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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, May 16, 1980
Page 5
We feel that the 32-page newsstand PLAIN TRUTH is going to give us better
response in the form of new readers added to our circulation list. In
addition to the new names on the file who will receive a magazine regu
larly through the mail, we must be aware of the cumulative effect of the
tremendous witness accomplished by the 650,000 newsstand magazines that
are picked up each month. Some of these readers who take a copy each
month off the rack apparently prefer not to have their names on our
mailing list, while others are
passing one-time reader. But the
effectiveness of this witness is further enhanced when the magazines find
the
way into people's homes to be read by others in the family and
friends.
This latter aspect of the witness is often overlooked because we tend only
to be concerned about tangible results in the form of percentage returns.
That's why we are pleased about the increase in size of the Newsstand PT
to 32-pages, with its promise of being an ever greater witness!
--Publishing Services
CLARIFICATION FROM THE MAIL PROCESSING CENTER
With regard to the IMPORTANT NOTICE we issued in the May
9th Pastor General's Report, there may be some misunder
standing as to where to send your baptism, inactive, or
disfellowship information cards. To clarify that notice,
these cards should continue to be sent to Ministerial Ser
vices as usual where they keep certain statistical informa
tion, and then forward them to Mail Processing for the
actual updating of the individual record. We would like to
encourage you to send your cards to Ministerial Services
SOONER so they can send them to Mail Processing SOONER.
IMPORTANT: Please send all of these information cards to
Ministerial Services according to established procedures.
They will then transfer them to us.
Thanks so much for your help in this matter.
OVER 18 MILLION BOOKLETS IN 10 YEARS!
We all know that the
it's staggering just
disseminated abroad.
far and wide!
Work is having an impact in the world, but at times
to realize how many pieces of literature are being
Truthfully, the ''seed" of God's Word is being spread
Recently MPC did a study of the number of booklets which have been sent
out through the computer during the last ten years (September 6, 1970 to
December 31, 1979). We thought it would be interesting for you to see
a few highlights from the study in this issue of the Pastor General's
Report.