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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, NOVEMBER 4, 1986
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On September 21 the •world Tomorrow• T.V. program entered the Dutch homes
via Sky Channel.
Sky Channel is an English commercial T.v. station
beaming at England and Europe and can be received via cable T.V. The
Netherlands is at this particular moment the most densely cabled country
in Europe; 43 percent of the Dutch T.V. viewers are able to receive Sky
Channel.
Although according to Dutch law no Dutch-language or Dutch
products may be used or advertised on Sky Channel the response to the
offered English-language •plain Truth• is promising. The Dutch brethren
commented very favorably on the informative first message of Mr. David
Hulme.
Church attendance and membership increased 10 percent compared to
September 1985.
(Submitted by Bram de Bree, Regional Director>
Prem Scandinavia A Norwegian newspaper, ARBEIDERBLADET c•tabor Paper•>,
recently quoted from the 'News Overview• section of •nen Enkle Sannhet"
(The Plain Truth).
In the newspaper's column entitled "Meninger om mangt• ("Opinions on
Much"), the writer quoted extensively from the July/August "Plain Truth"
report on drug-taking entitled •sigh on the Job.• The newspaper writer
summed up by saying that •the misuse of drugs••• is one of the reasons the
U.S. is beginning to lose its leadership in the world of industry. Yes,
isn't this frightening?•
Last autumn's run of advertising in several Nordic newspapers successfully
added 15,000 new "Plain Truth• subscribers to our files.
We hope to
repeat this success by again advertising in five major newspapers during
November and December. Pull-color, loose inserts will be appearing in the
following publications: BERGENS TIDENDE (Norway); BERLINGSKI SONDAG and
JYLLANDS POSTEN (Denmark); SVENSKA DAGBLADET and GOTEBORGS POSTEN
(Sweden>. This represents a total print run of 1.2 million inserts.
The level of ·Good News• subscribers continues to climb dramatically.
There are 2,854 copies of the October/November issue being mailed out_to
Scandinavia. This is a 27 percent increase over the preceding month. And
combined membership among the Scandinavian churches now totals 77.
EDITORIAL SERVICES
(Submitted by Prank Brown, Regional Director>
--Larry Salyer, Church Administration
•WORLDWIDE NEWS" FESTIVAL REPORTS; MARCH •PLAIN TROTH• PLANNING SECTION;
NEW TV BROCHURE; "YOO'l'B 86" LE'l"l'ERS
•worldwide aevs• Pestival Reports Reports are coming in from Feast sites.
around the world. We really appreciate you Feast coordinators getting the
reports to us on time. Our goal is to cover each and every Feast site in
the first issue after the Feast, so if any of you haven't sent in your
report yet, please do so immediately. It might still make that edition.