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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, July 11, 1980
Mr. Attorney General
of California:
You cannot shut these doors
opened to me for "\Vorld travel
to proclaim the Gospel!
W
ITH ALL m:E RESPECT
to
your ottice, Mr. Attor
ney General, I am under
orders from a far higher au
thority-one U'ho says you
can't stop me
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To me, the Supreme Authority,
the living ,Jesus Christ, says,
"Go
ye into all the u·orld
and proclaim
my Gospel Message." He says He
is the Supreme One who has
opened before me the doors, and
no man can shut.'
-lust how important i!l. this to the
Supreme Authorit�' above aJl
'l
F'nr our time
now-late in the 20th century-He says,
· "This Cnspel of the KinKdom of God shall
be preachf'd tn
all the irnrld
for a witness. to
all nations, and lhf'n shall the end !of this
world's civilization) come."
Nt1 other 1s taking this Gospel Me<Jsai,:e of
the imminent WORLD·Rl!LING Kingdom of
God into all the world.In 1.900 years that
Message has not ,?onf' out to the u hole
1.rorld.
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The Supreme Author i tv says you
cannot shut the doors He has opened
before me1
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S VIEW
,Just howhave you, \1r. Attorney General,
vipwed my Great Commission. going into all
the world with that all.important an
nouncement of the coming world.ruling
(;O\'ERNhtENT'l
Without checking in a peaceful manner to
learn WHY I ha� · e been going into
all Ote
u (}rid, you listened to the dissident, expelled
,ex.members of the Worldwide Church of
God. You assumed that the!l e arduous mis
sions worldwide were mere pleasure trips
"s1phoning otf millions of dollars every year
lo my own personal account." You accepted,
without first checking, the testimony of
expelled former members.Through your
actions, severe and irreparable damage was
done to the Work of the living GOD!
In the tint place. had you checked, you
would have found that these globe-girding
travels obeying the Great Commission from
Christ. were allocated the smallest amount
on the Worldwide Church of God annual
Ht':RBP:RT W ARMSTRON(;
budgel-/P.�.... rhan $/ million per year
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Yet
Lt was nece�sarv that l take along with me a
team rt>quirerl for holding many series
of
puhlic mt>etings before large audiences on
various continents uf the earth
Openinl( the door to such public meetings
wt>re inv1tatiuns for private audiences with
many heads
of
state,- kings. emperors.
pre,sidents. prime, ministen I have been
given hij,?hest honor.., by the governments of
foreign nations
I have hef"n the first--and so far as I know
only-rt>li
j,;
iom leader from the world of
Christianit\' to he invited as the honored
gue!.t of the Communist Pe,ople's Republic of
Chlna. t(J speak to large audiences this Mes·
sage from the Supreme · ·L'.m,een Strong Hand
from Somewhere," at the Chinese rapit.al. My
party and I Wl're the honored guests
of
that
largest-population nation on earth
The Higher Authority
I
serve has said that
in so doing. l or any others serving Him,
would surfer the indignitif"S of Sl!'Verf' perM"cu
tion---e\.·en from the high sources of thia
world..Jesus Christ said that if they had
persecuted Him the_v would pt>rMOcute us who
follow and obey Him
Not realizing what you were doing, you
have allowed yourself to be snared into thia
major-scale persecution of the entire
Church of God-11nd, as a test case, your
start on a campaign to take over, own,
control and manage the affairs of ALL
CHlJRCHEs•
I know that IN IGNORANCE you have done
this.You allowed yourself to be misled by
ex-members. Had you come to us in peace,
seeking the background of the Worldwide
Church of God and its world .girding opera
tions. we would have given you the fullest
cooperation and told you the PLAIN TIIUTH
We haH f;O couperatt>d with ever�· other
i,?o\.'f'rnmf"nl Bl("f'ncy that has sought the true
fact.i
Forres of the Roman government per!lt'
cuted .Je�us Christ-finally put Him to
death to pay for
your
sins, Mr. Attorney
Ceneral. and mine. You ha\.:e allowed your
st>lf tn he snared into tii,?hting again.st this
Hii,::her Authority' I shall do a!I the- Head of
the Church admonishe�· ··Prav for them
which despitefuly use you and persecute
you "
I
shall pray for your enlightenment.
and that
you
may be forgiven
hy
the Higher
Pnwer
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I would like to take you with me into
the soon-coming Kingdom of God'
WE ARE NON-PROSELYTING
We do not compete with other churches
We do not seek their members nor .solicit
anv MEMBERS DIRECTLY. Cod (Jdds such
members as He calls and who come volun ·
tarily.
We ha\·f', as we so well know. been
grievously misunderstood.But we welcome
with thanks to Almighty God the present
legal backing of the National Council of
Churches of Christ in the t:nited States. the
Lutheran Church in America. the Associa·
lion of Evangelical Lutheran Churches. the
Synagogue Council of America. lhe Baptist
Joint Committee on Public Affair-s., the
Board of Church and Society (>f the United
Methodi!l.t Church. the General Assembly of
the United Prf"sbyterian Church of the
l'nited States of America, National Asso
ciation of Evangelicals. and Northern Cali·
fornia F.cumenical Council. By them we are
'"'�-�
HERBERT W.AIIMSTRONG
Pastor General
Worldwide Church of God
For more information. write The World
wide Church of God. Pasadena. Calif..
91123, or call toll-fr••. (800) 423-404 In
California call collect
1213)
577-5225. If you
have some quesliona for the attorney gener
al of the state of California, write to him.
The Hon.George Deukmejia.n, California
Attorney General, 555 Capitol MaJI, Sacra
mento. Calif., 95814.
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