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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JULY 1, 1983
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their lives start to suffer from rejecting new truth.
several in this category.
No problems at present.
We have
EMERALD/CLERMONT,
QLD--BRIAN ORCHARD:
Spirits are high even
though there has been much rain and flooding in the area.
Some
made it in for Pentecost services and were glad for the fellow
ship.
Everything seems to be fine as far as attitudes and en
thusiasm are concerned.
GIPPSLAND, VIC--PETER WHITTING:
The highlight for this month has
been the Feast of Pentecost--it was a very profitable Feast for
all, with a very good offering.
Although in many respects the
Gippsland brethren are stable and loyal, the one problem area is
the maintenance of happy marriages.
It is a recurring problem
that will have to be specifically addressed in the coming months.
NEWCASTLE, NSW--GARY HARVEY:
This month we continued with a busy
round of visiting--kept busy with new PMs
(great explosion of
them; now have 12, most of whom are active).
The news of TV
starting
soon in
Newcastle has really
lifted up everyone's
spirits here.
Problems seem to be fewer.
--Joe Tkach, Ministerial Services
UPDATE FROM MAIL PROCESSING
PLAIN TRUTH Reaching Relatively New Audience
A recent study of The PLAIN TRUTH subscription list showed that most sub
scribers in the United States have been on file for only one to three years.
This means that the magazine is fairly new to the majority of its readers.
The following bar chart gives the number of current subscribers according
to the year they were added to the files.
CURRENT U.S. PLAIN TRUTH SUBSCRIBERS ON FILE
SHOWING YEAR ADDED TO SUBSCRIPTION LIST:
1973-1983
First Five Months of 1983 Only
COUNT
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
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