The Church of God (Restoration) is a Christian denomination that was founded in the 1980s by Daniel (Danny) Wilburn Layne (died September 21, 2011). Layne was originally raised in the Church of God (Anderson), where his father was a minister. In a booklet written by Mr. Layne in the early 1980s, he claimed to be an ex-heroin addict who spent years dealing drugs and living a life of crime and sin on the streets of San Francisco. Layne began preaching in the Church of God (Guthrie, OK) after his conversion in May 1980.