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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, MAY 10, 198 5
NOTICE TO ALL MINISTERS
(Not to be Announced)
PAGE 7
Due to inquiries received regarding Mr. Dan Botha, former pastor
of the Pretoria, Pretoria (North), and Pietersburg, South Africa
churches, we feel it is necessary to advise the ministry that Mr.
Botha has been removed from the ministry and the Church, and is
considered disfellowshipped. Mrs. Botha remains a member of the
Church. This notice is not, and should not be considered a mark
ing of Mr. Botha.
--Joseph Tkach, Ministerial Services
UPDATE FROM MAIL PROCESSING
The Harvest Truly Is Great!
The following information about the growth and development of the work of
God's Church worldwide will appear in the upcoming Feast issue of The GOOD
NEWS. Some of these facts cover a span of 50 years--dating back to 1934 and
the beginning of the Philadelphia era of God's Church. We thought you would
find this material interesting and encouraging.
• More than 750 million publications have been distributed since 1934
(U.S. only) •
o 57 million letters have been received from 1934 to 1984 (U.S. only).
If all these letters were delivered by postmen carrying typical mail
bags with 500 pieces, 114,000 men would be lined up to deliver the
mail.
• 13 million names have been added to our subscription files from 1934
to 1984 (U.S. only).
• 5 million calls have been received since our WATS lines were installed
in 1973. If each call were two minutes long, it would take one opera
tor 80 years working 40 hours a week to answer all these calls.
• The PLAIN TRUTH goes to virtually every nation on earth and is re
ceived by one in every 633 people worldwide.
• 3.1 million PLAIN TRUTHs are distributed worldwide each month through
the newsstand program.
• Over 600 different pieces of literature are presently available
(books, booklets, reprints, Correspondence Course lessons, Youth Bible
Lessons, form letters, etc.).
• Each day, the amount of postage used just to mail our literature from
Pasadena is the equivalent of 50 thousand first class stamps. (This
does not include The PLAIN TRUTH and GOOD NEWS, which are mailed di
rectly from Donnelley's.)