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Autobiography of Herbert W. Armstrong

By Herbert W. Armstrong

Herbert W. Armstrong (1892–1986) was one of the most prominent religious leaders of the 20th century, watched, read and followed by millions worldwide. He founded the Plain Truth magazine, the World Tomorrow television program, Ambassador College and the Ambassador International Cultural Foundation. He served as pastor general of the Worldwide Church of God, and visited heads of state and addressed large audiences globally as an unofficial ambassador of world peace.

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Introduction

From beginnings humble and small without parallel, to the magnitude of today’s enterprises and worldwide impact is the story of growth unbelievable! It is the incredible story of something never done before—never done this way—a seemingly impossible achievement utterly unique in the world!

By all the criteria of organizational and institutional experience, it simply could never have happened.

Every phase of this globe-girdling Work has been something altogether unique—a first—the blazing of a new trail.

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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter 1Boyhood
  3. Chapter 2Learning Important Lessons
  4. Chapter 3Learning to Write Effective Advertisements
  5. Chapter 4‘Idea Man’ for a National Magazine
  6. Chapter 5Pioneering in Public Opinion Polls
  7. Chapter 6Discovering Rules of Success
  8. Chapter 7How to Put Resourcefulness Into Practice
  9. Chapter 8Becoming a Publishers’ Representative
  10. Chapter 9How I Met My Wife
  11. Chapter 10Marriage Plans Complicated by War
  12. Chapter 11Our First Child
  13. Chapter 12Depression Strikes!
  14. Chapter 13Business Disintegrates
  15. Chapter 14College Competition and ‘Oregon or Bust’
  16. Chapter 15Launching a New Business
  17. Chapter 16Researching the Bible and Darwin
  18. Chapter 17At the Crossroads—a Momentous Decision
  19. Chapter 18Learning Whether God Answers Prayers
  20. Chapter 19Trying to Convert Relatives
  21. Chapter 20The First Sermon
  22. Chapter 21The ‘Million-Dollar’ Clay Business
  23. Chapter 22Astounding Answers to Prayer
  24. Chapter 23Prelude to Ministry
  25. Chapter 24Ordained to Christ’s Ministry
  26. Chapter 25Evangelistic Campaigns in Full Swing
  27. Chapter 26Caught in Newspaper Business Trap
  28. Chapter 27Stuck in Astoria
  29. Chapter 28Back Into the Ministry
  30. Chapter 29The Real Beginning of Present Work
  31. Chapter 30The World Tomorrow Broadcast Begins
  32. Chapter 31The Plain Truth Is Published
  33. Chapter 32Campaign Gets Under Way—Despite Opposition
  34. Chapter 33Early Evangelistic Campaigns—the Trials and Tests
  35. Chapter 34Steady Growth of Work at Eugene
  36. Chapter 35Uphill All the Way
  37. Chapter 36Broadcast Work Expands
  38. Chapter 37A Costly Lesson Pays Off!
  39. Chapter 38Work Grows—Despite Hardships and Persecution
  40. Chapter 39The Plain Truth Revived!
  41. Chapter 40First Vision of Worldwide Work
  42. Chapter 41Impact on Pacific Northwest
  43. Chapter 42On the Air in Los Angeles
  44. Chapter 43Impact of Daily Radio!
  45. Chapter 44Work Leaps Ahead—World Tomorrow Heard Nationwide
  46. Chapter 45More Opposition—More Growth
  47. Chapter 46A Talk to San Antonio Businessmen
  48. Chapter 47Severe Financial Crisis
  49. Chapter 48Historic San Francisco Conference—the United Nations Is Born
  50. Chapter 49World War II Ends—Atomic Age Begins
  51. Chapter 50A Momentous Year
  52. Chapter 51Planning a New-Type College—in U.S. and Europe!
  53. Chapter 52Our First Trip Abroad
  54. Chapter 53Impressions of Switzerland and France
  55. Chapter 54Mid-Atlantic Hurricane!
  56. Chapter 55Strategy to Gain Possession—Birth Pangs of the College
  57. Chapter 56A Supreme Crisis! Now Forced to ‘Fold Up’?
  58. Chapter 57Surviving the First Year of Ambassador College
  59. Chapter 58Ambassador Begins to Grow!
  60. Chapter 59First ‘Fruits’ of Right Education
  61. Chapter 60A Giant Leap to Europe
  62. Chapter 61Our First Experience With Television
  63. Chapter 62The Crossroads—TV or Radio?
  64. Chapter 63First Evangelistic Campaign in British Isles
  65. Chapter 64First Middle East Tour
  66. Chapter 65The Holy Land
  67. Chapter 66At Last!—Jerusalem
  68. Chapter 67Touring Europe by Car
  69. Chapter 68Purchasing Ambassador Hall
  70. Chapter 69Ambassador College Expands
  71. Chapter 70Tragedy Strikes Richard D. Armstrong
  72. Chapter 7125th Anniversary
  73. Chapter 72Providential Acquisition of English Campus
  74. Afterword

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Herbert W. Armstrong

Herbert W. Armstrong (1892–1986) was one of the most prominent religious leaders of the 20th century, watched, read and followed by millions worldwide. He founded the Plain Truth magazine, the World Tomorrow television program, Ambassador College and the Ambassador International Cultural Foundation. He served as pastor general of the Worldwide Church of God, and visited heads of state and addressed large audiences globally as an unofficial ambassador of world peace.

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