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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
February 2, 1959
Dear Brethren of GOD'S CHURCH:
May I address you as the Apostle Paul did the Hebrew brethren:
HOLY brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling?
IF we belong in God's Church -- if God has baptized us into
His Church by His Holy Spirit, then we are HOLY brethren -- we are
SAINTS -- we are partakers of the HEAVENLY CALLING! We are
dedicated to the calling. Our lives are not our own -- we have
given them to God as instruments in His hands. Our possessions --
our money -- these are not our own -- they are dedicated to GOD!
Can we say this:
We face a serious situation. For the past two months the
pledges and offerings for the Tabernacle building fund have been
falling $6,000 per month short! We are pledged to pay to the
Behlen Manufacturing Company payments of $18,000 on the 20th of
each month. Yet during the past two months, you brethren have been
sending in for that fund only $12,000 per month. I myself have
personally signed the note to pay the $18,000 per month as a
personal obligation, in addition to signing the note as a CHURCH
obligation.
So far we have managed to continue meeting every payment
promptly on time -- but do you know HOW? We did have a little cash
in the bank on reserve. You'll remember that in the two Holy-day
offerings at the Tabernacle we put in about $10,000 more than the
payment for that month. But now that reserve is gone. HOW ARE WE
GOING TO MEET THE FEBRUARY PAYMENT?
It looks very doubtful, now, whether we can proceed with
enlargement of the big new Tabernacle so that it will be large
enough to seat the brethren that will attend next October. We OUT-
GREW the present new Tabernacle the first year. Based on the
growth of the Church for 25 years, 1,500 more brethren will attend
this fall than last October. The present Tabernacle would seat
only 500 of them. ONE THOUSAND BRETHREN WOULD BE UNABLE TO GET IN!
The Behlen Company will go ahead and enlarge the big aluminized
steel building 50% for us, starting about April or May, provided we
can continue to meet the $18,000 monthly payments promptly!
THINK OF IT! Mr. Walter Behlen, president of the company, has
extended to us, primarily through confidence in me personally, and