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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JULY 20, 1984
FROM EDITORIAL SERVICES
Mr. Armstrong Offers GOOD NEWS to Select PT List
Mr. Armstrong is offering The GOOD NEWS to all PLAIN TRUTH readers who have
renewed their PT subscriptions twice (readers on the list for at least two
years). A personal letter from Mr. Armstrong to those subscribers
is
going
out in late July.
The stronger spiritual meat of The GOOD NEWS will thus be made available to
those with whom God may be working. Initial response projections show the
GN circulation rising from about 300,000 to about 800,000 and beyond.
This coming year we plan to emphasize Biblical subjects and doctrinal
truths even more, using many of Mr. Armstrong's basic articles and
foundational articles from our top writers. If the budget permits, plans
also call for expansion of The GOOD NEWS from 32 pages to 48 pages.
--Dexter H. Faulkner, Editorial Services
UPDATE FROM MAIL PROCESSING
Outstanding Growth Continues
The work of God's Church continued to experience unparalleled, record
breaking growth during the first six months of 1984. Following are the
figures (U.S. only) for some of the major categories:
Description
Mail Received
Phone Calls
New Names Added to File
PLAIN TRUTH Circulation
GOOD NEWS Circulation
New CC Students
Books and Booklets Sent
Count
2,374,569
390,389
947,768
4,688,990
226,926
139,333
2,695,442
% Increase
Over June 1983
33.1%
21.8%
71. 7%
27.9%
60.7%
23.0%
37.2%
This high level of activity is certainly keeping everyone at Headquarters
quite busy. As always, the prayers of God's people are needed and appre
ciated--so that these increases will continue and we can maintain a high
quality of service to the millions being reached by God's Church.
One Million New Names
As of July 16, one million new names have been added to our U.S. subscrip
tion files in 1984 !
This is only the third time in the history of the
Church that the million mark has been passed in one year, and it is the ear
liest to have this occur. Last year a total of 1.1 million were added and
in 1982 the count was 1.3 million.
We expect approximately 1.7 million
names for all of 1984.