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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, September 5, 1980
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****ATTENTION ALL INTERNATIONAL OFFICES****
Please send all magazine and newspaper articles, as well
as all other publicity concerning the Church, its affil
iated organizations, ministers or members to the News
Bureau in Pasadena. We forward copies to all the offices
in need of that information (Executive, Legal, Ministerial
Services, etc.). Copies of copies are often difficult to
read, therefore we ask you to please send the original
article for us to paste up. Include the source, date, and
city of publication. Thank you very much for your help.
--News Bureau
CO-WORKER GROWTH UP SIGNIFICANTLY
1979 was truly a "benchmark" year for the Work of God. It was a year of
crisis, a year of struggling against herculean odds--and yet a year of
great accomplishment and achievement.
The latest figures for co-worker growth during 1979 and 1980 reflect
this period of "crisis" vs. ultimate triumph. During 1979, because of
the rec�ivership and resulting bad publicity, etc. the Work added only
8,921 new co-workers during the entire year and lost 16,663. The year
ended with a net loss of 7,742.
However, because of the power of God's Church pulling together through
the energetic, purposeful guidance of Mr. Herbert Armstrong, co-worker
confidence is being renewed and we are seeing much better co-worker
results during 1980.
Through the end of July 1980 we have already added over 10,660 new co
workers to our contributor files, and have a net increase of 827 for the
first seven months of 1980.
The Work is forging ahead in a positive manner under Mr. Armstrong's
direction. The attitude and confidence of our co-workers certainly
attests to that. We wanted to share this small piece of happy informa
tion with you, and hope that it is as encouraging to you as it is to
us. God's Work has definitely been turned around. With His help we are
overcoming the impact of the crisis of 1979, steadily and surely.
--Richard Rice, Mail Processing Center
ON THE WORLD SCENE
POLISH CRISIS: FIRST STEP TOWARD A NEW EUROPE Striking Polish workers
have dealt Moscow the most dramatic blow to its domination over Eastern
Europe since Marshal Tito won independence for Yugoslavia in 1948.
In winning extraordinary reforms, such as the right to organize indepen
dent trade unions, Baltic shipyard workers and Silesian coalminers have
rocked Communist regimes throuqhout Eastern Europe back on their heels.