discusses his side in the dispute with the lay church board over control of church finances (20 MB MP3 files, right-click then “Save As” MP3 part 1, MP3 part 2).

2000, February 5:  During that week’s sermon (MP3), Weinland passes out a survey (PDF) for the members to fill out.  Based on answers, some were issued a letter suspending their membership (PDF).  In another  letter on Feb 7 (PDF), Weinland reinstates their membership explaining that it was necessary only for him to disfellowship the board members.   The Church of God – PKG is incorporated in Delaware on Feb. 11.  Although operating under the name Church of God – PKG, the legal corporation continues as The Church of God, Inc, EIN 341799827.

2000, Oct 14-21: Feast of Tabernacles, held in Sevierville, TN.  Shortly before the feast, Weinland publishes his booklet “Time is Running Out” on glossy paper.

2001, Jan/Feb:  The domain “www.cog-pkg.org” was established, and web traffic from the  organization’s former website is redirected to it.

2001, April: Weinland travels to Jerusalem for Passover.

2001, September 11: Terrorists fly hijacked aircraft into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Weinland refers to 9/11 as the opening of the Sixth Seal of the book of Revelation and the beginning of the Seven Thunders from Revelation 10 which he defined.

2001, Oct 2-9: Feast of Tabernacles is held in Sevierville, TN.

2001, Nov: Weinland takes a Caribbean cruise.

2002, Sept 21-28: Feast of Tabernacles, held in Orlando, FL. Daughter Audra is baptized at this event.

2003, Jan: Weinland travels to Switzerland to open bank accounts denominated in euros and Swiss francs.  From later statements, it is estimated that he deposited approximately $300,000 in the Swiss bank accounts.

2003, Feb: Weinland travels to New Zealand and Australia.

2003, May: Weinland publishes his booklet “Time Has Run Out”.

2003, June 8: Weinland travels to the Netherlands for Pentecost.

2003, July: Weinland begins writing his book “Prophesied End Time”.

2003, Oct 11-18: Feast of Tabernacles, held in Colorado Springs, CO.  Son Jeremy is baptized at this event.

2003, October/November: Weinland takes a Mediterranean cruise with a stop at the Isle of Patmos where the Apostle John is reputed to have written the book of Revelation.

2004: Weinland publishes his first book, “Prophesied End Time”.  Weinland takes ownership of the Internet domain “the-end.com” to market his book.  In January of 2005 he makes his book available as a PDF download.

2004 March: Weinland travels to New Zealand and Australia.

2004, May: Weinland travels to Belgium.

2004, July: Weinland takes a 7-day Alaskan cruise.

2004, Sep 30 to Oct 7: Feast of Tabernacles, held in Tennessee.

2005, March: Weinland travels to New Zealand and Australia with a stopover in Hawaii.

2005, Spring: Weinland sells his home in Toledo for $222,000 and purchases his current residence in Northern Kentucky (across the Ohio River from Cincinnati) for $381,000.

2005, June: Weinland travels to the Netherlands for Pentecost.

2005, August 4 (approx): Weinland suffers a heart attack and has triple bypass surgery.  Wrozek and Harrell delivered 5 sermons while he recovers.

2005, Oct 18-25: Feast of Tabernacles (Nashville, TN). Weinland imposes his new doctrine that Jesus did not exist prior to his birth to Mary.  He tells the COG-PKG membership that “NOT ONE WORD” of discussion was to take place against this idea.

2005, Nov 19:  Weinland states that he is writing a second book, and implies that he will be one of the two end-time witnesses.

2005, Dec 17 (Exactly 11 years after Tkach opened the first seal): Reading from a draft of the 1st chapter of his book “2008 – God’s Final Witness”, Weinland clearly announces that he is one of the End Time Witnesses of Revelation 11, but refuses to name the second witness.

2005, Dec 31: Weinland drops enough hints to indicate that the second end-time witness would be his wife, Laura.  He warns his church members not to reveal her identity.

2006, March: Weinland travels to New Zealand and Australia.

2006, June: Weinland travels to the Netherlands and vacations in Italy including a tour of the Vatican.

2006, July 22: Weinland calls a church-wide fast, telling his members that it is time to liquidate.  The Laodicean era would end within 2 years followed by the 3 1/2 years of tribulation.

2006, Oct 7-14: Feast of Tabernacles, held in Nashville, TN.

2006, November 14: Weinland releases his second book “2008 — God’s Final Witness” to a book publisher.   Initially, the book was available only as a download in PDF format on his “the-end.com” website as printing was delayed by several months..  The book contradicted itself immediately, as its last page states “When this book is published at the end of summer of 2006, (with distribution in full swing in the fall), there will be a maximum time of two years remaining before the world will be plunged into the worst time of all human history.”

2006, December: Weinland travels to Australia.

2007, May 27 (Pentecost): Weinland travels to Belgium.  After that he travels to Istanbul, Turkey.

2007, June: Hard copies of “2008 – God’s Final Witness” are made available for purchase on amazon.com.

2007, August: Weinland travels to Europe.

2007, Sept 27-Oct 4:  Feast of Tabernacles, held in Lexington, KY.

2007, October 4 (Last Great Day): In his “Total Resolve” sermon, Weinland announces stepped up activity to prepare for his prophetic timeline including spending more money on Google Adwords.  He announces that there would no organized Feast of Tabernacles in 2008.  Instead members were to send in second tithe on a weekly basis to fund the Internet advertising campaign.

2007, October 7-20:  On their third trip crossing the Atlantic during 2007, Ron and Laura show their Total Resolve after the Feast of Tabernacles by going on a 12-day Mediterranean cruise vacation originating in Istanbul, including stops in Greece and Italy, and ending in Barcelona.

2007, October 27: Weinland directs members to keep only 1/4 of second tithe for expenses to attend the holy days, and to send the remainder to him weekly in order to finance his Google ad campaign.  He claims to be refinancing his home to extract his equity to donate to the church.  This is done as a suggestion that his members do the same to show their Total Resolve.

2007, November 3: Weinland discusses refinancing the equity in his house to give to the church.  He suggests waiting until 2008 to perform transactions that would have tax implications, stating it wouldn’t matter then.

2007, December 29: Weinland promises that he would not change his prophecies if they fail, mocking those who did — “it’s about the paycheck.”

2008 – God’s Final Witness

2008, January: Weinland travels to New Zealand and Australia.  While there, he is filmed for a TV program which aired in November on the Australian ABC network.

2008, Jan 12: Speaking in Surfer’s Paradise on Australia’s Gold Coast, Weinland announces the ordinations of Johnny Harrell of Georgia and Wayne Matthews of Australia as Evangelists, and Adrian Gray of New Zealand as an elder.

2008, Feb 2: Weinland announces that some COG-PKG members are “sealed” as part of the 144,000 to be resurrected at Christ’s return.

2008, February/March: Weinland travels to Europe, accompanied by elders from the US.

2008, March 1: Weinland announces the ordination of Jimmy Carlisle of Dallas as elder.

2008 March 15: Weinland announces the ordinations to elder of Shawn Christal (New London, Missouri), Gijs Van Lerberghe (Belgium), Phillip Burman (UK), Willem Henderson (Netherlands).

2008, Mar 18:  Opening of the Seventh seal in the first timeline. In his sermon of Mar 22nd, Weinland claims that he never said anything would happen on that day despite the following statement in “2008 – God’s Final Witness”: “the world will be shocked and in horror on the day that the Seventh Seal is opened.”

2008, Mar 22: Announces the ordinations to elder of Jim Jamieson of Idaho and Don Edwards of Arizona.

2008, Mar 29: In his “Three More Weeks” sermon, Weinland issues his “if by Pentecost…” declaration, in which he promised to stop preaching by Pentecost if evidence of the First Trumpet (destruction of vegetation and animals) not abundantly clear by then,  and also to admit he’s a false prophet if the Second Trumpet (the great loss of human life, “nukular” explosions in US port cities) does not occur by the end of July. (MP3 Audio Clip)

2008, Apr 3: Weinland posts an announcement to his blog that he and Laura together with the Harrells will be traveling to Jerusalem on April 17th for the first Blowing of the First Trumpet, which will increase in its destructive effects over the following 7-week period.

2008, Apr 7: In an interview with Cincinnati radio station WLW’s Mike McConnell, Weinland promises to absolutely stop preaching “if by Labor Day we’re still having a picnic”. (MP3 Audio Clip).

2008, Apr 10: In an interview with talkSport’s James Whale (UK), Weinland prophesies that nuclear explosions will occur within 45 to 90 days after April 17th.  He implies that the pope would be given special powers during his April 17th visit to Washington DC. Weinland promises to admit to being a false prophet if nothing happened by mid June. (MP3 Audio Clip).

2008, Apr 17: Blowing of the First Trumpet under the first timeline. Weinland supposedly “begins his job” as an End-Time Witness while traveling in Jerusalem together with his wife and Johnny and Myrtle Harrell.  Weinland posts to his blog announcing his wife Laura as second witness.

2008, Apr 19: Weinland records his “Has Begun” sermon while in Jerusalem.  In this sermon Weinland performs the only exercise of his Witness powers by issuing a death curse against his mockers who are to die slowly from the inside.

2008, Apr 26: Weinland announces that the Second Trumpet (”nukular” detonations in US port cities) will not blow before Pentecost.

2008 May 3: Weinland offers to return extra donations above normal tithes and offerings, provided it’s asked for before Pentecost.  (According to him no one did.)

2008, May 24: Weinland announces son Jeremy’s marriage (to Patricia Palacios of Spain) and move to Germany.

2008, June 8 (Pentecost): Weinland continues to preach despite the lack of evidence of the First Trumpet.  By doing so, he defined himself as an Insane Liar according his “If by Pentecost” declaration of March 29.

2008, June 21: Weinland announces the failures of his prophecies, but claims that he is still a prophet.  As a teaser he announces that a 50th Truth to be announced on the Feast of Trumpets (Sept 30). Members are to start saving all of second tithe (instead of sending 3/4 of it to Weinland) in order to attend an abbreviated Feast of Tabernacles (4 days only) later in the fall. That same day a speculated revised timeline circulates the anti-Weinland blog-o-sphere.

2008, June 28: Weinland announces that God had answered members prayers and allowed him to announce the 50th Truth and new timeline with Christ returning on Pentecost, 2012.  His justification for the timeline change was that (1) it was 40 weeks exactly from Christmas of 2007 until the Feast of Trumpets of 2008 which related to the  judgment on the “son of perdition” Joseph Tkach Sr., and (2) it was 1335 days exactly from the Feast of Trumpets 2008 until Pentecost of 2012.

2008, July 5: Weinland mentions a great personal trial and spiritual battles.

2008, July 8: The Criminal Investigation Division of the IRS issues the first of 12 summonses to various financial institutions for the financial records of Weinland, his wife, and the Church of God for tax years 2004 through 2008.  The IRS CID enforces against violations of the tax code such as tax evasion and tax fraud.

2008, July 16: The “45-90 day” time frame expires for the nuclear explosions in US port cities which Weinland had prophesied.  Weinland does not admit to being a false prophet, further confirming himself as an Insane Liar according to his own declaration of March 29, 2008.

2008, July 26: Weinland mentions experiencing great spiritual battles, and that without God’s protection he could be done in by governments.  And wished he could say more.

2008, July 29: Weinland files a motion in US Federal Court to quash the IRS Criminal Investigation summonses.

2008, August 3: Weinland’s “government problems” are revealed on the Internet.

2008, September 2: Weinland and the IRS reach a settlement.  The IRS agrees to withdraw and reissue the summonses with tax year 2008 removed from the required production of financial records.

2008, September: Weinland travels to the UK and Belgium.

2008, September 20 (approx): Weinland’s daughter Audra marries Chris Little.

2008, September 30: (Feast of Trumpets): ReSealing of the 144,000 in Weinland’s second timeline. Weinland travels to Hawaii to give a sermon to the local group there.  Other areas listen to a pre-recorded sermon.

2008, October: Weinland travels to Australia for the Day of Atonement, then to New Zealand for the first part of the Feast of Tabernacles and returning to Australia for the second part.

2008, October 21 (Last Great Day): Weinland states that he has funds set aside in a Swiss bank account for use by the Two Witnesses (Ron and Laura Weinland), and that other financial assets are available for their use.  Weinland announced that there would not be an organized Feast of Tabernacles in 2009, not even half of one, and reimposed the requirement to send 3/4 of second tithe to him.

2008, October 31: Weinland pays his property tax bill of $3715.13 directly to the county instead of through a mortgage company, strongly suggesting that he did not show Total Resolve by refinancing his house to extract the equity from his house to donate to the church as he had claimed he was doing several times late in 2007 and early in 2008 as a strong suggestion to his followers to donate heavily to his church.

2008, November 14: ReOpening of the Seventh Seal in Weinland’s second timeline. Weinland holds his second elders conference in 2008 in Nashville that weekend.  Weinland elevates three as senior elders within the US.

2008, November 23: Australian TV network ABC airs a program using material of Weinland taped earlier in January.  Weinland didn’t come out too well in the program, being used as an example of a deluded individual rather than being allowed to promote his delusions.  Ron’s book was shown for only a few seconds with no details of how to obtain a copy.

2008, November 29: While in the UK, Weinland ordains William Milne of Scotland as elder.

2008, December 6: On his third trip to the Netherlands in 2008, Weinland claims that he is repatriating his Swiss funds, implying that this is in response to government suspicions that he is a terrorist (rather than that IRS Criminal Investigation suspects that he’s guilty of criminal tax evasion).  The euro had fallen against the dollar during the few months previous to this statement.

2008, December 14: ReBlowing of the First Trumpet in Weinland’s second timeline.  Ron and Laura Weinland travel to Jerusalem for the second time in 2008, with a side trip to tour the pyramids in Egypt. While in Jerusalem,  Ron ordains Laura as Prophetess and places her just below him over the rest of the church.

2008, December 20: Weinland repeats the death curse against his mockers, who are to die from the inside — except now speedily rather than slowly as before.  Elder Jack Wood of Australia died and was given a funeral (unlike other COG-PKG members who died and chose not to have a funeral.)  Wood was formerly an elder in Gerald Flurry’s Philadelphia COG.

2008, December 27: Weinland announces a fast for the following sabbath.  He attempts to explain away the discrepancies on the last page of his book.

2009 – God’s False Witness

2009, January 1: Weinland is named as Ambassador Watch’s Person of the Year for 2008.

2009, January 3: Weinland announced a 2-day fast for Jan 31 (7th sabbath of the Great Tribulation) for able bodied adults.  In his sermon, he said it could be up to a year and a half before the second trumpet blows.  He announced that the requirement to send in 3/4 of second tithe would end in February.

2009, January 10: Weinland announced the ordination of Tom Burnside of San Jose, CA as an elder.  He prepared his followers for more delays of fulfilled prophecy, implying that the Fifth trumpet could be delayed for two years.

2009, January 20: Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president despite Weinland’s prophecy that no new president would take office.

2009, January 31: The Church of God – PKG undergoes a 2-day fast, no food or water.  The members are instructed to pray for death and disaster via an increase in intensity of the “thunders” so that more would be humbled so they could be saved.

2009, February 7: Weinland announces the posting of new information on his blog to explain the failures of the prophecies announced in radio interviews in May 2008 and before.

2009, February 14: Weinland announces travel plans to destinations in the US most weekends into the following May and a trip to the Netherlands/ Belgium on Pentecost (May 31) followed by London on the first weekend of June.

2009, March 6: Weinland is a guest on Cincinnati radio station 700 WLW’s Mike McConnell show.  This is his first interview in 10 months.  He claims that he can’t acknowledge being a false prophet, and at one point is irritated when interrupted by McConnell, stating that people don’t want to hear what God has to say.  Weinland prophesies “nukular” explosions within a year.

2009, March 14: Ninety days elapse since the reBlowing of the First Trumpet without any nuclear explosions in US port cities.  On the 26th, Citizen X (who was the only blogger allowing for the possibility that Ron’s prophecies were true) declared Weinland to be a false prophet.

2009, May 30: Weinland travels to Belgium and the Netherlands for Pentecost.

2009, June 6; While in the UK, Weinland appoints William Milne as senior elder in the UK, reporting to Wayne Matthews who is now the evangelist placed over Europe.

2009, June 17: Weinland speaks at Moses Znaimer’s ideaCity in Toronto. Ron is offended by a following presentation by comedian Rick Miller and leaves the event early.

2009, June 20: Weinland posts to his blog and delivers a sermon promising to restructure his timeline in a sermon to be delivered on the Last Great Day.

2009, June 21, 12:04 PM UTC: Another of Weinland’s prophecies fails as the US does not meet its demise within 6 months following the fall season of 2008 as prophesied on the last page of his book.

2009, July 11: Weinland promotes long-time elder Terry Wrozek to senior elder.

2009, August 10: Weinland’s daughter and COG-PKG bookkeeper Audra Little is served with an administrative summons by an IRS Criminal Investigation special agent.

2009, August 29: After condemning Facebook the prior week, Weinland speaks against it more forcefully stating that Facebook would not exist during the Millennium, and that his elders are prohibited from being on Facebook.  Most members with Facebook accounts close or abandon them.

2009, Sept 5: Weinland promotes Terry Wrozek to evangelist and Johnny Harrell to senior evangelist.  This makes three evangelist-ranked individuals despite a statement in January 2008 that there would only be two.

2009, Sept 19 (Feast of Trumpets): On this high day which is also the 40th sabbath and 280th day of the second Great Tribulation and day of judgment, Weinland fails to make an appearance in Georgia as scheduled.  Later he explains it as exhaustion compounded with allergies.

2009, Oct 3-10 (Feast of Tabernacles): Weinland travels to Rotorua, New Zealand and then to Rye, Victoria, Australia.  In his Last Great Day sermon, Ron modifies his second time line explaining that a “time” in Daniel 12:7 is 280 days rather than 360 days and that the new time, times, and half-a-time 980-day period began after the Feast of Trumpets 2009 but includes Pentecost 2012. This requires a gap between the first 280 days of the 1260-day period and the 980 period.  He also stated that the European beast power might not arise until August of 2011.

2009, Oct 14: The Department of Justice files a motion in US federal court to enforce the IRS Criminal Investigation administrative summons on Weinland’s daughter Audra since she refused to appear to give testimony on August 21 as directed by the summons.

2009, Oct 17: Weinland corrects his 980-day period modification to begin the day immediately after Trumpets 2009, therefore it does not include Pentecost 2012.

2009, Oct 31: Weinland conducts an elders conference in Las Vegas.  Only Laura and the evangelists and senior elders were in attendance.

2009, Nov 14: Weinland announces that he is an apostle as well as a prophet.  This was revealed to him while Laura was driving him to Detroit on October 24.

2009, Nov 19: A federal court judge issues an order compelling Audra Weinland Little to appear in response to the the summons issued by IRS Criminal Investigation.  In the judge’s written opinion, the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution did not give Audra the right to refuse to appear although she still has the right to refuse to answer specific questions which may incriminate her and not just her father.

2009, Nov 21: Weinland travels to the Netherlands.

2009, Nov 28: Weinland travels to the UK.  While there, he de-ordains Elder Benjamin Ikwueme who then quits the church. At issue was Benjamin’s refusal to give up his Facebook account.  The following week he announced that Ikwueme was disfellowshipped for emailing his side of the story to church members.

2009, Dec 19: Weinland claims that he is the final Elijah-to-come, adding another title previously reserved for his spiritual idol Herbert Armstrong.

2009, Dec 26: Weinland announces a change in doctrine: women would be ordained and eligible to baptize.  On the prior weekend, the evangelists’ wives were ordained to the rank of senior elder (Angela (Ann) Wrozek, Myrtle Harrell, and Christine (Chris) Matthews).  A category of associate elder was added, and Weinland announced intentions to ordain a large number of men and women.

2010 – God’s Falser Witness

2010, Jan 2: Weinland announces 55 additional names of members being ordained, including son Jeremy and daughter Audra (to senior elder).  Only the first names were stated, with Weinland claiming that the critics would twist and distort about the elders.  Nevertheless, this blog provided full names for more than half of the new elders.

2010, Jan 9: Weinland claims the publication of elders names on this blog is evidence of stirring in “the scattering” and was a favor to the church.  Even so, he did not give Beth Bucheit’s last name when announcing her ordination.

2010, Feb 27: Weinland conducts a training session for the new elders at the Embassy Suites hotel in Blue Ash, Ohio.

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