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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JULY 24, 1981
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At the present time virtually the whole country is covered by radio and
television broadcasting. The PLAIN TRUTH mailing list stands at almost
187,000 subscribers for the English edition, and an additional 46,374
subscribers take La PURE VERITE.
The newsstand edition is currently
running at 150,000 copies in English and 11,500 in French.
Throughout
Canada the monthly PLAIN TRUTH circulation is in excess of 394,000 copies.
One in every sixty Canadians receives his own copy of The PLAIN TRUTH. That
is the best ratio in the world at present.
One of the areas in which Canada serves is in helping other international
offices to preach the Gospel. Canada was able to double the amount of money
set aside for assisting overseas offices to one million Canadian dollars.
This is used for the Philippine PLAIN TRUTH, underwriting the Work in
Scandinavia and the South Pacific, financing five-days-a-week broadcasting
on Radio Ceylon, and other projects yet to be announced.
Mr. Armstrong was well pleased with the good organization of the Vancouver
office, the efficiency with which the Work has been and is being done, and
the strong indicators for growth in that part of the world.
That evening Mr. Armstrong had a pleasant and relaxed dinner with the
office management and the Vancouver church pastors and their wives.
On the Sabbath he spoke to a combined church attendance of 1,605, some
members having traveled from other parts of British Columbia, Alberta and
Washington state. In his sermon he explained the symbolism of the two trees
in the Garden of Eden. Especially clear was the difference between humans
and animals and how mankind needs three kinds of knowledge--how to deal
with things, how to relate to other people and how to relate to God.
Mankind has accomplished tremendous achievements with things--the material
world. But without God's Spirit, he has no idea how to relate to other
humans and the Great God! All our troubles on earth have come because Adam
rejected spiritual knowledge that is necessary to have access to God's mind
and which shows the way to peace and harmony between humans.
We flew back to Pasadena Saturday night and began preparing for the trip to
Europe Tuesday.
--Robert E. Fahey
FROM MINISTERIAL SERVICES
Death of Pastor's Son
Jim and Barbara Chapman want to express their heartfelt thanks for the
concern and prayers of the entire Church on behalf of their son Wayne who
had suffered a serious fall from a scaffold last year. Wayne died on July
21. Your continued prayers on behalf of the Chapman family would be greatly
appreciated.
International News
Progress in Southern Africa Regional Director Dr. Roy McCarthy has sent in
the following exciting summary of activities in Southern Africa over the
past months:
God's Work is doing very well in Southern Africa. Our PLAIN TRUTH mailing
list goes up and up. We are now printing 119,000 copies in Cape Town,