three nights in the tomb), the millennium on the earth, the Holy Spirit not a Trinity but the mind and power of God, and nonobservance of Christmas and Easter. Some of the other headquarters of Church of God (Seventh Day) groups are Meridian, Idaho; Salem, West Virginia; Caldwell, Idaho; and Jerusalem, Israel. Tens of thousands of local Church of God believers in Africa (Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana primarily), India, the Philippines, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, are affiliated, but not solidly tied to any organization. Beliefs vary. Some keep the Biblical Holy Days, some do not, etc.(b) The Worldwide Church of God and its offshoot groups is a large and well-known Sabbath-keeping body other than SDAs. At one time, the parent organization had over 100,000 members, but in the mid 1990s, splits had reduced its membership by 60% or more. Founded by Herbert W. Armstrong in 1933-34, the WWC had a worldwide coverage due to its World Tomorrow television program, and large circulation The Plain Truth magazine. It had offices and churches in many countries, and is controlled centrally from Pasadena, California. Herbert Armstrong was ordained by the Church of God (Seventh-Day) and was ousted from them in 1937 over his doctrines of Anglo-Israelism and Biblical Holy Days (ideas which some in the Seventh Day Church of God had held long before him, and which many continued to hold who were never associated with him). The Worldwide Church of Gods classical distinctive teachings were: belief in the Holy Days described in the Old Testament, that the United States and the British Commonwealth are mainly the descendants of Israel, in the three tithes described in the Old Testament, non-observance of holidays such as Christmas and Easter, and abstinence from pork and shellfish. After Armstrongs death in 1986, the Church had abandoned its "Anglo-Israel" teaching, accepted the Trinity doctrine, rejected the Biblical requirement to observe the Sabbath and Holy Days, and approved eating unclean meats. Its classical doctrines were continued by offshoots such as the United Church of God, Global Church of God, Living Church of God, and the Church of God, International.Since its inception, numbers have left Armstrongs organization, but until the late 1960s, the Worldwide Church was growing rapidly. There were major splits in the period of 1974-1978, climaxed by the ouster of Herbert Armstrongs own son, Garner Ted Armstrong, who for years was the radio and TV voice of the World Tomorrow. Garner Ted leads the much smaller Intercontinental Church of God, after being himself ousted from his own Church of God, International, because of public revelation of his sexual improprieties. Many former Worldwide ministers broke away and started various smaller independent groups. In the mid-1990s, major doctrinal changes led to the formation of the United Church of God and the Global Church of God (later, the Living Church of God).(4) Sacred Name Assemblies all told may number up to 50,000 worldwide. This classification of Sabbath-keeping groups is distinguished by their insistence that the Hebrew names for God (Yahweh or Yahvah, etc.) and Jesus Christ (Yahshua Messiah, etc.) must