Stanley R. Rader (August 13, 1930 - July 2, 2002), was a lawyer, accountant, writer and, later, one of the Evangelists from around the World of the Lord's Church, then an organization Sabbath, by Herbert W. Armstrong.
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Stanley Rader was born and raised in White Plains, New York. He then moved to California, where he met his future wife, Natalie "Niki" Gartenberg. He graduated from UCLA in 1951 and became a Certified Public Accountant in 1954.
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The first association with Armstrong
In 1956, Rader met with Armstrong, the leader of what was then called Radio Church of God, at its headquarters in Pasadena, California. Under contract with Radio Church of God, Rader worked to improve his accounting system, thus creating a very good impression with Armstrong, who then urged him to attend law school at Armstrong's cost. In 1963 Rader graduated from the Law Faculty of Southern California University.
The Radio Church of God had previously been established on March 3, 1946, when it was re-established in Pasadena. Prior to this event, it was an unrelated volunteer association based in Eugene, Oregon, and named after its radio broadcast. On January 5, 1968, Armstrong, as president, along with the company secretary, changed its Articles of Association to reflect the change of name to the World Church of God. (At that time the radio broadcast has also been renamed The World Tomorrow ). At this time, Armstrong is regarded more as a modern apostle by his followers, not just a "general priest", his title in the church. Having reached the terms of salary and compensation, in 1969 Rader decided to devote his full time to serving Armstrong.
Join WCG
Rader, still considered himself a Jew, was baptized into WCG by Armstrong in 1975 using the hotel bathtub at the Mandarin Hotel in Hong Kong. This move allowed Rader to position himself as a high-level church evangelist in an effort to quell the anxiety by many in the ministry's hierarchy, who felt that his undue influence on Armstrong was unsettling.
60 Minutes interview
In a 60 Minute interview with Mike Wallace, Rader defended himself, commenting to Wallace, "I do not take stupid pills." Wallace read to Rader some of Armstrong's letters, asking Rader to resign from church positions that would make him a replacement for Armstrong. Wallace then played Armstrong's recording reading the letter. Rader started sweating, before finally declaring: "Now I say you've got this illegal way.I intend to have my lawyer today not only sue you if you use this... Mike, look, I think you'd better scrap it's all because you're on my list.Okay you'll never run it, Mike, I guarantee... you're disgusting... I want you out of here, soon! "Rader then storms out of the room, and accuses the press of distorting fact.
Popularizing Armstrong
While Garner's plan Ted Armstrong is to facilitate his retired father's plans, Rader's plan and his aide Robert Kuhn is to transform Herbert W. Armstrong from an old evangelist into a more secular leader, making him a "Ambassador to World Peace without a portfolio". Rader's plan requires the formation of a completely new and secular entity that can be used to operate, away from Armstrong's fundamentalist sects around the world, which may prove to be unfavorable to world-leading leaders when Armstrong played his role as quasi-ambassador. In 1975, therefore, he included the Ambassador of the International Cultural Foundation (AICF) which was actually funded by the tithes of members of the Lord's World Church. In 1979, Rader was ordained as one of the Evangelists of the Lord's World Church.
As a result, AICF changed the Ambassador Auditorium, on the Ambassador College campus, from the church auditorium, where Saturday Sabbath service was held, became "Carnegie Hall of the West", and launched a series of concerts featuring top names in classical music, jazz, and performing arts. PBS and other television networks take advantage of this glamorous new venue. The AICF also creates a new, shiny, secular commercial magazine, coffee table, called Quest , with a circulation of several hundred thousand copies. In addition, AICF purchased the Everest House book publisher, and funded the film Moon Paper Star Tatum O'Neal.
Armstrong, at Rader's company, began introducing himself to every world leader who held political power and was willing to meet an aging figure and grandparents for a photo opportunity for The Plain Truth, where leaders would receive prizes expensive, like the Stueben crystals. Armstrong sold his new AICF portfolio approach to church membership as a new phase in preaching the gospel of the church.
Business relationships
Rader uses his own professional legal accounting practice, and also incorporates new companies to make profitable business ventures on behalf of the Church of the Lord of the World. Most of the companies owned and controlled by Rader include:
- Rader, Helge & amp; Gerson, who provides legal representation for the church.
- Rader, Cornwall, Kessler and Palazzo, which provide accounting services for the church.
- Worldwide Advertising, Inc., which ordered The World Tomorrow on radio and television stations.
- Mid-Atlantic Leasing, which leases light aircraft and Gulfstream II, to allow Rader and Armstrong to fly around the world to meet kings, princes, presidents and prime ministers, all paid by World Church of God.
- Travel Wilshire, who made travel reservations for Rader and Armstrong.
- Gateway Publishing, which prints the books used by the church.
WCG placed in curator
In 1979, California Attorney General George Deukmejian opened an inquiry into the charge that millions of dollars a year had been stolen from the church by Armstrong and Rader. These allegations result in WCG being placed in a curator ordered by a court for more than a year.
During this time, Rader was the right man for Armstrong, and deployed other religious groups for his defense. With the support of a nonprofit and religious lobbying coalition set up to thwart state intrusion, Rader successfully introduced a bill into the California Legislature that limits the Attorney General's authority to conduct civilian (but not criminal) financial investigations into non-profit religious and religious organizations in California. After the bill becomes law, the California Prosecutor's Office cancels its litigation against WCG.
Messages
In 1980, Rader wrote a book entitled Against the Gates of Hell: Threats to Religious Freedom in America , published by the World Church of Everest Household company. It's about an investigation by the State of California to church finance. The National Council of Churches praised it as "a very important work in church/state relations in the 20th century."
Resignation
Although Rader seems to have won the financial curator's battle, his plan to create the AICF cultural empire stalled. In 1981 he resigned as General Counsel and Treasurer of the Church of God of the World. Armstrong paid Rader a special $ 250,000 bonus, after taxes, in recognition of his persistent defense of the church against the state curator. Rader also received massive pension payments incurred under his contractual agreement with the church.
Death
By the time Rader died on July 2, 2002, just two weeks after being diagnosed with acute pancreatic cancer, the Church of God around the World had stopped the previous broadcast and created separate services for his magazine, which had canceled the previous editorial goals. Rader is buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena, California (the same grave where the Armstrong family is buried). His funeral was led by Joseph Tkach, Jr.
References
Bibliography
- Stanley Rader, 71; Advisor at the World Church of God - Stanley Robert Rader, old believer of the late Herbert W. Armstrong of the World Church of God, has died. He is 71. - Los Angeles Times/July 4, 2002 - By Larry B. Stammer
- "The Devil and Stanley Rader" Article at The American Lawyer
External links
- Fighting the Gates of Hell: Threats to Religious Freedom in America by Stanley R. Rader Online copy of Rader's book defending Armstrong and the World Church of God
- Fighting the Gates of Hell by Stanley R Rader - Herbert W. Armstrong Searchable Library & amp; Archive - HWALibrary.com
- Stanley R. Rader Resigns Articles by Herbert W. Armstrong
- Ambassador Report
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