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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, DECEMBER 20, 1985
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Let's look to God for the encouragement and strength through His Spirit
that we all need.
International News
Pro• Stan Bass At the Regional Directors Conference in November, I had
the pleasure of attending a social event at the home of evangelist
Harold Jackson to which many students from the Caribbean had been
invited. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that there is a very fine
representation of students from the Caribbean. From the English-speak
ing area alone there are two students from Antigua, two from Bahamas,
two from Guyana (via the U.S.), two from Jamaica, two from St. Lucia,
two from Trinidad and in addition there are two special students, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Lowe of Barbados. Mr. Lowe is a local elder. In
addition to these English-speaking students, there are students from
the French and Spanish areas of the Caribbean, for whom English is a
second language.
God has been granting encouraging growth to the English Caribbean
churches. The need exists in the future for pillar members and poten
tial employees in the Work. God seems to be providing a modest pool
from which these needs can be met.
Earlier this month we held a mini-conference for Church pastors in the
region. The agenda of the three-day conference dealt mainly with the
just-concluded Feast and budget projections for the upcoming year.
Media figures for this month show a marked increase due mainly to
excellent response in Trinidad. Overall we received a total of 1,821
television responses giving a cost per response of US$10.54. Trinidad
contributed 1,624 responses from their two television stations. We also
had 338 radio responses at a cost per response of US$26.91. Jamaica
provided the majority with 252 responses.
God's work in Trinidad has undergone exciting changes just recently.
After years of trying, we were recently able to buy time on TTT-TV
Channel 2/13. This occurred right after a visit by Mr. Stan Bass and
BBOO representatives. The response has been overwhelming, with more
than 1,200 in the first month alone. The new channel reaches all of
Trinidad and Tobago and airs at the highly popular time of 9:00 a.m.
Sunday. This development was closely followed by a move of the Trinidad
office from its home of five years. The new facilities have ample
office space on the ground floor and room upstairs for Bible studies,
clubs, YOU meetings and choir practice. Its location in St. Augustine
is ideally suited for the majority of the brethren and is easily acces
sible from all points in Trinidad. Office staff are able to work in
quiet, well-designed areas for their various responsibilities. Perhaps
one of the major advantages of the new office is its accessibility to
phone lines. Instead of having just one line the Church now has three,
all governed by a state-of-the-art computer phone system. Because of
the system's •1ine-seeking• capabilities, responses to the program have
been increased greatly. Some callers remarked that they had tried for
months without success at our previous number. The dramatic difference
was underscored on a recent Sunday morning when more than 150 calls
were fielded in the two hours following the program. A total of 225
calls were received that Sunday. Previously, the office only received
400 calls in a month.