Flurry founded his Imperial College, now labeled as Armstrong College, in 2001. The new auditorium and bible school grounds are entirely financed by the small number of triple-tithe paying members of Flurry's Philadelphia Church. The Edmond campus compound design is patterned along the lines of the Worldwide Church of God's former Ambassador College campuses. Herbert W. Armstrong, founder and Chancellor of Ambassador College, did not graduate from high school, attend any college, or partake of any formal theological school coursework. In keeping with the self-taught Armstrong tradition, Flurry's unaccredited Armstrong College's policy is to remain permanently unaccredited. The "College" does not seek outside academic accreditation because it is held to interfere with the college's spiritual training mission for God. The college name was later changed from Imperial to Herbert W. Armstrong College, following formal protest by Imperial College of London. In 2006, Herbert W. Armstrong College held its first commencement exercises.
A new dormitory-learning center was built by the church in July 2006. The unaccredited bible college has enough accommodations on campus for about 90 students. Loyal Armstrong college graduates are typically recruited into the Philadelphia church ministry or other jobs needing to be filled on the Armstrong College campus.
Without cost construction overruns and at zero percent interest financing, Flurry's $15,000,000 auditorium built inside his cult college compound will wind up costing his faithful triple tithe-paying followers a minimum $18,750 per seat this time around. Added to that will be the additional annual losses incurred to attract world class performing talent to the little known Edmond, OK campus. Such a small sacrifice to pay for when your very salvation in the World Tomorrow is at stake.
Will the Oklahoma acoustics be half as good as Ambassador Auditorium? So when does the Vienna Orchestra arrive in Edmond for the Armstrong inaugural concert?
