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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, DECEMBER 28, 1984
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We now have an inventory of 11 Norwegian booklets, with six more due for de
livery very soon. We also have the first six lessons of the Bible corres
pondence course actually being printed at the time of this writing. In
1985, we plan to finish production of the first 12 CC lessons and four more
key booklets in Norwegian and then concentrate resources on building circu
lation.
While in England Mr. Lippross has been finalising plans for the installa
tion of the Bedford system, one of the most advanced electronic typesetting
systems in the world. It will link the offices in the U.K., Germany and
Holland with Pasadena, revolutionising PLAIN TRUTH typesetting procedures.
Everyone here is very excited about this great step forward.
Continent of Europe and Middle East: The growth of the English-language
PLAIN TRUTH circulation on the Continent and in the Middle East has seen a
lull due to the effects of the renewal programme, but growth is still
evident, particularly in the GOOD NEWS and co-worker lists. On the Conti
nent, GOOD NEWS circulation is 2,063, up 13.6% over October 1984, and the
number of co-workers is 109, an increase of 0.9%. In the Middle East, GN
circulation is 804, up 10.9% over October 1984, while the co-worker list is
40, an increase of 2.6%.
--Joe Tkach, Ministerial Services
UPDATE FROM MAIL PROCESSING
Correspondence Course Reaches Over Two Million People
This month marks the 30th anniversary of the Ambassador College Bible Cor
respondence Course. In that time over two million people worldwide have
enrolled. In 1984, students have been added in record numbers. Through No
vember of this year 225,000 were enrolled in the United States alone. The
following graph shows the number of new student enrollments (U.S. figures)
from 1970 to the present:
300,000
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
NEW STUDENT ENROLLMENTS
U.S. Correspondence Course
January 1970 - November 1984
(December 1984 Projected)
70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84
Year New Students Added