I HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO WRITE A SECTION ABOUT US, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ABOUT ME.
DOING THAT IS TO THINK ANYONE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ANYTHING ABOUT ME.
HAVING SAID THAT, I DO NOT THINK THAT ANYTHING ABOUT ME IS REALLY ALL THAT IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THIS SITE IS REALLY NOT ABOUT ME, BUT WHAT YAHWEH HAS REVEALED TO ME.
ALTHOUGH REALIZING THAT SOMEONE WHO READS HERE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN MY BACKGROUND.
I GUESS A LONG LIST OF EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS MIGHT BE IMPRESSIVE, BUT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET THAT HERE.
WELL, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT OFF, MY EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND IS NOT IMPRESSIVE!
I HAVE A MODEST HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION AND HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT THE VERY BEST THING THAT I DID IN HIGH SCHOOL WAS SIT IN A ROOM FULL OF GIRLS, NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, AND TOOK TYPING FOR TWO YEARS.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS WORLD AS AN OFF-AND-ON SELF-EMPLOYED SIGN PAINTER SINCE 1962.
FOUNDED MY CURRENT BUSINESS IN 1980 AND AT THE AGE OF 82 STILL INVOLVED ON A DAILY BASIS.
LOOKING BACK AT MY BACKGROUND I AM FIRST THANKFUL FOR HAVING BEEN BORN IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
TO A RELIGIOUS FAMILY, MOTHER AND FATHER, AND THREE OLDER BROTHERS.
IT WAS NEVER A QUESTION OF WHETHER WE WERE GOING TO CHURCH OR NOT.
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WITH MY FATHER, IF THEY OPENED THE DOORS OF THE CHURCH, WE WERE GOING.
ALONG WITH HIS CHILDREN AND ANYONE ELSE THAT WERE STAYING IN THE HOUSE.
I GREW UP IN A MAINSTREAM PROTESTANT DENOMINATION, ATTENDING ON SUNDAY, OF COURSE.
LIVING IN THE COUNTRY ON A WORKING FARM WITH CATTLE, HORSES, CHICKENS, WHERE THE PIG WAS KING, THE BACKBONE OF YOUR MEAT SOURCE.
I HAVE BEEN, WHAT I CALL, A PROLIFIC READER FROM A VERY EARLY AGE, AND HAVE CONTINUED THAT UNTIL THIS DAY.
READING ANYTHING THAT WAS ABOUT WW11 ON IT, BECAUSE THE 30’S AND 40’S HAVE BEEN FASCINATING TO ME FOR A LONG TIME.
PROPHESY HAS ALWAYS INTERESTED ME.
I GREW UP IN A FAMILY OF SINGERS AND BEGAN SINGING IN A SOUTHERN GOSPEL QUARTET AT A VERY EARLY AGE.
I SANG EXTENSIVELY DURING THE 60’S WITH A NUMBER OF QUARTETS.
I HAVE PERFORMED BEFORE LARGE AND SMALL AUDIENCES FOR MANY YEARS.
SO, PUBLIC SPEAKING WAS NEVER A HARDSHIP FOR ME, SOMETHING I ACTUALLY ENJOYED.
I WAS RUNNING A SIGN SHOP ON CLAY STREET IN PADUCAH KY. IN THE EARLY 60’S
I POINT THIS OUT BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE I HAD MY FIRST CONTACT WITH THE OLD WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF G-D BY WAY OF RADIO.
BEGAN LISTING TO GARNER TED ARMSTRONG AND THE WORLD TOMORROW AT LUNCHTIME, AS I SAID IN THE EARLY 60’S.
EVERY NOW AND THEN HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG WOULD BE ON.
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I LISTENED FOR YEARS NEVER RESPONDING OR EVEN KNOWING THAT THE PROGRAM WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A CHURCH, ONLY AMBASSADOR COLLEGE.
UNTIL ABOUT 1967 I FINALLY SENT IN FOR MY FIRST PIECE OF LITERATURE, THIS WAS IN THE DAY OF “SNAIL MAIL”, SO NOTHING WAS DONE VERY QUICKLY.
THE FIRST BOOKLET I REQUESTED WAS, “THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN IN PROPHESY”.
FINALLY RECEIVED THE BOOKLET AND READ IT ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS THE WAY THROUGH, COMPLETELY FASCINATED WITH THE BOOK.
UNTIL THEY BEGAN TO SAY THAT SATURDAY WAS THE SABBATH, PUT THE BOOK DOWN AND DID NOT FINISH IT!
I DON’T REALLY KNOW WHY, BECAUSE THE QUARTET I WAS SINGING IN AT THE TIME, OUR TENOR SINGER WAS A 7TH DAY ADVENTIST.
BUT GROWING UP IN A SUNDAY ENVIRONMENT, I JUST DID NOT SEE THE NEED TO CHANGE.
FINALLY PICKED THE BOOK UP TWO YEARS LATER, THIS TIME, READ THE BOOK ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
I THEN BEGAN A THOROUGH STUDY OF EVERYTHING I COULD GET MY HANDS ON, FOR ABOUT THREE AND ONE-HALF YEARS.
I EVEN CAME IN CONTACT WITH A SACRED NAME GROUP BY THE NAME OF, “THE ASSEMBLIES OF YAHWEH”, SO I BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH THE FATHERS NAME VERY EARLY ON IN MY STUDIES.
BUT AT THE TIME I SUPPRESSED THE NEED TO USE THE CORRECT NAME FOR THE FATHER.
I FINALLY SENT FOR A VISIT FROM WWCG IN THE FALL OF 1974, AND WAS BAPTIZED IN THE SPRING OF 1975.
AND CONTINUED WITH THAT GROUP UNTIL THE MAJOR SPLIT IN 1995.
I BEGAN GIVING SERMONETTES IN ABOUT 1978, AND CONTINUED TO SPEAK UNTIL I FINALLY LEFT ALL GROUPS IN 2016.
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I WAS ORDAINED A DEACON IN WWCG IN 1990, AND WAS ASKED TO LEAVE DURING THE MAJOR SPLIT IN 1995.
WITHIN A WEEK AFTER LEAVING WWCG, IN THE SPRING OF 1995 I WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ORGANIZING THE UNITED CHURCH OF GOD IN PADUCAH, KY AND CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO AND A WHILE LATER, POPLAR BLUFF, MO.
I WAS ORDAINED AN ELDER IN 1997 AND CONTINUED IN THAT CAPACITY UNTIL 2016 WHEN I FINALLY LEFT THAT ORGANIZATION.
I DO NOT REGRET MY TIME IN AN ORGANIZED COG CONGREGATION AND DID NOT LEAVE WITH ANY HARD FEELINGS TOWARDS ANYONE, ALTHOUGH I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN A FEW PEOPLE!
I WILL HAVE TO SAY THAT 1998 WAS A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD IN MY LIFE.
MOST PEOPLE LEARN ALL THEY ARE GOING TO LEARN (GOOD OR BAD) IN THE FIRST 3 YEARS THEY COME INTO THE CHURCH.
AND THEN JUST DEPEND ON THE SAFETY OF THE CHURCH, LET SOMEONE ELSE TELL THEM WHAT TO DO
THEY LOSE THE BEREAN ATTITUDE IN CHECKING OUT, IF THESE THINGS BE TRUE OR NOT.
IT IS STRANGE, THEY THEN ONLY ACCEPT WHAT AGREES WITH WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW.
I MUST ADMIT, I WAS THE SAME WAY!
HOWEVER, IN 1998 I CAME IN CONTACT WITH TWO PEOPLE, BOTH FORMER MEMBERS OF WWCG, WHO BEGAN TO MAKE ME SEE THAT SOME THINGS, I THOUGHT I KNEW, WERE WRONG.
THE TWO AREAS WERE, PROPHECY AND THE CALENDAR.
I ALSO BEGAN TO USE THE SACRED NAMES OF YAHWEH, THE FATHER, AND YAHSHUA, THE SON, BUT ONLY DID THIS IN PRIVATE, NOT OPENLY!
IN PRIVATE I MEAN, MY NOTES AND IN MY PRAYERS.
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MY STUDIES OVER THE YEARS HAVE DRAMATICALLY CHANGED MY WAY OF THINKING.
I WAS A MEMBER OF UNITED FROM 1995 UNTIL I WAS ASKED TO LEAVE IN 2016.
IT WAS TIME TO GO BECAUSE I WANTED TO BEGIN OPENLY USING THE FATHERS NAME, YAHWEH, AND TO PURSUE THE CALENDER QUESTION.
I HAVE STUDIED THE CALENDAR SINCE THE EARLY 80’S.
WHEN I SAY STUDY, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE WAY THE MODERN COG’S KEEP IT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE JEWISH CALENDAR.
FINALLY PRETTY MUCH GIVING UP ON IT BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING THERE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU EITHER ACCEPT IT OR YOU DON’T.
IT IS JUST A FABRICATION OF MAN.
AFTER 1998 I BEGAN A NEW STUDY OF THE CALENDAR.
BUT DID NOT COMPLETELY FORMULATE THE SYSTEM I AM USING UNTIL I FINALLY LEFT UNITED.
ACTUALLY, THIS IS KY THIRD ATTEMPT AT PUTTING TOGETHER A WORKABLE WEBSITE.
THROUGH PERSEVERANCE, A LOT OF PRAYING, WITH HELP FROM YAHWEH AND SOME CLOSE FRIENDS, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE.
ALL I ASK IS, GIVE IT A CHANCE, READ THE PAPERS, GET YOUR BIBLE OUT AND BEGIN TO STUDY, DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, STUDY TO SEE IF THESE THINGS BE TRUE OR NOT.
I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS FOR YOU, OR FOR THAT MATTER, EVEN MAKE YOU READ THE MATERIAL HERE.
ALL I CAN ASK IS, GIVE IT A CHANCE, IT’S A FASCINATING JOURNEY!
HAL-A-LU-YAH!
LOWELL T. WALKER
JULY 13, 2021