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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, MARCH 30, 1984
One other event of interest is that our printer, Ambassador Press Ltd.,
produced the French editions of The PLAIN TRUTH last month, having geared
up to handle the extra volume.
With the launching of the Norwegian edition, the English-language PLAIN
TRUTH file in Scandinavia has dwindled as readers begin to be transferred
to the Norwegian file.
Starting in early March, a concerted advertising
campaign began in Scandinavia to build Norwegian and English circulations
to a projected combined total of around 35,000.
Meanwhile, a small newsstand outlet in Greece, distributing 100 magazines
per month, and drawing a response of up to 10% has had to be closed recently
because of legal difficulties, but our outlet in Malta has been increased
from 600 to 900 magazines a month.
Spanish Report The April edition of La PURA VERDAD is being sent to 203,666
subscribers in 94 countries, breaking by nearly 14,000 the previous record
of 189,863 set in January 1983. This all-time mark was reached as a result
of the implementation of the new renewal policy from Mr. Armstrong whereby
subscribers are given an extended subscription in order to allow more time
for them to renew. Since no subscribers are being dropped until the June
PV, anot'r1er record will be set with the May issue. The top 10 countries
with respect to PV circulation are:
Mexico
40,897
Chile
9,932
U.S.A.
29,951
Puerto Rico
9,927
Argentina
29,787
Peru
8,812
Colombia
18.
,133
Guatemala
6,094
Spain
14,735
El Salvador
4,523
In Argentina, the work of God's Church continues to grow in every respect, a
trend which picked up speed dramatically a little over two years ago. The
following table graphically shows how God is blessing the Church in the
third-largest ( 28.5 million population) Spanish-speaking country in the
world:
Donors
Co-workers
PV Subs
Members
CC Students
Mail Received
Early 1982
14
15
6,000
89
508
7,000/yr
Present
115
58
30,000
100
1,094
30,000/yr
% Increase
721
287
400
12.4
115
329
Over the last two years some 32,936 new subscribers from Argentina have
been added, which is two and a half times as many as have been added during
the first 14 years of the existence of La PURA VERDAD ( 1968 to 1981).
Income has increased to the point where most local expenses are covered by
local income.
Mr. Alberto Sousa, a preaching elder who pastors the Ezeiza congregation,
also makes regular visits to Uruguay and Brazil to serve brethren on a 2500-
mile circuit.
A two-year trend, during which dramatic growth has been witnessed in donor
and co-worker growth, continues upward as the number of both reached all-