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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, AUGUST 6, 1986
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Mr. Boraker, accompanied by his wife, Margaret, visited Athens, Greece,
and held Pentecost services for 10 brethren there. This group included
two Ambassador College graduates and one former student of the college.
Mr. Boraker, who had last made a trip to this region seven years ago,
was pleased to note the spiritual progress that had been made by our
members in Greece. They are all hoping to see the Work grow in this
area of the world.
Mr. Stirk, who kept the Feast in Malta, reported that "things went very
well for the Pentecost period with an attendance of 48 people." The
island's "Good News" readers were invited to attend four lectures, two
before and two after the Holy Day.
Despite the Maltese being
enthusiastic supporters of the World Cup, which was in progress at the
time, 38 new people attended the series of talks. Mr. Stirk remarked
that "the interest shown in the Church by these people was quite strong
and we hope they will come along towards Church attendance during the
next few months."
Mr. Frank Brown has received approval from Pasadena to send Mr. and
Mrs. Ken Buck to Malawi. Mr. Buck is a local elder in the Southampton
church in southern England.
He will be serving the Blantyre
congregation in Malawi for an expected two-year period, probably
starting at the end of this year or by early 1987. Prior to this, Mr.
Buck and his wife, Hilary, will attend the Refreshing Program in
Pasadena starting August 3. This will be followed by an initial two
week visit to Malawi to set up arrangements for accommodation. They
will then return to England in order to attend the Feast of Tabernacles
in Guernsey. Mr. and Mrs. Buck have one son, who is minister to the
Brandon and Moosomin churches in Canada.
Mr. Tkach has also approved a new Church building for Malawi. This
will be available for use as a Feast site since our present one will
not be available from 1987 and also satisfy the government's
requirement of the Church to have a physical presence in the country.
This, of course, will be a great encouragement to our brethren there
and will no doubt bring about an increase in attendance, both on the
Sabbath and for the Feast.
From Scandinavia
Scandinavia during
total! God's Work
level of interest
message.
More than 9,000 pieces of mail came in from
June -"."" well over four times the previous month's
is continuing to see amongst Scandinavians a growing
in the Church's publications and in the true Gospel
Numbers enrolled on.the Bible Correspondence Course continue to show a
dramatic upward trend. The present figure of 205 students has leaped
by 156% over the previous month and is a 12-fold increase compared to
June '85.
About two thirds of these students receive their Bible
Correspondence lessons in the Norwegian language.
A subscription to "The Good News" was recently offered to "Plain Truth"
readers who had been receiving the magazine for more than one year.
Since May, 566 Scandinavian subscribers have responded to this
particular offer.