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RADIO CHURCH OF GOD
WORLD HEADQUARTERS
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
PRESIDENT and PASTOR
Broadcasting
The WORLD TOMORROW
Publishers of
The PLAIN TRUTH
At the Tabernacle, Big Sandy, Texas
April 13, 1960
Dear Brethren of GOD'S CHURCH:
GREETINGS, in Jesus' name! I want to send you a report while
I am still at the big Tabernacle in Texas.
Reports are being telephoned and telegraphed to me here from
several points around the world, of the Passover and first holy day
of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Everywhere there is increase.
We had an attendance of more than 1,500 at the all-day
services here on the holy day, yesterday. At the Passover Sunday
evening, 792 adults partook of the Passover--a 25% increase over
last year. At Pasadena headquarters church 747 took the Passover,
and 982 were in attendance on the holy day. At Portland, Oregon,
220 took the Passover, and 475 attended the annual Sabbath
services. At Denver, 217 took the Passover and 360 attended the
feast night. At Fresno, 154 took the Passover and 230 were at the
Feast. In London, England, 75 took the Passover, and 14 at Bristol
church--an increase from only 40 last year. And 120 were present
yesterday at the new Ambassador College just outside London, for
the annual Sabbath services. In Sydney, Australia, where our new
church started only a few weeks ago, 29 adults took the Passover
Sunday night, and they were expecting a wonderful feast the entire
eight days.
That is WONDERFUL NEWS! The Church of God plunges forward!
But, dear Brethren, we are failing God in one respect. As the
Church grows, and its work expands, new and larger facilities are
constantly required. This mammoth Tabernacle, seating about 7,500,
is not yet quite paid for--and there is still about $135,000
additional construction to be completed, before our present
building is finished. The work already done requires about 2« more
payments, at $18,000 each, before we begin the unfinished portion
of the present Tabernacle. Beside this, we have to pay out $8,333
per month on the new steel Booth City housing district erected last
fall, for two more years.
The new college in England requires building alterations to
convert a fine former brick stable into our new office building for
all the work in Britain and Europe and South Africa; and the
building of three new music studios in the recently purchased Music