Serving the cultural and educational needs of all peoples

Serving the cultural and educational needs of all peoples

Herbert W Armstrong

Church of God

Born: July 31, 1892
Died: January 16, 1986
Member Since: 1928
Ordained: 1931
Office: Apostle

Herbert W. Armstrong founded the Worldwide Church of God in the late 1930s, as well as Ambassador College in 1946, and was an early pioneer of radio and tele-evangelism, originally taking to the airwaves in the 1930s from Eugene, Oregon.

   The Ambassador Foundation represents the philanthropic arm of the Worldwide Church of God. embracing a wide variety of cultural. educational and humanitarian projects.
   Led by founder and chairman Herbert W. Armstrong, the foundation's activities transcend the complexities dividing a world where hatreds. prejudice and personal ambitions too often rule.
   Beginning upper left: an Ambassador College student teaches Laotian refugees in Thailand in a foundation-assisted joint project with Wat Thai of Los Angeles, California; dancers from the Peking national acrobatic troupe perform in the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, California, under foundation sponsorship; Mr. Armstrong tours a school for the mentally handicapped in Amman, Jordan. that is funded and assisted in part by the foundation; and conductor Herbert von Karajan leads the Berlin Philharmonic through a series of exclusive performances in the Ambassador Auditorium.
   The foundation also assists humanitarian projects in such diverse areas as Egypt, Japan, the Philippines. Israel, England. black Africa and other critical areas.