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Sabbatarian church based in England

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The Global Church of God (GCG) is a Sabbatarian church based in England.^[1] It was founded in Glendora, CA in 1992 by Roderick C.

Meredith.^[2] Following the dissolution of most church operations in the United States, GCG's operations shifted to the United Kingdom and reestablished a presence in North America under new organizational identities.

History and background

Roderick C. Meredith had been a minister in the Worldwide Church of God (WCG) for 40 years. He established GCG in response to a number of major doctrinal shifts in WCG. GCG is one of the many Sabbatarian Churches of God to form after WCG's 1995 schism.

Herbert W. Armstrong had founded the WCG as a radio ministry (originally called the Radio Church of God) in 1934.^[3] Over the next 50 years, the church developed an international presence through The Plain Truth magaz