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RADIO CHURCH OF GOD
WORLD HEADQUARTERS
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
PRESIDENT and PASTOR
Broadcasting
The WORLD TOMORROW
Publishers of
The PLAIN TRUTH
March 20, 1958
Dear Brethren of God's Church:
Some of you have responded nobly, generously, with a willing
heart, and to the limit of your ability, to my last letter and plea
that the Church of God come to life, and YET save the Tabernacle,
so that it may proceed immediately and be ready for this fall. God
will richly bless you. I am personally grateful, from the heart!
But most or you have not responded at all! The whole result,
brethren, makes me simply heartsick!
We are, of course, a "LITTLE FLOCK," as Jesus called His
Church. We are as Jesus foretold of the "Philadelphia" era of His
Church, not strong--having only a LITTLE strength. Yet there are
now more than 5,000 of us who are adult members--and we are
commissioned of Christ, thru HIS POWER, to do a truly MIGHTY WORK!
But out of more than 5,000 members, only 381 of us have
responded with any pledge at all! Doesn't that make YOU heartsick,
too? BRETHREN! Where are your HEARTS? Certainly, for many of
you, NOT IN GOD'S WORK--NOT IN HELPING BUILD THIS HOUSE FOR GOD!
Jesus said: Where your treasure is, THERE will your hearts be also.
Only 381 of us seem to have our hearts in obeying God that we may
have a PLACE to assemble for His Festivals!
Now I know that some few are not able to give anything at all
toward this larger Tabernacle. Some few, on state or county-paid
old age pensions are not legally allowed to contribute any of that
meagre income to God's Church. There are enough others of us who
can, and who already have more than made up for that, by making
pledges of far larger than average amounts. The 381 of us who have
responded with a willing heart have pledged a total of $6,053.78,
or $16 per month per person, on the average. BUT THAT IS LESS THAN
HALF THE AMOUNT NEEDED!
I know, too, that SOME of you have already been giving, for
the regular Gospel work of the Church, right up to the last dime
you are able to give, in addition to tithes. Some of you are not
able to stretch it any further. Some few, too, are out of work.
These things we know. But these are only a FEW of our more than
5,000 adult members--and THAT we know, too! If I were temporarily
out of work, I would have faith that, with my own energized efforts
and strong purpose, God would soon provide employment--and I would