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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, DECEMBER 3, 1982
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Record Number of New CORRESPONDENCE COURSE Students
So far this year, 124,486 new students have been enrolled in the AMBASSADOR
COLLEGE BIBLE CORRESPONDENCE COURSE in the United States. This is a new
year-to-date record and a 143% increase over the same period last year.
Over 26,000 students were added in November alone, which is the highest
number ever enrolled in a month's time.
The graph below, which compares the number of students added in the first
eleven months of every year since 1970, dramatically pictures this in
crease.
NEW U.S. CORRESPO NDENCE COURSE STUDENTS
JANUARY-NOVEMBER OF EACH YEAR SINCE 1970
150,000
120,000
!l0,000
60,000
30,000
The large gains for 1982 are th� result of more extensive advertising. The
CORRESPONDENCE COURSE is now offered in 41 of our booklets and has been pro
moted in several recent issues of The PLAIN TRUTH.
A total of over 1,237,000 people in the United States have requested the
BIBLE CORRESPONDENCE COURSE since its inception in 1954!
Christmas Telecast Draws New All-time Record WATS Response
The WATS line received 10,948 calls in response to this weekend's telecast.
This is 480 calls over the previous all-time record and represents a 32%
increase over last year's showing of this same program.
The record is remarkable considering that the telecast was preempted on WOR
in New York, our largest station. Had it aired as scheduled,
at
least 1,000
more calls would have been received.
All-time Record Set for Weekend Mail
A total of 62,578 pieces of mail arrived at Pasadena and Tucson during the
November 20th weekend. This is another all-time record, surpassing the
previous high (July 24, 1982) by 6.1%. Nearly two-thirds of the mail was
semiannual letter responses, which have been coming in heavily over the
past several days.