At age 18, on the advice of an uncle, he decided to take a job in the want-ad department of a Des Moines newspaper, the Daily Capital.
He regularly attended the services and the Sunday school of First Friends Church in Des Moines. Herbert Armstrong was born on Jin Des Moines, Iowa, into a Quaker family, the son of Eva (Wright) and Horace Elon Armstrong.
In light of these doctrinal changes, in April 2009, the denomination changed its name to Grace Communion International (GCI) to better reflect its New Testament, grace-centered teaching. These doctrines were subsequently rejected and the church is now in full agreement with the statement of faith of the National Association of Evangelicals. In the years after Armstrong's death in 1986, Worldwide Church of God leaders came to the conclusion that many of his doctrines were not biblical. Through his role with the foundation, Armstrong and his advisers met with heads of governments in various nations, for which he described himself as an "ambassador without portfolio for world peace." He also founded the Ambassador International Cultural Foundation, which promoted the arts, humanities, and humanitarian projects. For this reason he was considered to be both an "Apostle" and end-time "Elijah" proclaiming as God's representative the Gospel of God's Kingdom to the World before the return of Jesus Christ. Armstrong oftentimes said that, like John the Baptist (Elijah), he was a voice preaching in a spiritual wilderness of religious confusion. Armstrong was "an apostle", one sent forth with the same commission as the early disciples were given, to preach the good news message. Herman Hoeh (a then recent graduate of Ambassador College) said, with conviction, that Mr.
These theological doctrines and teachings have been referred to as Armstrongism by non-adherents. Armstrong preached what he claimed was the comprehensive combination of doctrines in the entire Bible, in the light of the New Covenant scriptures, which he maintained came directly from the Bible.
He was an early pioneer of radio and tele-evangelism, first taking to the airwaves on 7 January 1934 from the 100-watt station KORE Eugene, Oregon. Armstrong (31 July 1892 – 16 January 1986) founded the Radio Church of God which was incorporated 21 October 1933 and was renamed Worldwide Church of God 1 June 1968, as well as starting Ambassador College (later Ambassador University) 8 October 1947.
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