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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, FEBRUARY 7, 1986
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"The Plain Truth," along with fulfilling its commission, appears to be
filling an important gap in news coverage in that area of the world.
"Youth 86• Update We're receiving so many good articles from teenage
readers for the "Reader By-Line" section that we're planning to start
using more than one when possible.
The teens have many positive,
helpful stories and ideas they want to share. Some touching and helpful
articles about preventing teen suicide are scheduled for the April
issue.
The article "Are You Sure Everybody's Doing It?" has been bringing in a
lot of mail. Many readers explain that they've learned the hard way the
negative effects of premarital sex.
Today's young people, sexually
sophisticated as they are, seem very naive about the effects of going
the way of the world. Many of them need and want guidelines.
To those of you who have shown some talent and' interest in writing,
"Youth 86" does need articles on some of the basic spiritual subjects.
Articles need to be interestingly written and show why and how the
subject relates to teens.
If you have an article idea, please write me, explaining what you have
in mind and how you would grab the readers' interest.
We'11 let you
know if we need something on the subject and provide further guidelines.
Important to remember when writing for
.
"Youth 86" is that we want to
promote family unity and point young people to their parents, all the
while keeping in mind that about 90 percent of our readers' parents
aren't in the Church.
YES Lesson Update Student enrollment in the youth Bible lessons is at
an all-time high. U.S. enrollment is about 21,000--17 percent of those
are non-Church youths.
Including international enrollment, we have
about 30,000 students now.
--Dexter H. Faulkner, Editorial Services
UPDATE FROM MAIL PROCESSING
TRIBUTE TO MR. ARMSTRONG BREAKS 100,000; NEW TELECAST BRINGS 19,332
CALLS; GOOD GROWTH CONTINUES; COMMENTS ABOUT MR. ARMSTRONG
Tribute to Mr. Armstrong Breaks 100,000 We are pleased to report that
responses to this special telecast have now passed 100,000. Since the
program was initially aired, calls have continued to come in at a steady
pace.
For example, an additional 4,000 viewers called this weekend
(February 1-2) to request MYSTERY OF THE AGES. Most of these callers
were doing double duty--they were responding to Mr. Hulme's program, but
also asking for Mr. Armstrong's book because they were unable to get
through on the previous weekend.
(A small number also came from
stations which showed the special telecast one week later.)
Incidentally, over 7,000 letter responses to "Tribute to Mr. Armstrong"
have been received. This brings the combined total to over 107,000.