COGWA Wants COGWA URLs

Internet Users Worldwide

COGWA (Church of God, a Worldwide Association) reported the following:

Domain name announcement. In doing a recent search on various domain names options, we learned that several versions of our COGWA name have been reserved. We appreciate the thoughtfulness of those who reserved domains for us. However, we would like to have access to those, so if you reserved one of the domains using the COGWA name, please contact us…

Before the Board took over the old Global Church of God, GCG made a similar request. Actually, it did more than that, it requested that members who had the initials GCG in any part of the URL shutdown and pick a different URL. Part of the reason I know that is that Larry Salyer (who was part of the group that took over GCG, then essentially bankrupted it, then helped form CGF, then left and merged his followers in with UCG, then left UCG and was part of COGAmerica, then left and became part of COGWA) called me personally when my site used to be called GCGArroyo and that is what led me to look for another name, which ended up being COGwriter.

Anyway, I am not trying to imply that COGWA is about to split or have some other takeover, it is just that the announcement reminded me of what happen in GCG (some information about the results of the takeover is at News of Those Once Affiliated with GCG).

COGWA was formed out of a split from the United Church of God (UCG) in 2010 (the overwhelming majority of the Latin American ministers and slightly more than 1/2 of the paid US ministry in UCG went with COGWA). COGWA has similar doctrine and governance to UCG.

Some articles of possibly related interest may include:

Attending the Church of Choice This article discusses whose choice is important to worship God; should you attend the church of your choice or the church of God’s choice?
Polycarp, Herbert W. Armstrong, and Roderick C. Meredith on Church Government What form of governance did the early church have? Was it hierarchical? Which form of governance would one expect to have in the Philadelphia remnant? The people decide and/or committee forms, odd dictatorships, or the same type that the Philadelphia era itself had?
Should a Christian Vote? This article gives some of the Biblical rationale on this subject. Would Jesus vote for president/prime minister? Is voting in the Bible? This is a subject Christians need to understand.
Unity: Which COG for You? Why so many groups? Why is there lack of unity in the Churches of God? Has it always been this way? What can/should be done about it?
Differences between the Living Church of God and United Church of God This article provides quotes information from the two largest groups which had their origins in WCG as well as commentary.
There are Many COGs: Why Support the Living Church of God? This is an article for those who wish to more easily sort out the different COGs. It really should be a MUST READ for current and former WCG/GCI members or any interested in supporting the faithful church. It also explains a lot of what the COGs are all about.
Concerns about Church of God, a Worldwide Association This seems to be the largest group that came out of the United Church of God. Here is some history and concerns about it.
Should the Church Still Try to Place its Top Priority on Proclaiming the Gospel or Did Herbert W. Armstrong Change that Priority for the Work? Some say the Church should mainly feed the flock now as that is what Herbert W. Armstrong reportedly said. Is that what he said? Is that what the Bible says? What did Paul and Herbert W. Armstrong expect from evangelists?
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