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last year.
Again I repeat, the harvest is plenteous, but the laborers
are too few. The need for more ministers is still urgent. We have
a large waiting list of graduates of Ambassador College qualified
for the full-time ministry, devoting what time they are able now;
but they need to be put full time into the ministry.
We have added still more TV stations. As other religious
evangelists begging for funds from the public over the air go broke
and are put off stations, their time becomes available to us. We
could add still more than we have if funds permitted. But in God's
own Church we can still say our bills are all paid. We never have
to beg the public of the world for money, and we still have money
in the bank--only barely enough to keep the work going from month
to month. God's Church, too, needs more money--but God does not
want us begging Satan's world for it. When Moses needed money he
sent a proclamation to God's own people, and the response was
overwhelming. God has promised to supply every need.
Brethren, I know many of you have made real sacrifices to
send money for God's Work, yet some have not. I do not want to put
pressure on you who have. Rather I ask you to PRAY very earnestly
that God will lay it on the hearts of those who are able to send in
more and more, that all needs can be met.
We have put a few more ministers full time into the field so
far this year, but the need is still great. At the moment our
budget is virtually balanced--just a fraction under--and we must
maintain sound financial balance. We do and must continue to pay
all bills on time. I just ask you to do faithfully what God makes
you able to do, and to join me in prevailing prayer that God will
move on those who are able to supply every need.
Brethren, I do thank you from the heart for your
faithfulness, and I rejoice that God does so bless his Work and his
people. These are the most trying months of the year to keep
meeting every financial need.
We are already looking forward to the greatest Feast of
Tabernacles ever. It is fast approaching.
With much love, in Jesus' name,
Herbert W. Armstrong