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Passover while 3,535 were in attendance for
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first Holy Day
service. Both the Passover and the first Holy Day had more in
attendance than we had anticipated. Actually, there were 500 more
than expected at the Holy Day service. Every meeting place was
totally filled; we had to place people in the Student Center at the
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last minute as there was no other seating available. We hurriedly
set up audio from the Auditorium so these people could participate
in the services.
This additional attendance of 500 people over the normal Sabbath
service attendance (14% increase) is very encouraging to all of us
here in Pasadena. But the reason for this type of increase is unknown
to me at this point. Obviously, we had some visitors from other areas;
but this couldn't account for all the increase. I highly suspect we
are seeing at Headquarters a return of some of our members who had
become INACTIVE. I sincerely hope this is the case, as I believe
the first step toward increased church growth is to stop losing members
and to win back some of those inactive members who have not dropped out
because of bitterness, but rather as a result of losing interest in the
Church. As they see the Church growing, I hope·many more of these
inactives will return to services.
--Steve Martin
GRADUATE SCHOOL FACULTY NAMED Just four months remain until the
opening of Ambassador Graduate School of Theology and progress is
rapidly being made. The full-time faculty of the school has now been
appointed. Some part-time faculty members have also been named, and
a few others are still being considered as finer points of the
curriculum are developed.
One common denominator of the entire graduate school faculty is the
fact that all members have accomplished their undergraduate work at
Ambassador College in years past. Most of them are ordained ministers
of the Worldwide Church of God with pastoral experience at headquarters
as well as in the field. In addition, most of the men named are deeply
involved in other areas of the Work which are also related to their
fields of expertise.
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All eleven full-time faculty members hold one or more graduate degrees
including four who have doctorates and three who are doctoral candidates.
Several others are currently pursuing doctoral programs in their areas
of specialization.
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The faculty members (in approximate alphabetical order) with their
general subject areas are: David Albert and David Antion, counseling;
Greg Albrecht, homiletics; Gunar Freibergs, church history; George
Geis, human development; Lester Grabbe, New Testament studies; Brian
Knowles, theological journalism; Robert Kuhn, systematic theology and
church doctrine; Richard Linton and Arthur Mokarow, administration and
leadership; Steve Martin, professional studies; Robert Oberlander,
church educational programs; Richard Paige, Old Testament studies; and
John Robinson and Les Stocker, theological journalism and mass conununi
cations.
Of those named, Brian Knowles, Steve Martin, Art Mokarow, and John
Robinson will serve on a part-time basis due to their primary respon
sibilities in other areas of the Work.
--Les Stocker
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