| I'm aware of David Pack, Pastor General of the | | | | him a copy of his booklet against abortion and I gave |
| Restored Church of God. I also remember clearly how | | | | him one of my booklets (either God and the Gays - |
| he didn't even know me when he was with the Global | | | | the first of its kind in the Church of God, or "Religion in |
| Church of God (that I visited once) but said most | | | | America - the REAL Danger" now incorporated into |
| people who change their names are off-the-wall | | | | Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall) he acted very |
| (something to that effect) and felt I should take my | | | | interested, but later told me he never met a more |
| former name of David Hoover back and should | | | | proud person than Carl! Carl didn't appear proud at all |
| seriously consider it as he contacted his superiors | | | | and was merely happy to do whatever he could to |
| (they must have told him to back off as he never | | | | help expose and end the evil of abortion.When David |
| brought it up again).After I thought and prayed about it | | | | Pack said something to the effect that the Global |
| - rejecting David Ben-Ariel for David Hoover as David | | | | Church of God was not for me, I asked him why he |
| Pack sternly suggested - I rejected the notion and | | | | invited me then and he then acknowledged he only |
| questioned how anybody inspired by the Holy Spirit | | | | invited me along with the others because he felt they |
| would make such a demand, as I honestly consider | | | | were good candidates for membership. In other words, |
| David Ben-Ariel my God-given Name, as I've written.I | | | | he was being deceitful. Since then I've heard horrible |
| also remember clearly how David Pack said to me, | | | | stories about his pack of lies and hope it's not true but |
| when I was being honest about my past, troublesome | | | | suspect that it is, due to my own eye-opening |
| times when I was backslidden in some areas, that he | | | | experience with him.I trust there are true Church of |
| thought I was never converted! Unlike Jesus who | | | | God members among the Restored Church of God |
| offers constructive criticism, who encourages you with | | | | flock, as with the other groups of scattered brethren, |
| the good and calls upon you to change for the better, | | | | and I hope God spares them from such wolves and |
| all David Pack did was tear down and seek to | | | | that they maintain, first and foremost, a personal |
| destroy! That was not the Holy Spirit of God working | | | | relationship with the Shepherd of our souls, and not |
| through him.Before this experience, David Pack had | | | | trust in any man for salvation.I've seen some of the |
| come at my request and visited with me and several | | | | attractive literature the Restored Church of God |
| other friends who had gathered to hear what he had | | | | offers, but doubt that I will link to it. I hope David Pack |
| to say in Toledo, Ohio. We were invited to the one | | | | has repented of his sins that God may restore him and |
| service of his we attended in Ohio. He brought a box | | | | help him heal those whom he's sickened and be |
| of materials the Worldwide Church of God no longer | | | | reconciled with both God and man.David Ben-Ariel is a |
| printed to make a statement. We all felt Gerald Flurry | | | | Christian-Zionist writer and author of Beyond Babylon: |
| had already made that statement and was the first to | | | | Europe's Rise and Fall. With a focus on the Middle |
| do so, even though we hadn't yet attended with the | | | | East and Jerusalem, his analytical articles help others |
| Philadelphia Church of God.When four of us visited | | | | improve their understanding of that troubled region. |
| with the Global Church of God, my friend Carl gave | | | | Check out the Beyond Babylon blog. |