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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, December 12, 1980
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Australian Report At the present time we are going throuqh a consolida
tion period which includes a slow down in promotions and-mail responses to
advertisements. Other media havL also dropped somewhat compared to last
year.
However, a solid base of PLAIN TRUTH readers and co-workers has
kept our donation and regular mail coming in at a consistent rate.
Our lower mail count has had little effect on income. We are most grate
ful for an excellent increase in income for November--up 34.8% over the
same month last year. Our year-to-date increase now stands at 27%. This
solid increase in income serves to remind us that this is not the work of
men, but the Work of God, and it is He who lays it on the hearts of
members, co-workers, and others to support His Work financially.
Church News: Our Regional Director, Mr. Bob Morton, has been travelling
extensively this past month visiting a number of church areas throughout
Australia. So far he has visited Perth, Adelaide, Gold Coast, Newcastle,
Hobart, Launceston, and Devenport once each, and Sydney and Brisbane twice,
conducting Sabbath services and Bible studies, and getting together with
the ministers and their wives. These trips are proving invaluable in
promoting church unity and in heiping the ministry and members to solidly
support Mr. Armstrong in doing God's Work in this area of the world.
Mr. Morton leaves this coming Wednesday, December 3rd, for Singapore and
Malaysia. He will be visiting with members in that area as well as meet
ing with the printers and distributors of The PLAIN TRUTH magazine. Mr.
Morton will be investigating ways to improve the quality of the printing
of the magazine, as well as the service to our readers throughout Australia
and Asia.
Appreciation for Ministerial Refreshing Program
Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong:
My wife and I have just returned 'from the Ministerial Refreshing
Program. How I ever got along without this information--without
making colossal blunders, only God knows, for it must have been
by the grace of God. Now we can all speak with confidence that we
are speaking the same thing you are speaking.
We thank you for it. We want you to know we appreciate ministers
Joe Tkach, Larry Salyer, Leroy Neff, Dean Blackwell, Ellis LaRavia
and others at Ministerial Services for presenting the truth of God
to us EXACTLY the way you, Mr. Armstrcng, have checked and approved.
We feel that we have not heard the truth preached so exactly as you
have taught it for at least FIFTEEN YEARS. I am using the informa
tion we received as a guide to every sermon, in every counselling
session, in my every decision, even in my thoughts.
Perhaps most of all, we appreciate the total loyalty of Ministerial
Services to Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong, the apostle whom Jesus Christ
has used as the instrument to teach us all the truth of God that we
know. For this is PROOF POSITIVE that Jesus Christ is putting the
Church of God back on the TRACK.
Lynn and Wynona Torrance