The Intercontinental Church of God
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The Intercontinental Church of God (ICG) is a nontrinitarian
Christian denomination A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worsh ...
currently headquartered in
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, United States, which was founded by Garner Ted Armstrong (1930–2003) in 1998. ICG produces a television program and has congregations in the United States, Canada and Australia.


Beliefs

The Intercontinental Church of God is a splinter group of the U.S. based Church of God International. As such it holds to most of the distinctive beliefs taught by the Church of God International (United States) such as the continuing validity of the
Law of Moses The Law of Moses ( he, תֹּורַת מֹשֶׁה ), also called the Mosaic Law, primarily refers to the Torah or the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. The law revealed to Moses by God. Terminology The Law of Moses or Torah of Moses (Hebrew ...
(e.g., observing Saturday as the seventh day sabbath and observing the biblical holy days) by Christians, and the falsity of the
Trinity The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the central dogma concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God the F ...
, personality of the
Holy Spirit In Judaism, the Holy Spirit is the divine force, quality, and influence of God over the Universe or over his creatures. In Nicene Christianity, the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost is the third person of the Trinity. In Islam, the Holy Spirit acts as ...
, and immortality of the soul. A veracity interpretation of biblical prophecy is strongly emphasized, particularly through their sister ministry, the Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association.


See also

*
Herbert W. Armstrong Herbert W. Armstrong (July 31, 1892 – January 16, 1986) was an American evangelism, evangelist who founded the Worldwide Church of God (WCG). An early pioneer of radio evangelism, radio and television evangelism, Armstrong preached what he c ...
* Church of God, International *
The World Tomorrow (radio and television) ''The World Tomorrow'' is a half-hour radio and television program which was sponsored by the Worldwide Church of God (originally known as the Radio Church of God) led by Herbert W. Armstrong. It originally ran from 1934 to 1994. A 15-minute ver ...


References


Bibliography

* "Garner Ted Armstrong and CGI Parting", The Journal – News of the Churches of God, Issue No. 12 (January 30, 1998) * "Garner Ted Armstrong", National Obituary Archive * "1998", The Journal – News of the Churches of God, Timeline 1998 * *


External links


Intercontinental Church of God website

Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association website
{{Sabbath-Keeping Churches Church of God (Armstrong) Church of God denominations Christian denominations established in the 20th century Nontrinitarian denominations Christian organizations established in 1998 Seventh-day denominations