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without subscription price, or those who took them free from
newsstands.
· 800,000 GOOD NEWS magazines went to members.
· 2.7 million books, booklets, reprints of articles were sent out--FREE
of course.
· 7.7 million letters were mailed out.
· 516,000 Bible Correspondence Course lessons were sent.
· More than 200,000 people requested the new updated book, THE UNITED
STATES AND BRITAIN IN PROPHECY--free!
· Our Mail Processing Department received two million letters, plus
170,000 telephone requests on our toll-free line. By these more than
400,000 subscribers were added to The PLAIN TRUTH circulation
--and 43,000 new Correspondence Course students enrolled.
· The WORLD TOMORROW program was broadcast on more than 100
television and radio stations, with more than 17,000 half-hour slots
nationwide.
· More than 3,000 new members were baptized in the U.S. alone, beside
1,250 in other countries around the world. Fifteen new churches were
opened in the United States and 17 new churches were raised up in
other countries. Eighty-three new ministers were ordained.
We're not a big church in membership like the Roman Catholic, Methodist,
Baptist and other large churches. The present era of the Church started only
47 years ago from my preaching in a 36-seat, one-room, country schoolhouse,
with 19 members, one ordained minister, one half-hour radio broadcast a week
on a tiny station of 100 watts, and with a 350-copy, hand-mimeographed start
of The PLAIN TRUTH.
We have suffered opposition, persecution, many setbacks from Satan. But
this partial report of accomplishments for 1980 in the U.S. alone (except as
mentioned), will match that of the work of the churches great in membership and
in finances. We have made every dollar go a long way in carrying the one and
only TRUE GOSPEL to the world--and NO ONE ELSE PROCLAIMS CHRIST'S
GOSPEL MESSAGE TO THE WORLD!
I know God will greatly bless you for YOUR PART in this great Work. It
is appreciated, from the heart. I thank God for you and pray for your welfare
DAILY. And I do need your prayers for me. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! And
as they say just before a TV commercial, "Stay with us!"--as we work together
WITH CHRIST!
With love and gratitude, in Jesus' name,
Herbert W. Armstrong
P.S. Please take a moment to compare this receipt with your personal records.
If there are any discrepancies, notify our Co-Worker Department at once.