A knock on the upstairs door Thursday was not answered. The downstairs office was mostly empty with a few Family Radio signs, an old stereo and a box of religious books among a hodgepodge of items. The old Family Radio headquarters along Hegenberger Road has fallen into disrepair. Behind a dilapidated cyclone fence, the front facade of the building is covered in graffiti, windows are shattered, and a tipped-over shopping cart rests among weeds in front of the walkway where dozens of media assembled a decade earlier to hear from a deflated Camping.
On Thursday, Anna Jac waited for customers next door at the Hegenburger. She bought the restaurant a couple of years ago, and the pandemic has significantly curtailed business along the airport corridor. She looked confused when a reporter asked about the End of the World sensation that sprung to life 10 years ago in the neighboring property. Matthias Gafni is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: matthias. Most Popular. And yet, other fringe groups emerged with new dates, such as QAnon and the Storm.
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Top of the News. Car hits 5 on Golden Gate Bridge as crowd protested vaccine mandates. Two California Highway Patrol officers and three Golden Gate Bridge workers were hit by a car on the bridge Thursday as they attempted to control a large crowd of protesters who were rallying In , he formed Family Stations Ministry, which eventually broadcast in 30 languages on a network of more than radio stations and online.
He eventually sold the broadcaster to focus on his ministry. His family had been part of the Christian Reformed Church, which Camping left in after concluding it no longer faithfully represented Biblical teaching. He first predicted doomsday would come on 6 September , and when that day passed without apocalyptic incident he claimed he had made a mathematical error. More than a decade later, Camping's ministry began warning judgment day was to come on 21 May , using more than 5, billboards and 20 recreational vehicles plastered with the message.
Christian leaders around the world denounced the warning. Many criticised the practice of believers donating their life savings in order to spread the message, believing they would no longer need worldly possessions. He suffered a stroke three weeks after the day passed, and then told followers the rapture was coming five months later. He and his wife retreated to a motel after October passed without the apocalypse. About Us. B2B Publishing. Business Visionaries.
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