{{Short description|Magazine published by the Philadelphia Church of God}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Promotional|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox magazine |title= | image_file = Logo trumpet.png | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | editor = Gerald Flurry | editor_title = | previous_editor = | staff_writer = | frequency = Ten times per year | circulation = 245,857 (November, 2020) | category = Religious magazine | company = | publisher = Philadelphia Church of God | firstdate = February 1990 | country = United States | based = Edmond, Oklahoma | language = | website = {{URL|http://www.thetrumpet.com}} | issn = 1070-6348 }} '''''The Philadelphia Trumpet''''' is a magazine published by the Philadelphia Church of God (PCG), based in Edmond, Oklahoma. Launched in February 1990, it initially focused on the doctrines of Herbert W. Armstrong's "Plain Truth" magazine after Armstrong's death in 1986.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Philadelphia Trumpet |url=https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=philatrumpet|work=University of Pennsylvania Library |access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref> The magazine primarily features articles about current events, societal commentary, and Bible-themed self-help topics, often interpreting Biblical writings as prophecies relating to world events.
Gerald Flurry, head of the PCG,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gerald Flurry - LaTrompette |url=https://www.latrompette.fr/gerald-flurry |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=www.latrompette.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=PCG founder Gerald Flurry in Texas for campaign, talks about lawsuit (Part 1) |url=http://www.thejournal.org/articles/issue25/pcg.html |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=www.thejournal.org}}</ref> serves as the magazine's editor-in-chief. The publication includes advertisements for other PCG materials.
== Mission statement == According to the PCG, the publication addresses matters of social, family, and environmental concern.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=August 2011 |title=The Philadelphia Trumpet: Goals and Purposes |url=https://www.thetrumpet.com/8443-the-philadelphia-trumpet-goals-purposes}}</ref> The magazine covers topics such as current news, politics, philosophy, religion, and education, particularly as they relate to the quality of life.<ref name=":0" />
== Financial structure == The Philadelphia Trumpet is distributed free of charge. It is financed by tithes and offerings from members of the Philadelphia Church of God and their "co-workers".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Get to know the Philadelphia Trumpet |url=https://www.thetrumpet.com/about}}</ref> PCG members are expected to contribute ten percent of their income to the church.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|date=December 10, 2019|title=What Is Tithing? Do I Need to Tithe? If So, How?|url=https://pcg.church/articles/5846/what-is-tithing-do-i-need-to-tithe-if-so-how}}</ref>
The Philadelphia Church of God is registered as a 501(c)(3) charity and is thus exempt from having to pay federal income tax. Contributions are kept confidential and are tax deductible under applicable federal and international law.<ref name=":6" />
According to PCG, approximately "70 percent of all income for the Church’s operations comes from the tithes and offerings of members, while the balance comes from... non-member contributors", whom the PCG labels either "donors" or "co-workers".<ref name=":6" />
The church defines a "donor" as a non-member who contributes less than twice in any six-month period, and whose annual contribution is less than $500, while a "co-worker" is a non-member who makes two or more contributions in any six-month period, or whose annual contribution exceeds $500 <ref name=":6" />
The PCG's peak revenue was $6.6 million in 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.zippia.com/philadelphia-church-of-god-careers-135657/revenue/ | title=Philadelphia Church of God Revenue: Annual, Quarterly, and Historic - Zippia | date=14 December 2021 }}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.herbert-armstrong.org/Plain%20Truth.html copies of The Plain Truth 1934-1986 and other Armstrong literature]
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