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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91123
HERBERI W. ARMSTRONG
PRESIDENT and PASTOR
July 22, 1984
Dear Brethren and Co-Workers with Christ:
There's GOOD news amid all the world's bad news. The mighty God is
blessing his work as never before. As the world continues in a downward spiral
in
its plunge into world economic collapse and the END of civilization as we know
it,
the work of the living God is making unprecedented growth.
I can now give you specific facts of the first six months of this year,
as
follows:
UNITED STATES ONLY
Percent Increase Over 1983
Mail received
2,374,569
33.1%
Phone calls requesting literature
390,389
21.8%
New subscribers added to PLAIN TRUTH
783,968
53.5%
33.1 %
PLAIN TRUTH circulation (U.S.)
4,688,990
27.9%
GOOD NEWS circulation
226,926
60.7%
New Correspondence Course students
139,333
23.0%
Books and booklets sent
2,695,442
37.2%
These figures are for the United States only. Adding Canada, Britain, and
all
other countries would greatly enlarge these figures. In several other countries
growth has been even larger. Total PLAIN TRUTH circulation now is over SEVEN
MILLION copies.
In the world, the drift toward world economic collapse is the most
serious
threat to the continued existence of the present civilization. The whole world
is
geared to the way of "GET." God's way is "GIVE"--serve, help, share, cooperate.
The world lives by competition, greed, coveting, selfishness, strife, violence.
Yet
MONEY is the medium of exchange, whether for "GIVE" or "GET." Whatever
people strive to "GET" is acquired through money. Money is handled through
banks. The banking system is organized and regulated by the government.
But United States banks are in a system of international banking for
transference of funds. United States banks and the federal government have made
bad loans of many billions of dollars to developing nations, especially in South
America. Those countries can't pay back, and threaten to default altogether.
That
places the United States in a serious dilemma with European nations. It could
suddenly result in triggering European nations to UNITE as A NEW WORLD
POWER larger than either the Soviet Union or the U.S. That, in turn, could bring
on THE GREAT TRIBULATION suddenly. And that will lead quickly into the
Second Coming of Christ and END OF THIS WORLD as we know it.