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brethren. In the weeks and months ahead, attention will be focused even
more sharply on the Church and the College and each of you as we all
stand behind God's apostle in warning this world.
--Pastor's Report Staff
SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICES; EMPLOYEE MEETING; NEWS CONFERENCE
Monday evening, March 12, a call went out to the brethren in the Southern
California area stating that any who could come to special services on
Tuesday morning without jeopardizing their job or classes would be
welcome. Approximately 750 brethren gathered for special services in
the lobby of the Hall of Administration as they did during the week of
the Ministerial Conference in January. Messrs. Roderick Meredith,
Raymond McNair, Joe Tkach and Wilbur Berg spoke at the morning and after
noon services. Although no one really expected a confrontation with
the new receiver, our brethren showed their support of God's Church by
a peaceful assembly during the first day after the receiver was installed
by Judge Title.
At 11:00 a.m. the same day of the special Church service, Messrs. LaRavia,
Rader and Helge updated all employees on current events during a previously
scheduled employee meeting in the Auditorium, which was also piped into
the Hall of Administration for the members already assembled there.
Immediately after Mr. Rader spoke to the employees, he held a news con
ference in the Auditorium lobby where he told nearly two dozen members
of the News Media, plus dozens more employees gathered around them, that
the Worldwide Church of God had released documentation showing the state
Attorney General's Office had falsely accused the Church of making no
accountings or financial disclosures. Mr. Rader read the following press
release:
"One of the more absurd, false allegations made by the Deputy Attorney
General Lawrence Tapper and Special Deputy Attorney General Hillel
Chodos in the instant action has been the alleged failure of each of the
three defendants' corporations to render an adequate accounting.
"This accusation is particularly surprising, and gives further evidence
of the bad faith of the Deputy Attorney General Lawrence Tapper and
Special Deputy Attorney General Hillel Chodos' harassment in that each
corporation has filed with the State of California an annual accounting
on forms prescribed by the State and in the detail required by those forms.
"Specifically, Ambassador International Cultural Foundation files with
the Attorney General's office an annual, detailed report (Form CT-2) list
ing, among other things: the total compensation of each officer, director,
and key employees; every transaction with each officer or director
including any extensions of credit or sales of properties; each trans
action involving the purchase or sale of a security or investment in
cluding the cost, fair market value, and any gain or loss on the trans
action; all distributions to other charities or other recipients; and
a balance sheet, income statement, as well as other financial disclosures.
This report, although not required to be audited, is audited by indepen
dent certified public accountants and their report, together with the
Foundation's report, are public documents available for public inspection.