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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
WORLD HEADQUARTERS
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91123
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
President and Pastor
Johannesburg
May 28, 1976
Dear Brethren and Co-Workers in Christ:
I have just come from a press conference attended by reporters
who are representatives of all newspapers, television and radio
stations. After the main conference, which lasted over two hours,
I did a television interview and then, by tape, a radio interview.
This is Friday, and we hope we catch all Sunday papers. The
television interview was also taped and will be on the one and
only television station here in this city of one and one-half
million people at 8 o'clock tonight.
This is my first visit to South Africa.
I left Pasadena a week ago Tuesday, right after the first
morning session of the Ministerial Conference. Ministers were
there from all over the world; many with their wives. It was a
very inspiring sight to me to see the main floor of our beautiful
new Auditorium almost completely filled with ministers and wives.
My son, Garner Ted, and I sat at desks on the platform. At this
first session Ted acted as Master of Ceremonies. I spoke for more
than an hour, and, following me, Stanley Rader, who had to leave
with me on this present trip.
We made stops at Oman and Kuwait, two of the oil-rich Arab
countries of the Middle East. Conferences were set up at Oman
for a stopover on our return from South Africa. At Kuwait I had
a very fine meeting with the Head of State, Sheikh Aaba as Salim
as-Sabah. He is an absolute ruler, since the form of government
is an absolute monarchy. Kuwait City has grown to be a city of
about a half million people and, since the virtual destruction of
Beirut by civil war, Kuwait is probably due now to be the financial
capital of the entire Arab Middle East. Our conference there was
very successful and will bear much fruit.
The Ministerial Conference in Pasadena was a great success.
God's ministry is completely, solidly together, and the Worldwide
Church and Work is in the most solid and sound condition it has
ever been. The Work is now going forward as never before.
Income is rising this year, though not as much as the present
big growth in the actual Work really needs.
This is the time when we must all put our shoulders to the
wheel--make any and every financial sacrifice possible to move
ahead with ever-increasing momentum.
Here in South Africa I have a very heavy schedule. I will be
speaking constantly before such business men's groups as Rotary,