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9 and 16) have been helped by the resumption of PLAIN TRUTH renewal
mailings from the Circulation Department. Responses are also corning in
to a recent "Co-Worker Newsletter," and literature offer to PLAIN TRUTH
subscribers.
The responses to Mr. Armstrong's co-worker and member letters are
reported as being exceptionally good -- but since they are going directly
to other offices, we have no definite statistics on them here in MPC.
A note of special interest: around 8,000 special donation letters (not
included in the tabulation above) from brethren responding to the cash
bond appeal were processed by MPC last week.
--Richard Rice, Mail Processing Center
PUBLISHING SERVICES UPDATE
The second printing of Mr. Herbert Armstrong's book, The Incredible
Human Potential, is about to hit the commercial book world. Our own
publishing house, "Everest House," will publish and distribute through
the book trade. The book has a royal blue cover this time and has been
re-typeset to make it more commercially acceptable to the book buying
public. We have timed the publicatio'n for the big spring book buying
market.
The prestigious New York Academy of Sciences has given our Everest House
book, Color in Plants and Flowers by John and Susan Proctor, an "honor
able mention." This means that the academy, with a membership of
28,000 scientists, has selected the book as one of the ten best science
books of the year. There will be a formal presentation in New York on
April 17.
--Roger Lippross, Publishing Services Director
STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT FOR THE CHURCH'S STAND DURING RECENT CRISIS
(Editor's note: The following two statements were sent to Mr. Rader by
Dr. J. Gordon Melton, Director of the Institute For the Study of American
Religion. Mr. Rader asked that they be reprinted as an example of one
who, though of a different biblical belief and orientation, understands
the gravity of the issues and is supportive of the Church's efforts to
defend itself from the unwarranted and unconstitutional attacks by the
Attorney General of the state of California.)
ATTACKS ON THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD TERMED THE GREATEST
ATTEMPT TO SUBVERT THE FIRST AMENDMENT IN THIS DECADE
The attempt to redefine the Worldwide Church of God as a '
'public
trust" and its property as "in a sense, public" is the most flagrant
attack on the freedom of religion and the independent status of religious
institutions in this country in many years, said Dr. J. Gordon Melton,
Director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion. Dr.
Melton, who is also the Chicago representative of the Alliance for the
Preservation of Religious Liberty (APRL), made his statement following
a conversation with Mr. Ellis LaRavia, recently placed in charge of the
Worldwide Church of God headquarters operation, and Church attorney
Ralph Helge.