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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, NOVEMBER 11, 1983
FROM MINISTERIAL SERVICES
Comments From Monthly Church Reports
From the United States
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BATON ROUGE, LA--ALTON BILLINGSLEY:
Just recently there have
been a number of very good PMs seeking contact with the Church.
Mostly this seems to be connected with the telecast. Hardly any
of
them
even
knows
about
the
local
radio
broadcast.
Surprisingly, a number of these people have only been watching
the telecast and reading the literature a few months.
COLUMBUS, OH--ROBERT DICK: PM activity rises and falls but never
stops. It is good to see a constant flow of new people. The
quality varies greatly, but we are steadily gaining new members.
DENVER, CO--JAMES REYER:
The Church continues to grow.
Forty
people are now studying for baptism. We are outgrowing our hall.
We had 652 in attendance on October 29.
WHEELING, WV--SHORTY FUESSEL:
In addition to the preaching of
the Gospel through expanded circulation of The PLAIN TRUTH, we
have an unusually large number of new people, plus young adults,
actively seeking baptism. There is an increased desire on the
part of many younger adults to now make the commitment to God and
the Church. Then there seems to be a slow but steady return of
some who have previously left the fellowship of the Church.
This year promises to be a good one for Spokesman Club, with more
men anxious to be members than we have space for. Enthusiasm is
high and personal growth and development are very obvious in many
men.
FORT WORTH (A.M.), TX--BOB SMITH:
The crunch of the times is
wearing heavily on many. However, through the crucible of such,
the brethren are becoming more aware of the reality of the times,
the inevitability of climactic upheavals and the absolute need to
become totally involved in this calling.
CHICO-EUREKA, CA--MARC SEGALL: We have noticed some potentially
severe accidents concerning little children where God's protec
tion prevented tragedy. One little 22-month-old boy fell off the
top of a six-foot ladder, landing on his head. At first there ap
peared to be brain damage but, after anointing, he has completely
recovered with no damage. In another incident this month, a two
year-old was savagely attacked by a large German Shepherd-mix
dog. Thankfully, the father got to the scene on time to pull the
dog off the little boy, but he had already been bitten in the face
repeatedly. Miraculously, none of the dog's bites punctured the
skin and only bruises were left where the dog had bitten--bruises
which disappeared by the next day.
YOUNGSTOWN, OH--EUGENE NOEL: We have had two outstanding heal
ings: a woman healed of a breast tumor and a man healed of pain
ful spinal arthritis he had suffered from for 15 years. It had