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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
May 21, 1979
NEWS SUMMARY
WORLDWIDE EDITION
U.S. CAMPAIGN UPDATE
Mr. Dennis Luker has recently returned from our second campaign in the
month of May. It was held May 11, 12 and 13 in Denver following immediate
ly on the heels of the San Antonio, Texas campaign headed up by Mr. Rod
erick Meredith. This past Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights the Pasadena
campaign was held in our own auditorium, again with Mr. Meredith as the
featured speaker.
As Mr. Meredith reported in the May 14th Pastor's Report, the Denver cam
paign was
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a success and inspired a great wave of enthusiasm among the bre
thren in the area there. Like the San Antonio campaign /the week before7,
new attendance was not large, but those attending did respond much more
and it now appears there will be more 'fruit' in the local churches as a
result of these campaigns than any in recent years." Total attendance
ranged from 220 to 428 over the three nights and new attendance was 50, 77,
and 35 on the three nights respectively. Mr. Meredith said that Mr. Ronald
Kelly atd Mr. Luker both felt the final night's attendance was somewhat
lower because, unfortunately, it coincided with Mother's Day.
The Pasadena campaign wer.t well with total attendance ranging from 504 to
737, with the highest number coming Saturday night. New attendances were
60, 80 and 60 respectively on the three successive nights. Mr. Sherwin
McMichael, who was
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for all three evenings, observed good interest in the
follow-up Bible studies among the new people--many of whom stayed after
services to talk.
An interesting though unexpected trend was apparent at the Pasadena campaign
Approximately half of the new people came from the Spanish language PLAIN
TRUTH subscriber's list. Mr. Ralph Levy of the Spanish Department gave a
simultaneous translation for the monoglots among them. We can readily
serve these people since the Spanish speaking church here in Pasadena meets
in the Fine Arts rec���l hall on campus.
NEW CHURCHES AND BIBLE STUDIES
Mr. Meredith was pleasel to announce to the ministry in the May 14th Pastor':
Report that nine new ch'1rches and two new Bible Studies will be starting
this summer.�w Church locations are-:
�Augusta, GA; Canton, OH; Harlan,
KY; Mansfield, OH; Oak Eill, WV; South Pittsburgh, PA; Kent, WA; West Pitts
burgh, PA; Atlanta, GA (split into East and West). The Bible studies are
in Cadillac, MI and West Plains, MO. It is felt that these new congrega
tions will save hundreds of our brethren from additional driving which is
especially important now that the gasoline shortage is becoming more of a
problem across the nation.
EXCERPTS FROM SPECIAL LECTURE TO SABBATICAL MINISTERS
On May 8th, at Mr. Armstrong's request, Mr. Stanley Rader, Mr. Ralph Helge
and Mr. Ellis LaRavia spoke to the sabbatical ministers and a few other
students about the key issues relevant to the Church's legal battle with