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The Messiah said, “I will build my Church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Mat. 16:18). Thus, God has preserved His Church down through the ages. The Eternal Church of God is a committed community of believers that traces its roots to this same Church established by Christ and led by His apostles. In recent history, many of our members were a part of the work Christ performed through Herbert W. Armstrong. During the first half of the twentieth century, Mr. Armstrong began to powerfully preach the true gospel. He began the Worldwide Church of God and produced the World Tomorrow radio and television programs. He also founded Ambassador College, wrote several books, dozens of booklets, and published the Plain Truth magazine with a circulation of more than 8 million subscribers. Millions have been affected by this work, and many of God’s truths were restored to the Church during Mr. Armstrong’s ministry. After his death in 1986, his successors eventually repudiat

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