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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
NEWS SUMMARY
MR. ARMSTRONG CONFERS WITH HEADS OF STATE
June 11, 1979
WORLDWIDE EDITION
(Editor's Note: Following is the essence of an official Church news re
lease given to the press Thursday, June 6.)
The Prime Minister of Tunisia, Mr. Hedi Nouira, received Mr. Herbert W.
Armstrong, Mr. Stanley R. Rader and Mr. Tokuo Yamashita at noon, June 5th
in the Palace at the Casbah in Tunis.
Mr. Armstrong, Pastor General of the Worldwide Church of God and founder
of the Ambassador International Cultural Foundation and Mr. Yamashita, a
senior member of the Japanese Diet, discussed at length a proposed pro
ject of triangular cooperation between the government and people of Tuni
sia, the United States and Japan in the domain of nutrition. The meeting
was also attended by the Minister of Planning as well as the Chief of
Staff of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister.
Mr. Arrnst.rong explained the Church's long interest in improving nutrition
al values everywhere, including various agricultural projects and studies
that had been carried on for many years under the auspices of Ambassador
College in Texas. Mr. Dale Schurter, a minister of the Worldwide Church
of God and former head of the Ambassador College agricultural program at
g Sandy, met with Mr. Armstrong prior to his departure for Tunisia to
discuss current developments with him in this very important field.
Wednesday, June 6, 1979, Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Yamashita were the speakers,
as well as Mr. Rader and the Japanese Ambassador to Tunisia, at a dinner
in honor of Mr. Armstrong and the Ambassador International Cultural Founda
tion. The Minister of Culture, the Minister of Planning, the Minister of
Justice, the Minister of Social Welfare and the Minister of Foretgn 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
b ssed 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 field of social welfare with the Moroccan Prime
Minister.