Foundation Church of the New Birth
The Foundation Church of the New Birth is one of two organizations
that grew out of the turmoil among the followers of
the revelations of channel James Edward Padgett (18521923).
Beginning in 1914, Padgett received some 1,500 messages, believed
to be from Jesus Christ and other spirit entities. These
messages affirmed the immortality of the human spirit. Following
Padgetts death, a close associate, Leslie R. Stone, took
charge of the manuscripts. He saw to the publication of an initial
volume drawn from the material in 1940. In 1958 the Foundation
Church of the New Birth was incorporated in Washington,
D.C. The small church was headed by a board of trustees.
The last of those trustees, Rev. John Paul Gibson, died in 1982.
Leadership passed to Victor Summers, but in 1983 Summers
resigned all connection with the church and formally dissolved
it.
Summerss actions were opposed by the majority of members.
One group in Washington, D.C., moved to reorganize.
They founded the New Birth Christian Healing Sanctuary and
were eventually incorporated as the Foundation Church of the
Divine Truth, under which name they continue to exist. A second
group reorganized in 1991 using the original name, the
Foundation Church of the New Birth. The church upholds the
beliefs of the original body and disseminates the teachings of
the Padgett revelations, contained in the four-volume set True
Gospel Revealed Anew by Jesus.
The Foundation Church of the New Birth may be contacted
at P.O. Box 996, Benjamin Franklin Sta., Washington, DC
20044. Websitehttpwww.divinelove.org.
Sources
Padgett, James E. True Gospel Revealed Anew by Jesus. 4 vols.
Washington, DC Foundation Church of the New Birth,
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