Key Sites/Resources Listing TO COG as a Splinter Group
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Description & OCOG Mention
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Link/Reference |
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Banned by HWA (Armstrongism Library Blog) |
Prominent ex-Armstrongist blog by Gary Scott; multiple posts (2012–2014) list OCOG among "violent" or "eccentric" splinters, noting its anti-postponement calendar views and Nowell's leadership without endorsement. E.g., "Obedient Church of God: a small anti-postponement group led by Lawrence Nowell." |
Blog (Ex-COG) |
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Exit Support Network |
Resource for ex-WCG members; maintains a partial list of "hundreds of offshoots," briefly noting OCOG as a post-1986 splinter under Nowell, categorized as "small" with no doctrinal opinion. References anti-postponement implicitly via calendar focus.
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Support Site (Ex-COG) |
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Wikipedia (Armstrongism Page)
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Encyclopedic overview; lists OCOG in a footnote among "second-generation splinters" from WCG, describing it as a "small group" led by Nowell opposing postponement practices common in larger COGs like UCG. Neutral, factual entry. |
Encyclopedia |
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COGwriter.com (Bob Thiel's Blog) |
Site of the Continuing Church of God; references OCOG/Nowell in prophetic critiques (e.g., 2011 post on EU predictions), listing it as a "fringe anti-postponement splinter" without opinion on validity.
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cogwriter.com (specific: 2011 EU post) |
COG Blog (Active Splinter) |
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Living Armstrongism Blog |
Ex-PCG blog critiquing COG history; mentions OCOG in broader splinter lists (e.g., 2016 post on cult overviews), calling it a "minor anti-postponement offshoot" under Nowell amid discussions of larger groups like UCG/Global COG. |