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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, May 16, 1980
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A total of 18,715,430 booklets were sent via the computer from 1970 to
1979--an average of two million per year!
Or, over 38,000 booklets mailed every week!
The peak year for booklets mailed was 1973 with 3,620,198 going out; the
low year was 1972 with 1,251,499 booklets mailed.
The booklets offered by God's Work have covered the gamut of human life,
dealing especially with the most important subjects affecting man's
existence: the truth about death and the resurrection, the fact that man
is not an immortal soul, why God has created man on the earth, how
marriage is a type of what God is doing in His own spiritual family, the
real meaning of marriage, how the Law of God relates to man, the laws of
success, why the problems of this world exist, what Bible prophecy has to
say about man's society and its future, the truth about sex and the family,
how to prove that God exists, the powerful laws of God relating to finance,
etc.
As you know, the list of topics covered by the literature from God's Work
could go on and on. We deeply believe that God has inspired Mr. Herbert
Armstrong to guide the development of the wide range of literature which we
now have to offer.
The value of the booklets and articles available to our readers cannot be
overestimated. Literally thousands and thousands of people every month
are helped and benefited by what all of us are a part of!
--Richard Rice, Mail Processing Center
MAIL COMMENTS
Topics in this week's mail comments section include responses to the
February 25th WORLDWIDE NEWS article by Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong, "God
Commands That We Avoid Certain Ones!", and a sampling of letters from
readers who are amazed that the Church gives high quality literature
away, free of charge.
--Mail Processing Center
Members Appreciate Mr. Armstrong's Instruction
I read your article where you said "God Commands That We Avoid
Certain Ones!" Well, for quite a while I did write to a couple
that has gone out of God's Church. But then I picked up that
paper and right on the first page in big print there was "God
Commands That We Avoid Certain Ones." I read that and told myself
that was for me, and a warning to me.
--M. C. (TX)
Thank you so much for writing "God Commands That We Avoid Certain
Ones:" in the February 25 issue of The WORLDWIDE NEWS. It was very
timely and much needed.
There has been a tendency in the Church to rationalize that we
should remain "friendly" with these dissidents who were once members