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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, February 22, 1980
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Upward Trends: Apart from news of future plans, we have good news on
other fronts. January was a record month for income--up 39% over last
January. Church attendance is up too--16% over last year.
1980 Plans for Scandinavian Work
1980 looks like a promising year for the Work in Scandinavia as a some
what greater allocation of finances is planned. Projections currently
include an advertising program for the English language Plain Truth,
though the ads themselves will probably be produced in the respective
native languages.
A number of direct mail shots are also planned and, eventually, we would
like to try using the Exhibition stands that have been so successful in
Britain in at least one Scandinavian Site.
Pacific Islands Report
The Work in the Pacific Islands was dealt a severe blow this month when
news came through that the Fiji Post Office was increasing its postage
rates by approximately 100%! As all of our mail to readers in Fiji is
shipped to Fiji from New Zealand and posted there, this move will have
quite an effect on our budget there.
Meanwhile, in Tonga, our minister Tolu Ha'angana has posted a card offer
ing The Plain Truth into each of the 1252 Post Office Boxes in Nuku'alofa,
the capital. Results have been excellent, with 232 cards already having
been returned. This has already trebled The Plain Truth list in Tonqa,
with more responses still expected.
In the Pacific Islands, we plan to continue the World Tomorrow broadcast
in Fiji and Tonga, plus the ongoing newsstand program in Fiji. 1�ith the
January Plain Truth began a small newsstand circulation in Tonga. The
major new promotional thrust in the Pacific Islands this year will be an
extensive newspaper advertising campaign. Twenty-eight advertisements
are about to be placed in newspapers spanning Western Samoa, New Caledonia,
New Hebrides, Tahiti and Tonga. Hopefully more ads of this type can be
placed later in the year.
--Joe Tkach, Ministerial Services
FOUNDATIONAL BOOKLET TO BECOME AVAILABLE AGAIN
We have some qood news about Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong's important book,
United States and Britain In Prophecy. The good news is that after an
absence of many years, the booklet will again be available in the larger
original version. There will now be two versions, both with the same
editorial copy. One version is hard-back 6" x 9" in full-color which will
be published by Everest House for commercial distribution. The second
version will also be full-color but will be produced to our regular book
let size of 5 1/4'' x 8 1/4". It will be soft-cover but with a glued bind
ing like the old original booklet.
We already have a waiting list of 25,000 for this booklet version, and
with planned advertising in the April U.S. PLAIN TRUTH, we are going to
print 200,000 of this important booklet for free distribution.
--Publishing Services