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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, FEBRUARY 1, 1985
for our young people. This summer 224 campers from Australia and Asia were
accepted for SEP. They are being served and supervised by 11 ministers and
wives, and 78 staff members. Reports indicate that this is the most out
standing camp ever conducted for our young people in this country.
We are very grateful to Jesus Christ for continuing to provide our finan
cial needs through the members, co-workers and donors. With an increase of
13.0% in December, our end-of-year increase in income finalized at 15.2%.
Recent Ordinations
Mr. John Borax, associate pastor of the Calgary (North), Canada congrega
tion, was raised in rank to preaching elder Sabbath, January 5, 1985. Hands
were laid on him by the Regional Qirector for Canada, Mr. Colin Adair, and
by Calgary pastor Mr. Graemme Marshall.
That same Sabbath, in San Fernando, the Philippines, Mr. Bermevon Dizon was
ordained a local elder by evangelist Mr. Dean Blackwell, Philippine Re
gional Director Mr. Guy Ames, and office manager Mr. Rod Matthews.
--Joe Tkach, Ministerial Services
UPDATE FROM MAIL PROCESSING
1983-1984--0ne Record Year After Another
As we have previously reported, 1984 was a year of record-breaking growth
for God's Church in nearly all categories. The following table illustrates
the tremendous increases we experienced in the United States compared to
1983, which was itself a record year:
Category
1983
1984
Increase
Mail Received
3,865,580
4,927,491
27.5%
WATS Calls
621,732
790,793
27.2%
Total New Names Added to File
1,085,228
1,710,324
57.6%
PLAIN TRUTH Subscriptions*
2,315,708
2,596,851
12.1%
GOOD NEWS Circulation*
173,358
379,682
119.0%
YOUTH Magazine Circulation*
96,079
107,242
11.6%
Books and Booklets
4,027,284
4,875,034
21.1%
Bible Course Enrollments*
195,941
241,985
23.5%
Co-workers*
49,205
55,605
13.0%
Donors*
88,724
104,458
17.7%
*File counts as of December
Co-worker Growth Matches Subscriber Growth
During the past three years, the number of U.S. co-workers has increased
from 33,000 to over 55,000. This is an average annual increase of 18%
!
This rate of growth is nearly as high as that of The PLAIN TRUTH magazine
for the same period. It is evident that co-worker growth is paralleling the
same upward trend of the PT subscription list.