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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, NOVEMBER 18, 19�6
In September we placed 200,000 newspaper inserts in seven regional
newspapers in an effort to boost our "Plain Truth" circulation to the
total we had budgeted to end the year on. By the end of the month l,300
responses had already been received, with a steady flow of coupons still
corning in daily.
We're greatly excited by the tremendous increase in new visits handled by
the ministry this year--up 80 percent over the first nine months of last
year! Another outstanding figure to report is that "World Tomorrow" radio
responses are up by 120 percent for the year so far!
FROM THE TREASURER'S OFFICE
(Submitted by Peter Nathan, Regional Director)
--Larry Salyer, Church Administration
October, 1986 You may have noticed that there was no report from this
office at the end of September. The reason is that it is very difficult
to make a proper comparison of September with the same month a year
earlier. At the end of October, after the Holy Day season is over, we can
again make more accurate comparisons.
First, let me give a brief report of the increase for all the fall Holy
Day offerings in comparison with 1985. For the Feast of Trumpets, 16.0
percent; the Day of Atonement, 20.5 percent; the first day of the Feast of
Tabernacles, 21.6 percent; and the Last Great Day, 8.1 percent. For the
year, the Holy Day offerings were 12.9 percent greater than last year.
It has taken the two weeks since the Feast to input all the income and
expense information for the month of October into the computer financial
record.
This record includes all financial and Holy Day offering
information for Pasadena and U.S. Feast sites.
Finally, we have the necessary information. The increase in income for
the year to the end of October is 7.9 percent. As a result of the efforts
of the many departments involved, our expense overage has now decreased
and at present is 0.8 percent above budget. This is quite an improvement
over the figures at the end of August.
For the first time in several months, the cash-flow projections for the
year look good. We hope they will continue to look positive for the
remainder of the year.
We have now begun our budget process for 1987. This is what I think of as
a "necessary evil." There are probably more appropriate words than that,
as it is not "evil," but it is necessary. We must have such a financial
guide or "model" for the year in order to keep proper control.
We have decided on a percentage base for income which we believe and hope
will turn out to be safe and conservative. Now we must build an expense
"model" for all of the many departments that.will fit within this expense
estimate.
During the next two months much time and effort will be
required to complete this new budget.
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