Editing Living Church of God (section)

==Founder==
The LCG's founder and Presiding Evangelist was, until his death, Roderick C. Meredith (June 21, 1930 – May 18, 2017).

Following Meredith's graduation from [[Ambassador College]] in Pasadena, California in June 1952, he was assigned by [[Herbert W. Armstrong]] (Pastor General of the [[Worldwide Church of God]]) to set up and pastor WCG congregations in [[Portland, Oregon]]; [[San Diego, California]]; and [[Seattle]] and [[Tacoma, Washington]]. On December 20, 1952, after summoning him back to the WCG's headquarters in [[Pasadena, California]], from his pastorship in Oregon, Armstrong ordained him and four other men — including his uncle Dr. C. Paul Meredith — to the position of Evangelist. These men were the very first Evangelists of the WCG. Meredith was the youngest of the newly ordained men and the fifth to be ordained.

In the subsequent years, Meredith would help start scores of WCG congregations throughout the United States. He would also conduct many baptizing and evangelizing tours in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Africa. From the early to mid-1950s, and again in 1960, he was assigned by Armstrong to live in Britain to form congregations for the Church there. For years he was one of the WCG's leading theologians and top executives, and an instructor at Ambassador College. However, when overseeing the ministry during the 1960s, he began to gain a reputation for being too strict in his application of Church rules and regulations.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}