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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT August 6, 1979
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[ hope this will take some of the worry off your shoulders and would lJke
to take the opportunity at this time to thank
each
of you for your loyal
support over the past months that have been so trying for us all. Mr.
Armstrong especially appreciates your support, not just financially, but
with your actions. Thank you for all the hard work and for being patient
with us while we have struggled to correct ou:::- credit situation.
--Stanley R. Rader, Financial Affairs
A REMINDER TO ALL PASTO?-S ABOUT THE "MEMBER'S HOTLINE"
On March 19 of this year, the first issue of the "Worldwide Church of God
NEWS SUM.MARY" was sent along with the Pctstor' s Report--both of which have
since been renarn<2d li't2f.'1BER' S HOTLINE" and "PASTOR GENERAL
7
S REPOR'r" re-·
spectively.
The original ins tn1ctions for the "NEWS SUMMARY/f.'lEMBER
1
S HOTLINE" called
for each Church Pastor to duplicate enough copies locally for di.stribution
to all h�ads of households in their congregations on the following Sabbath.
3ubsequem:.ly, we have learned that not al1 congregations around the world
have been receiving copies of the MEMBER'S HOTLINE.
The fol :;_owing statement regarding the purpose of the MEMBER
1
S HOTLINE
appeared in the J\Ane 25th PASTOR'S REPORT:
"Actually, the MEMBER
1
S HOTLINE
is a surn.mcry c,f special late-breaking news in God's Work which wculd.
normally
be
ci.nnounced from the pulpit each week /from the PASTOR
1
S REPORT/.
Thus this publication, intended to be made available to heads of house- -
holds in God's Church, allows our ministers more time for t.heirsermons.
Primarily; this putlication has contained news updates concerning various
aspects cE the State of C2lifornia
1
s attack on God's Church. However,
often o�her �hurch and College news from the Pastor's Report, which should
get to tlt2 breth:::e.n qujckJ_y, is also summarized and included in the MEMBER'S
HCJ�
1
Lit'JE '*"
!·1r. Armst::.·ong is very concerned that the brethren be informed about develop
ments L,, the 'i�ork of God as soon as possible. 'I'he MEMBER'S HOTLINE is a
mea;-1s cf i.lccomplishing this end. As you have probably noticed already,
this week's issue of the MEf.'1
.BER'S HOTLINE contains the entire t:ext of Mr.
Ar�str�ng's special PASTOR'S REPORT letter dated August 2nd.
As criginally suggested in the March 19 PASTOR'S REPORT, "a small do!lation
or a dol�ar or so per person per year in each local area would take care
of all raper and duplicating costs in each church." A number cf those
pastors who have requested such donations have reported receiving enthusi
as�ic responses from the brethren--both monetarily for the HOTLINE'S repro
duction costs, and for the news it provides them every week!
(One resource
f�l pas
t
.Gr reported chat he was able to purchase a relatively inexpensive
1::sed copier machine which nrnv reproduces all the church's announcements,
etc., in addition t� the HOTLINE.)
Those pastors who have any questions regarding the MEMBER'S HOTLINE, or
who have encountered special difficulties in its distribution, should write
or call Mr. Joseph Tkach of Ministerial Services.
--Pastor General's Report Staff