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PASTOR'S REPORT, June 11, 1979
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Wednesday, June 6, 1979, Mr. Arms�rong and Mr. Yamashita were the speaker3,
as well as Mr. Rader and the Japanese Ambassador to Tunisia, at a dinner
in honor of Mr. Armstrong and the Ambassador International Cultural FO\.::-ida
tion. The Minister of Culture, the Minister of Planning, the Minister of
Justice, the Minister of Social Welfare and the Minister of Foreign Affairs
were all present, as well as Ambassadors from Saudia Arabia, Qatar, Oman,
Italy, Romania and Morocco.
Mr. Armstrong, in speaking for some thirty minutes, explained the purposes
of the Church and the Great Commission. He announced that world peace
would be established in the world tomorrow with the government of God under
the laws of God.
Mr. Rader in describing the Foundation stated that the Foundation had been
blessed with four kinds of resources-•spiritual resources, human resources,
physical resources, and financial resources. Whenever the resources of
the Ambassador International Cultural Foundation are equal to the needs
of a particular country, and those needs have been manifested by the
proper representatives of a particular country, a new project for the
Foundation will commence. For the moment the Foundation will work closely
in the future with the National Institute of Nutrition in Tunis.
Mr. Armstrong arrived in Tunisia after meeting with the Prime Minister
of Morocco in Rabat several days earlier, at which time he and Mr. Rader
discussed problems in the fielq of social welfare with the Moroccan Prime
Minister.
CHURCH'S LEGAL BATTLE CONTINUES ON NUMEROUS FRONTS
Although the Church's legal battl� with the state of California is not now
directly interfering with the day-to-day operations of the Work of God,
and we are no longer seeing the bold newspaper headlines of the past sev
eral rronths which were especially in evidence in Southern California, the
Church is still involved in considerable activity in the courts.
The ChJrch presently has four appeals in the appellate courts, two peti
tions for �earings in the California Supreme Court and a petition for a
heari�g before the U.S. Supreme Court. Each of these legal actions involve
different aspects of the overall case. The Church's attorneys consider
eacn of them absolutely necessary to protect the rights and freedoms of the
Worldwide Church of God which are guaranteed by the Constitution.
These appeals and petitions are in addition to a flurry of other legal
ac�ivities which transpire almost daily (deposition of witnesses, obtain
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of documents and various other motions before the judges, etc.). Thus,
wi"1ile there is no clanging of literal weapons and armor, there is a very
real clashing of wills and cross-purposes as the Church's attorneys wage
�� �nrelenting battle with the Deputy Attorneys General to keep the state
o�t of C�urch affairs.
INTER�ATIONAL NEWS
Mr. Dibar Apartian returned a few days ago excited and encouraged after
a visit to Quebec, Canada for the Pentecost weekend. He reported a record
attendance of 141 at the combined Quebec City;Trois Riviere chc1rch serv::_ce
on Sabbath, June second. A number of the brethren drove nearly 200 miles
to hear him.