PASTOR GENERAL'S TO THE MINISTRY OF THE REPORT WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD

VOL.2, N0.33 PASADENA, CALIFORNIA AUGUST 1 5 , 1980

TO ALL PASTORS O F CHURCHES -- -

by H e r b e r t W . Armstrong

Feast Feve r i s mounting! L e t ' s make t h i s t h e g r e a t e s t F e s t i v a l i n o u r t i m e ! R e m e m b e r , i t i s t h e LARGEST a n n u a l c o n v e n t i o n of any k i n d h e l d anywhere i n t h e wor ld . Noth ing e l se on e a r t h i s l i k e i t .

Much of t h e t i m e a n c i e n t I s rae l i n Old Tes tament t i m e s n e g l e c t e d t o keep it. Some e l e m e n t s o f t h e Church c o n t i n u e d t o o b s e r v e t h i s F e a s t f o r some t i m e a f t e r t h e f i r s t c e n t u r y - - b u t it f a d e d o u t and w a s n o t r e s t o r e d u n t i l t h e l i v i n g C h r i s t r e s t o r e d it t h r o u g h m e i n t h e p r e s e n t P h i l a d e l p h i a e ra o f t h e Church. I t w a s n o t k e p t by t h e S a r d i s e r a , n o r i s it t o t h i s day .

Bu t , when C h r i s t comes t o RULE ALL NATIONS, it w i l l be r e s t o r e d WORLDWIDE! (Zech. 14.) Those who r e f u s e w i l l f i n d r a i n f a l l w i t h h e l d , and i f t h e y s t i l l r e f u s e , God's PLAGUES w i l l be s e n t t h e f o l l o w i n g y e a r !

But i t i s n o t j u s t a commanded D U T Y - - i t i s a w o n d e r f u l TIME O F J O Y AND R E J O I C I N G !

T h i s y e a r , f o r t h e v e r y f i r s t t i m e , EVERY PASTOR O F A LOCAL CHURCH w i l l have o p p o r t u n i t y t o speak a t one of t h e F e a s t s i t es .

The re w i l l b e many m o r e s i t e s t h i s y e a r , due t o g a s o l i n e s h o r t a g e f o r t r a v e l . T h a t means somewhat smaller a t t e n d a n c e s a t many s i tes . But I remember t h a t , back a t Belknap S p r i n g s i n Oregon, i n t h e f i r s t y e a r s of t h i s F e s t i v a l i n modern t i m e s , w i t h f ewer t h a n 1 0 0 i n a t t e n d a n c e i t w a s a WONDERFUL F e a s t ! Everyone g o t t o know c l o s e l y e v e r y o n e e lse . I t w a s m o r e like a l a r g e family gathering. Most of all, CHRIST HIMSELF WAS THERE W I T H US--IN SPIRIT!

So , be s u r e you who speak t a k e it SERIOUSLY.

J e s u s s a i d , "Who t h e n i s a f a i t h f u l and w i s e s e r v a n t whom t h e Lord h a t h made r u l e r over h i s househo ld , t o g i v e them meat I N DUE SEASON? B l e s s e d i s t h a t s e r v a n t , whom h i s Lord when he cometh s h a l l make him r u l e r o v e r a l l h i s goods" ( M a t t . 2 4 : 4 5 - 4 5 ) .

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I n some p a s t y e a r s I have n o t i c e d t h a t some m i n i s t e r s have spoken on j u s t any s u b j e c t t h e y t h e m s e l v e s l i k e d t o speak on--with NO RELATION t o t h e MEANING of t h e FEAST! I n t h i s F e s t i v a l w e are t o be e n j o y i n g a f o r e - t as te of t h e World Tomorrow--during t h e m i l l e n n i u m , unde r t h e Government and t h e K I N G D O M OF GOD.

S o be s u r e your sermons are r e l a t ed t o t h a t j o y o u s TIME. Give them " m e a t i n due season!"

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But I a l s o have n o t i c e d i n many F e s t i v a l s , t h a t sermons from s o m e m i n i s t e r s of o n l y P r e a c h i n g E l d e r r a n k have been s u p e r b l y O U T S T A N D I N G and I N S P I R I N G , w i t h e x c e l l e n t i n s t r u c t i o n and c o n t e n t .

You f e l l o w s CAN DO I T ! So p r a y o v e r it f e r v e n t l y . Take it se- r i o u s l y . P u t your whole h e a r t i n t o it. L I F T U P t h e s p i r i t s and t h e morale of God ' s p e o p l e ! W e a re d rawing close t o t h e END o f t h i s w o r l d , and t o t he COMPLETION of the Work God has c a l l e d u s t3 do . God bless you a l l . I p r a y f o r you a l l DAILY!

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NO POLITICAL ELECTIONS I N THE

WORLD TOMORROW!

by H e r b e r t W. Armstrong

T h i s w a s w r i t t e n August 14 - - l a s t day o f t h e Democratic N a t i o n a l Convent ion . I had t o t h i n k - - a f t e r v i ewing on t e l e v i s i o n b o t h t h i s and t h e Repub l i can N a t i o n a l Convent ion a month before--HOW DIFFERENT i t w i l l be i n t h e World Tomor row!

A l l t h r e e n a t i o n a l Networks had t h e i r s t a r and s u p e r s t a r n e w s c a s t e r s c o v e r i n g t h e s e major c o n v e n t i o n s .

The c o n v e n t i o n h a l l s w e r e d e c o r a t e d i n b r i g h t colors w i t h r e d , w h i t e and b l u e p r e d o m i n a t i n g . The d e l e g a t e s w o r e l o u d c o l o r c a s u a l o r s p o r t s a t t i r e , many w i t h o u t l a n d i s h oversize h a t s . The re w e r e h o r n s , sound- making i n s t r u m e n t s , beside t h e b r a s s bands . The re w e r e whoop-and-hol ler d e m o n s t r a t i o n s . T h e r e w e r e t h o u s a n d s of b a l l o o n s , l i k e l i t t l e c h i l d r e n a t p l a y . T h e r e w e r e many l a r g e s i g n s and p l a c a r d s .

Each c o n v e n t i o n w a s q u i t e a show!

And of c o u r s e t h e u s u a l p o l i t i c s w e r e b e i n g p l a y e d s e c r e t l y i n t h e u s u a l s m o k e - f i l l e d h o t e l s u i t e s away f rom t h e c o n v e n t i o n h a l l s - - t h e jock - e y i n g f o r s e l f i s h a d v a n t a g e , p o l i t i c a l g a i n and c o v e t i n g of power.

I a m reminded of t h e answer g i v e n by F ranz J o s e p h S t r a u s s , o f t e n cal led " t h e S t r o n g Man o f Europe . " H e had s p e n t t h e d a y v i s i t i n g t h e Ambassador C o l l e g e campus, and w a s a n e v e n i n g d i n n e r g u e s t i n my home.

I t w a s a day o r t w o a f t e r R i c h a r d M. Nixon had t a k e n t h e o a t h of o f f i c e a f t e r h i s f i r s t i n a u g u r a t i o n , J a n u a r y , 1 9 6 9 .

"What," a s k e d a g u e s t o f D r . S t r a u s s , "do you t h i n k w a s g o i n g o n i n M r . N i x o n ' s mind a s he w a s t a k i n g t h e o a t h of o f f ice?"

"HOW t o be r e - e l e c t e d f o u r y e a r s f rom now, of c o u r s e , " answered H e r r S t r a u s s w i t h o u t a s e c o n d ' s h e s i t a t i o n .

On t h e Wednesday n i g h t b e f o r e I w r o t e t h i s , t h e r e had been c o n s i d e r - able d e l a y and ne rvous c o n c e r n over what d e c i s i o n Edward Kennedy would make. H e had l o s t t h e p r i m a r y e l e c t i o n s as a who le , had l o s t t h e open

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f l o o r f i g h t t o have d e l e g a t e s p l edged t o P r e s i d e n t C a r t e r r e l e a s e d and t o throw t h e c o n v e n t i o n open . H e had won t h e b a t t l e a g a i n s t t h e P r e s i d e n t on s t r a t e g i c p l a t f o r m p l a n k s . And now a f t e r a preweek p o l i t i c a l move t o "dump C a r t e r , " t h e P r e s i d e n t had gone o v e r t h e t o p on t h e f i r s t b a l l o t . The P r e s i d e n t had n o t a c c e p t e d w i t h o u t any p e r s o n a l r e s e r v a t i o n Mr. Ken- n e d y ' s m u c h - i n s i s t e d on p l a n k f o r spend ing 1 2 b i l l i o n d o l l a r s immedia t e ly t o ease unemployment. M r . C a r t e r g o t word t o t h e c o n v e n t i o n he w a s f o r t h e same g o a l , b u t had p e r s o n a l r e s e r v a t i o n s a s t o t h e S e n a t o r ' s method.

Would S e n a t o r Kennedy ho ld o u t , s p l i t t h e P a r t y , o r would he a c q u i - esce f o r t h e s a k e o f harmony and s u p p o r t M r . Car te r f o r r e - e l e c t i o n ?

J u s t w h a t , i n t h e s e c i r c u m s t a n c e s , w a s M r . Kennedy t h i n k i n g ? Would German p o l i t i c i a n D r . S t r a u s s have s a i d , "HOW M r . Kennedy c o u l d b e e l e c t e d f o u r y e a r s f rom now, o f course"? W a s t h e p o l i t i c i a n t h i n k i n g o f what i s bes t f o r t h e PEOPLE, o r what i s b e s t for h i s own f i g h t t o g r a b t h e t h r o t t l e of g r e a t e s t government power on e a r t h ? I w o n ' t answer t h a t - - I c a n ' t r e a d h i s mind.

T h e r e w a s one b i t o f humor on t h e CBS c o v e r a g e of t h e Wednesday n i g h t c o n v e n t i o n show. The d ry - speak ing Andy Rooney w a s a sked by Walter C r o n k i t e i f h e had any comment on whe the r t h e P r e s i d e n t s h o u l d s t i c k w i t h V i c e P r e s i d e n t Mondale f o r r e - e l e c t i o n . (The V . P . nomina t ion w a s t o come b e f o r e t h e c o n v e n t i o n on T h u r s d a y . )

Andy Rooney d i d .

"I t h i n k , " he s a i d s o b e r l y , " t h e P r e s i d e n t s h o u l d s e l ec t a V i c e P r e s i d e n t w i t h m o r e color . Why n o t E x - P r e s i d e n t Ford? H e almost made t h e V i c e - p r e s i d e n t i a l b i d a t t h e Repub l i can c o n v e n t i o n . A Repub l i can on t h e t i c k e t a s M r . C a r t e r ' s V . P . would a t l e a s t add co lor .

" O r , " he c o n t i n u e d , " I f M r . Ca r t e r does n o t l i k e t h a t s u g g e s t i o n , how a b o u t p u t t i n g b r o t h e r B i l l y o n t h e t i c k e t - - k e e p i t i n t h e f a m i l y ? T h a t way B i l l y c o u l d make f o r e i g n c o n n e c t i o n s o f f i c i a l l y . O r , I have s t i l l a n o t h e r s u g g e s t i o n - - s i n c e t h e F i r s t Lady, Rose lyn Car t e r i s t h e P r e s i d e n t ' s c h i e f c o n f i d a n t e anyway, why n o t a husband-and-wife team? S h e ' s a good campaigner . "

Many m i l l i o n s o f d o l l a r s o f t a x p a y e r s ' money have been s p e n t on p o l i t i c a l campaigns and t h e s e c o n v e n t i o n s t o nominate c a n d i d a t e s f o r t h e p e o p l e t o vote on . The c o n v e n t i o n s w e r e b i g n o i s y shows. T h e r e w a s l a u g h t e r , " h a v i n g a t i m e , " s h o u t i n g , c o n f u s i o n , a n g e r , j u b i l a t i o n , p a t h o s , emotion and even tears .

I n a l l t h i s campaigning t o ''GET" t h e o f f i c e of POWER, one o b s e r v e r s a i d , "Thank God, o n l y ONE c a n d i d a t e can win ."

T h a t i s t h e way GOVERNMENT is car r ied on in t h i s w o r l d .

S i x t h o u s a n d y e a r s ago, t h e fo rmer s u p e r a r c h a n g e l L u c i f e r , h a v i n g r e b e l l e d a g a i n s t t h e Government of God on e a r t h , w a s s l i n k i n g a round a s a s e r p e n t , now c a l l e d S a t a n . God had j u s t c r e a t e d t h e f i r s t HUMAN--in God's own image--with a p o t e n t i a l of i n h e r i t i n g t h e THRONE O F THE EARTH.

a l l f o r a "Woman's R i g h t s Amendment." She t o o k t h e l e a d . The m a n , c r e a t e d From t h i s man, Adam, God made a woman, Eve, t o b e h i s w i f e . Eve w a s

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t o be t h e head of t h e w i f e , succumbed t o h e r l e a d e r s h i p . She l e d him i n t o S a t a n ' s way. Adam j o i n e d h e r i n r e b e l l i n g a g a i n s t t h e GOVERNMENT O F GOD--rejecting God as Revealer o f b a s i c knowledge and a s G i v e r of e t e r n a l L I F E I

When t h e f i r s t man and woman REJECTED GOD and H I S GOVERNMENT, CUT THEMSELVES OFF f r o m God and t h e g i f t of H i s Holy S p i r i t , God made t h e i r d e c i s i o n b i n d i n g on a l l t h e i r p rogeny f o r 6 , 0 0 0 y e a r s - - u n t i l C h r i s t , t h e "Second Adam," s h o u l d have come, q u a l i f i e d by overcoming S a t a n and S a t a n ' s way, and a c t u a l l y RESTORED t h e GOVERNMENT O F GOD. T h i s s h a l l happen now, v e r y s h o r t l y . For w e are r i g h t a t t h e E N D of t h a t 6 , 0 0 0 y e a r s o f t h e DAY OF MAN unde r SATAN, and t h e DAY O F THE LORD i s almost upon us!

So ALL HUMANITY--except t h e m i n u t e s t FEW God h a s s p e c i a l l y c a l l e d t o H i s service i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r t h a t f u t u r e wor ld government , h a s been CUT O F F f rom G o d and H I S GOVERNMENT. Man h a s been l e f t t o form H I S OWN i d e a s of how he s h o u l d be r u l e d .

Down t h r o u g h h i s t o r y , s o m e p e o p l e s have s u b m i t t e d t o t h e t y r a n n y of DICTATORSHIPS and a u t o c r a t i c MONARCHIES. Some have swung t o t h e c e n t e r and cal led it "Democracy." O t h e r s t o t h e ex t r eme l e f t , c a l l i n g i t COMMUNISM. Even t h e r e it i s a c t u a l l y t h e a u t o c r a t i c d i c t a t o r i a l RULE of a c e n t r a l P o l i t b u r o , i n which one man--a S t a l i n , a Khruschev , or a Brezhnev--dominates as r e a l RULER.

Even i n t h e Democratic N a t i o n a l Conven t ion , s o m e i n d i v i d u a l dele- g a t e s i n t e r v i e w e d w e r e f i g h t i n g l y f o r t u r n i n g " s t i l l f a r t h e r L E F T . "

But t h r o u g h TV, t h e p u b l i c h a s s e e n a sample o f MAN-made government i n o u r day .

The l i v i n g J e s u s C h r i s t i s soon now g o i n g t o r e t u r n , as K I N G of k i n g s , t o RULE ALL NATIONS w i t h t h e GOVERNMENT O F GOD!

The re w i l l b e no e l e c t i o n campaigns. N o m u l t i - m i l l i o n d o l l a r fund- r a i s i n g campaigns--no p o l i t i c a l c o n v e n t i o n s . N o p o l i t i c s , p u l l i n g t h e wool o v e r t h e e y e s of t h e p e o p l e i n t h e s t r u g g l e f o r POWER!

N o w a r s . N o crime. N o m o r e b roken f a m i l i e s . N o h o s p i t a l s , f o r p e o p l e w i l l be d i v i n e l y h e a l e d .

What w i l l be t h e B I G DIFFERENCE, THEN?

The p r e s e n t w o r l d , t hough t h e w o r l d of humans d o e s n ' t r e a l i z e i t , is a c t u a l l y swayed and RULED by t h e i n v i s i b l e S a t a n - - t h e former L u c i f e r who o r i g i n a l l y s a t on t h e THRONE of t h e whole e a r t h .

B a c k t r a c k a second , t o t h e o r i g i n a l Adam and Eve. I n t h e Garden of Eden w e r e t h e t w o symbolic t r e e s - - o n e t h e ' ' tree of L I F E " s y m b o l i z i n g t h e Holy S p i r i t of God and g i f t of e t e r n a l l i f e . The o t h e r , t h e t r ee of " t h e knowledge of good and e v i l , " and t h i s knowledge t h e y - - f o r a l l humanity-- t o o k t o t h e m s e l v e s . -

J u s t one s u p e r - s i g n i f i c a n t t h i n g w a s wrong w i t h t h a t . They d i d n o t r e a l i z e - - a n d mankind d o e s n o t know t o d a y - - t h a t man w a s made w i t h a ''human" s p i r i t i n s i d e him. T h i s s p i r i t , n o t p r e s e n t i n a n i m a l s o r any o t h e r

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p h y s i c a l l i f e form, i m p a r t s t h e power o f i n t e l l e c t t o t h e human b r a i n . But m a n ' s KNOWLEDGE i s c o n f i n e d t o t h e p h y s i c a l and mater ia l .

Man's PROBLEMS, t r o u b l e s , e v i l s , are a l l SPIRITUAL i n n a t u r e . Man w a s made t o NEED a SECOND SPIRIT--the HOLY SPIRIT O F GOD. This w a s freely o f f e r e d t h a t f i r s t Adam. B u t he r e j e c t e d i t - - r e j e c t e d GOD'S GOVERNMENT and GOD'S r e v e a l e d s p i r i t u a l knowledge. A l l humans have been bo rn w i t h o n l y t h i s one s p i r i t , l i m i t i n g human knowledge t o t h e p h y s i c a l and mate- r i a l . Man, w i t h o u t t h e Holy S p i r i t of God, i s NOT MENTALLY COMPLETE-- a c t u a l l y "NOT ALL THERE!" Human c o n s c i o u s n e s s i s l i m i t e d t o t h e p h y s i c a l and ma te r i a l , y e t a l l h i s p rob lems are SPIRITUAL and beyond h i s compre- hens ion !

NOT ONLY THIS!

S a t a n t h e D e v i l i s REAL--he EXISTS--he i s SUPER-POWERFUL--and he i s " t h e PRINCE O F THE POWER O F THE A I R " (Eph. 2 : 2 ) . H e BROADCASTS! H e s u r - c h a r g e s t h e a i r w i t h HIS ATTITUDE of s e l f i s h n e s s , v a n i t y , l u s t f o r power and g r e e d , envy and j e a l o u s y , c o m p e t i t i o n and s t r i f e , r e b e l l i o n a g a i n s t GOD !

I t i s n o t o n l y t h a t mankind--our human LEADERS--are o n l y "HALF THERE" m e n t a l l y - - S a t a n h a s begun i n j e c t i n g from i n f a n c y i n t o e v e r y human h i s SELF-CENTERED ATTITUDE! A l l w e humans grow up s a t u r a t e d w i t h i t . I t h a s become HUMAN NATURE!

So i t i s n o t o n l y a m a t t e r o f what ISN'T I N OUR HUMAN MINDS--spiri t- u a l comprehension: I t i s a m a t t e r of WHAT I S I N HUMAN MINDS--what f r o m i n f a n c y S a t a n h a s been i n j e c t i n g t h e r e - - t h e SELF-CENTERED ATTITUDE--that of c o m p e t i t i o n , g e t t i n g t h e b e s t o f o t h e r s , " G E T T I N G " i n s t e a d of " G I V I N G " --TAKING FROM OTHERS !

T h i s w r i t i n g w a s f i n i s h e d on F r i d a y morning a f t e r t h e c o n c l u s i o n o f t h e Democratic Na t iona l Convent ion . S e n a t o r Kennedy d i d c o n c i l i a t e j u s t f a r enough t o go t o t h e c o n v e n t i o n h a l l p l a t f o r m a f t e r P r e s i d e n t C a r t e r ' s a c c e p t a n c e speech . But he w a s n o t s m i l i n g . H e w a s s u l l e n , p l a i n l y re- s e n t f u l . H e c o l d l y shook hands w i t h t h e P r e s i d e n t - - b u t no l i f t i n g of arms t o g e t h e r i n j o y f u l s m i l e s . I f e l t s o r r y f o r him. H e had n o t g o t t e n a l l he c o v e t e d - - l i k e a s p o i l e d baby, who f a i l e d t o t a k e away a t o y f r o m a n o t h e r baby. J u s t a s i n a l l o f u s , S a t a n had i n j e c t e d t h a t s p i r i t of a n i m o s i t y i n c o m p e t i t i o n . H e i s o n l y human. God ' s S p i r i t of LOVE w a s n o t i n e v i d e n c e . N e i t h e r i s it i n e v i d e n c e i n ANY of t h i s w o r l d ' s l e a d e r s .

HOW DIFFERENT i n t h e WORLD TOMORROW!

S a t a n w i l l be GONE! J e s u s CHRIST w i l l b e R U L I N G ! R u l i n g w i t h , b u t unde r H i m , w i l l be t r u l y c o n v e r t e d s a i n t s t h e n made IMMORTAL--filled w i t h GOD'S S p i r i t o f " L O V E " - - i m m o r t a l GOD BEINGS w i t h no S E L F - i n t e r e s t o f cove t ing , b u t o u t f l o w i n g LOVE f o r t h e good, h a p p i n e s s , w e l f a r e and e t e r n a l s a l v a t i o n of a l l others!

J e s u s t a u q h t u s t o p ray , "THY KINGDOM COME--THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH - - AS IT IS I N HEAVEN. 1 1

We'd b e t t e r he P R A Y I N G !

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of California: The battle lines are drawn!

Your office launched a State vs. Church lawsuit-to test the strength, power and the very existence of the Constitution of the United States,

HIS. MR. ATTORNEY GEN- T ERAL, is a battle you can't win! Realize it or not, you h a v e c h o s e n to d o b a t t l e against the living GOD! You h a v e engaged in an u n c o n s t i t u - t i o n a l f igh t t o take o v e r . own and operate (or d e s t r o y ) God's Holy Church-to tun it tuy the wtH of p o l i t i c i a n s instead of t h e will of GOD! God's C h u r c h h r i ~ i n p s to (;OD-and w h e n y o u a t t a c k it y o u attack A l m i g h t y Con!

T h e giant Goliath once challenged the people of (;OD. T h e soon- twbe King David, lhen only a lad. sald. "Who is this Philistine tha t he should defy the living (;OD"" T h e giant lost tha t hat tie-and his life'

Our forefathers came t o America t o escape religious persecution from human government They established a Consti- tution whnse First Amendment guaran- tees t he religious liberty they Hed. fought and died t o secure for us!.

T h a t Consti tution shall stand i n v i o ~ late' But even if WQ. as they. had t o flee to o ther countries for a base from which to s p r e a d G o d ' s TRUTH. we w o u l d remove beyond your jurisdiction' There is NO W A Y you can s top us!

T h i s nation is becoming aware tha t vour massive civil lawsuit actually is fhe firsf REAL T E S T of the freedom of CHL'RCH against political encroach- ments of STATE! I t is a batt le t o decide whether politicians of t h e S T A T E can t a k e o v e r . o w n a n d . o p e r a t e a l l C H I 'RCHES according to pnlitical will instead of the WILL 01 Coo'

It is a political onslaught t o determine once a n d for all tha t t h e CHVRCH of the living COD may be governed by H I M according as He directs through His chosen apostle, as revealed in His Word. t h e Holy Bible!

HFRWRT W I a u r r ~ ~ r r ~ .

l'he i.o\ BHNUF'IT OF Goo once existed o ~ c r the ear th -a fact unknown In t h e w J r l d ttvdaj I t exists todab In only one place in the world --Ln [;OD's C H I RCH'

f h r l i rs l created man. Adam. rejected that government OF and BY God FOR the people Our first forefather chose go\ r rnment ( I F a n d RY t h e people I'nii,rtunntei) s e l l ~ m o t i r a t e d political rule ha.; rle\elciped ~-aomettmes evil

T h e ( ;OVFHNMFNT OF C o o is govern- ment from t h e t o p down-from C o d . t h r w r h Christ a s living HEAD of His Church. and on the human level t h e a p n t l e tit' l'hrist's choosing. then in administrative of ice . evangelists. pas- tu rs , preaching e lders a n d teachers i E p h e s i a n s 4 1 1 - 1 2 , I C o r i n t h i a n s 12281 No pruphets e \ e r se rved in adminlstratire capacity In the New Tes- tament Church .

And as His chosen apostle. I say to YOU in the authority of .Jesus Christ t h e PO~.ITIC&I. STATE cannot and shall no t take over, govern or adminis te r t h e affairs of the Worldwide Church of C o d . By t h a t au thor i ty . far t ranr rending y o u r s . M r . A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l . this Church shall continue to operate, not by

the will <if politicians. hu t hv the will ,of the e te rna l Goo a s rebealed in His N'ord'

y o u r jurisdictmn extends only to the boundary iines of the ctate of California. T h e jurisdirtion of Goo's GOVERNMENT is limited t o the \oluntary assent uf its haptized members worldwide

With in t h e jurisdiction of h u m a n p<ili t iral porernment in all mat te rs . aside (rom a n a t tack to take over. oun and operate God's Church. arcording to political will. our memhers are willinply Fiihjecr to whate%er government of man that has jurisdiction over u'i We are respectable. ticid-fearing. l a w a b i d i n g citizen? in whatever country we I ~ Y Q We prac t i re t h e law of outflowing love tnuard neighbor equal to self.concern But our God is a jealous Cod tExcdus 105) who uill not to le ra te another usurping His rule! And in this case He will hght for us'

51r. Attorney General. W Q are not in politics nor shall we k. But when your office assumed it was launching this supreme TEST CASE to test t h e First Amendment of the Consti tutian of t h e I'nited S ta tes you grosslv underesti- mated God 's Church ' I f your office assumed you were a t tack ing a very small. weak. thouRh a suficiently es tab- lished Church t o serve a s t h e first domi- no of a domino theory-that we would simply lie over and "cave in"-you must have known very htt le of us

Those with us a re fa r more powerful than any power seeking to destroy us' T h e Church of Coo IS imbued with a STRENGTH greatly underestimated! God will give us the vicronv!

HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG Pastor General Worldwide Church of God

I f rcaden wish to know more about the true GOSQEL MESSAGE proelaimed by Jesus Christ. request. QREE. the eye-opening boutlet. Just What Do You M e o n - K I N G - DOM OF COD?

Alw you may receive mEE-no subscription prire-The P h n Truth. a monthly magarineof UNDEIISTANDIHG In full color It has I worldwide circulation, in five l a n y a g n . in t i c m a of two million CODim DCI month. There's no

follnw.up nor requ-t for money. Write the Worldwide Church of God. Pasadena. Calif..

91 120. or call toll-free. 1800) 423-4444 In California call COIIKI 12131 577-5225.

If you have some questions for the attorney general of the state of California. write to him. The Hon. George Deukmejian. California Attorney General. 555 Capitol Mall. Sacramento. Calif.. 95814

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NEW YORK RADIO & TV INTERVIEWS INTRODUCE G O D ' S CHURCH, ANNOUNCE GOSPEL

I n t h e f i r s t week o f August M r . R a d e r w a s i n N e w York s t a t e f o r s e v e r a l TV and r a d i o i n t e r v i e w s . They i n c l u d e d t h e "Midday w i t h B i l l Boggs" show on WNEW-TV, the Candy J o n e s Show on r ad io s t a t i o n WMCA, and Channel 7 ' s "Good Morning N e w York." I n a d d i t i o n , Mr. Rader v i s i t e d New R o c h e l l e , where he w a s i n t e r v i e w e d on t h e " W e s t c h e s t e r Open L ine" o v e r WVOX r a d i o .

These s u c c e s s f u l i n t e r v i e w s w e r e t y p i c a l o f many a round t h e c o u n t r y where M r . Rader has been r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e Worldwide Church of God, and e x p l a i n - i n g i t s c o n f r o n t a t i o n w i t h t h e C a l i f o r n i a a t t o r n e y g e n e r a l . The i n t e r - v iews q u i t e o f t e n are v a r i a t i o n s on a t a l k show f o r m a t where l i s t e n e r s can c a l l i n w i t h t h e i r q u e s t i o n s . T h i s opens M r . Rader t o r e c e i v e a n e x t r e m e l y b r o a d r a n g e o f ques t ions - -mos t f r i e n d l y , a few n o t so f r i e n d l y - - which he a lways f a c e s s q u a r e l y w i t h s p o n t a n e i t y and c a n d o r .

M r . Herbert Armstrong sa id i n a November 1 9 7 8 co-worker l e t t e r , "Even though God h a s c a l l e d u s o u t of t h e w o r l d , y e t w e must b e I N i t , and a re commissioned t o go TO i t w i t h C h r i s t ' s g o s p e l . " M r . Rader i s d o i n g on b e h a l f o f M r . Armstrong and t h e Work o f God.

And t h a t i s e x a c t l y what

I n e v e r y s i n g l e i n t e r v i e w t h e r e i s a t l e a s t one q u e s t i o n - - t h o u g h u s u a l l y many--from e i t h e r t h e i n t e r v i e w e r o r a c a l l e r a s k i n g a b o u t t h e C h u r c h ' s t e a c h i n g s o r Commission. And M r . Rader , who h a s been a t M r . A r m s t r o n g ' s s i d e d u r i n g c o u n t l e s s t a l k s , s p e e c h e s and sermons t o wor ld l e a d e r s and t h e p u b l i c a round t h e w o r l d , i s w e l l q u a l i f i e d t o e x p l a i n t h e G r e a t Announcement.

Al though t h e s e i n t e r v i e w s are i n s t r u m e n t a l i n i n f o r m i n g t h e p u b l i c o f t h e d a n g e r of t h e C a l i f o r n i a l a w s u i t t o t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n a l f reedoms o f ALL c h u r c h e s , t h e l a w s u i t h a s become a v e h i c l e w i t h which t o g r a b t h e i n t e r e s t o f t h e c a s u a l l i s t e n e r . The r e a l l y i n c r e d i b l e s t o r y of t h e r e c e i v e r s h i p i n v a r i a b l y l e a d s p e o p l e t o l i s t e n and l e a r n a b o u t t h e worldwide Work and Church of t h e L i v i n g God, which t h e y may n o t have hea rd o f b e f o r e .

One show h o s t r e f e r r e d t o M r . R a d e r ' s book, A g a i n s t t h e Gates of H e l l , a s c e r t a i n l y " n o t a f r i v o l o u s book" and u rged h i s l i s t e n e r s t o g e t a copy. I n f a c t , a l l t h e i n t e r v i e w e r s p lugged t h e book r e p e a t e d l y t h r o u g h o u t t h e i r p rograms. T h i s will be h e l p f u l a s t h e book is j u s t now g o i n g on s a l e i n b o o k s t o r e s a round t h e c o u n t r y . The book i s a n o t h e r l i v e l y means by which w e can e x p l a i n what happened when t h e Church w a s a s s a u l t e d by t h e s t a t e , and what t h e Worldwide Church of God i s a l l a b o u t .

On t h e "Good Morning New York" show, M r . Rader w a s a s k e d a number of q u e s t i o n s a b o u t " 6 0 Minu tes" and whe the r he t h o u g h t Mike Wallace had come t o do a h a t c h e t job on him. M r . Rader , t a k i n g a d v a n t a g e of t h e t remendous i n t e r e s t i n t h e Church and r e l a t e d i s s u e s g e n e r a t e d by t h e CBS s t o r y , c l a r i f i e d some of t h e g r a y areas o f the 3 1 / 2 hour Mike Wallace i n t e r v i e w which w a s v i r t u a l l y d i s m a n t l e d and reassembled i n t h e CBS c u t t i n g rooms.

During t h e same t a l k show, M r . Rader w a s a s k e d a v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g q u e s t i o n by a ca l l e r . W e w i l l now q u o t e t h e ca l le r : "Good morning. My name i s John T u i t . I ' m t h e o r i g i n a t o r of t h e l a w s u i t , which i s t h e s u b j e c t of t h i s program. My q u e s t i o n t o M r . Rader i s , why does h e p e r s i s t i n p u t - t i n g f o r t h t h e s t o r y t h a t myse l f and t h e o t h e r r e l a to r s w e r e p u t up t o

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t h i s by Garner Ted Armstrong, when i n f a c t I w a s o r i g i n a t o r o f t h i s , and took t h i s m a t t e r t o my a t t o r n e y s i n Sadd leb rook , N e w J e r s e y , t h e f i r m o f Cohn and L i f l a n d ? "

H e r e w a s M r . R a d e r ' s r e s p o n s e : "1 would s a y t o M r . T u i t , whom I have n e v e r m e t , t h a t h e ' d b e t t e r r e r e a d t h e t r a n s c r i p t o f t h e d e p o s i t i o n t h a t he gave i n New J e r s e y l a s t y e a r when he i n d i c a t e d v e r y c l e a r l y t h a t he had been i n s t i g a t e d t o b r i n g t h i s s u i t t h r o u g h t h e e f f o r t s of Garne r Ted Armstrong and h i s s o n , Mark." N o f u r t h e r r e s p o n s e w a s h e a r d from t h i s ca l le r .

When a sked a b o u t t h e t r a d i t i o n a l c o n c e p t s of r e l i g i o u s freedom on t h e Candy J o n e s show, M r . Rader e x p l a i n e d t h a t t h e b o t t o m l i n e o f a l l t h i s i s t h e r o l e t h a t government p l a y s - - o r o u g h t t o p l a y - - i n o u r s o c i e t y t o d a y , e s p e c i a l l y r e g a r d i n g t h e f i r s t amendment o f t h e U.S. C o n s t i t u t i o n . H e t ook t h e example of t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue S e r v i c e and t h e power i t h a s t o a u d i t . I n s p i t e o f t h i s power, t h e IRS t a k e s a v e r y c a u t i o u s approach because o f t h e " p r e f e r r e d p o s i t i o n " of c h u r c h e s . The IRS knows i t c a n n o t move i n on a c h u r c h as it might even move i n a g a i n s t some o t h e r t a x exempt c h a r i t a b l e o r g a n i z a t i o n o r b u s i n e s s .

Then M r . Rader p o i n t e d o u t how m o s t s t a t e s have f o l l o w e d t h e same c r i t e r i a set f o r t h i n t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue Code f o r t h e i r e x a m i n a t i o n p u r p o s e s . Fo l lowing t h e s e I R S g u i d e l i n e s , s t a t e s t a k e care t o r e s p e c t t h e r i g h t s of c h u r c h e s w i t h t h e i r f i r s t amendment p r o t e c t i o n s . M r . Rader s t r e s s e d , "NO one h a s ever s a i d t h a t under t h e g u i s e o f t h e F i r s t Amendment one c o u l d c l o a k a c r i m e unde r t h e v e i l o f t h a t p r o t e c t i o n . W e have n e v e r s a i d t h a t . No o t h e r r e s p o n s i b l e p e r s o n would s a y i t . What w e have s a i d i s t h a t t h e r e i s a sys t em of r u l e s and p r o c e d u r e s which must be a p p l i e d v e r y c a r e f u l l y , v e r y i n t e l l i g e n t l y , v e r y s e n s i t i v e l y by any gove rnmen ta l agency when t h e y are l o o k i n g i n t o t h e a f f a i r s of t h e c h u r c h , b e c a u s e t h e F i r s t Amendment g i v e s t h e c h u r c h a p r e f e r r e d p o s i t i o n . T h a t means, f o r example , i n areas o t h e r t h a n t h e I n t e r n a l Revenue Service, t h a t i f you a t t a c k a c h u r c h and you come a f o u l o f t h a t F i r s t Amendment, you must p r o v e t h a t what you are d o i n g i s c o n s t i t u t i o n a l . "

So M r . Rader went on t o make t h e p o i n t t h a t t h e bu rden of p roof i s on t h e a g g r e s s o r - - i n t h i s case t h e s ta te . H e s a i d t h a t now t h e C a l i f o r n i a A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l i s t a k i n g t h e p u b l i c p o s i t i o n t h a t he d o e s n o t a g r e e w i t h t h e way f u n d s a r e s p e n t by t h e Church. H e h a s changed h i s t u n e and he now s a y s t h a t money i s m e r e l y b e i n g "misused . " But by whose o p i n i o n ? Aga in , he c l a i m s it i s h i s r i g h t and d u t y t o d e t e r m i n e what i s 'Imisuse"!

P e r h a p s t h e m o s t u n u s u a l i n t e r v i e w M r . Rader h a s had t o d a t e w a s on t h e B i l l Boggs show. G u e s t s i n c l u d e d a n a t h e i s t , f i r s t amendment e x p e r t Dean K e l l e y o f t h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l o f Churches , and t w o I R S r e p r e s e n t a - t i v e s . The d i s c u s s i o n r e v o l v e d around t h e s e p a r a t i o n of c h u r c h and s t a t e , and t a x l a w s p e r t a i n i n g t o c h u r c h e s .

The a t h e i s t , a member of American A t h e i s t s , s t o o d f o r c o m p l e t e s e p a r a t i o n of c h u r c h and s t a t e . H e p roposed t h a t t h i s be accompl i shed by t r e a t i n g churches t he same as other o r g a n i z a t i o n s and taxing t h e m a c c o r d i n g l y , a s w e l l a s a p p l y i n g o t h e r gove rnmen ta l r e g u l a t i o n s . M r . Rader p o i n t e d o u t t h e f a l l a c y of t h i s p o s i t i o n , and e x p l a i n e d how t h e S t a t e of C a l i f o r n i a h a s a l r e a d y gone beyond t h e p a l e i n c l a i m i n g t o own c h u r c h e s l o c k , s t o c k

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and b a r r e l ! Dean K e l l e y was v e r y s u p p o r t i v e o f t h e p o s i t i o n h e l d by t h e Worldwide Church o f God and made some f i n e r emarks a g a i n s t t h e d a n g e r o u s t r e n d toward g r e a t e r r e g u l a t i o n of c h u r c h e s .

Toward t h e end o f t h e program t h e IRS r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s came o n t h e show, b u t on a s e p a r a t e s t a g e ( r e g u l a t i o n s d i d n o t p e r m i t them, t h e y s a i d , t o be on t h e same s t a g e w i t h t h e o t h e r s ) . They b r i e f l y d i s c u s s e d IRS l a w p e r t a i n i n g t o c h u r c h e s and answered s e v e r a l q u e s t i o n s from t h e a u d i e n c e p r e s e n t i n t h e s t u d i o .

A f r e q u e n t l y a sked q u e s t i o n i s whe the r members are r e a l l y a s k e d t o t i t h e as much a s 3 0 % . M r . Rader r e p l i e d t h a t i t was n o t t r u e t h a t members a r e r e q u e s t e d t o t i t h e 3 0 % o f t h e i r income. H e s a i d , ''1 mysel f t i t h e a b o u t 4 0 % o f my income, and have for a c o n s i d e r a b l e p e r i o d o f t i m e . B u t members are o n l y r e q u i r e d , unde r God ' s law, t o t i t h e 1 0 % . And t h e n t h e y s a v e 1 0 % t h e m s e l v e s f o r t h e i r a n n u a l f a m i l y v a c a t i o n , which t h e y a t t e n d i n t h e f a l l --what w e c a l l t h e Feast of T a b e r n a c l e s . A n d t h e n e v e r y t h i r d y e a r t h r o u g h o u t t h e i r l i f e t i m e s , t h e y w i l l t h e n d o n a t e a n o t h e r 1 0 % f o r t h e i n d i g e n t . I'

With so much t a l k a b o u t t h e r e c e i v e r s h i p and t h e i n i t i a l a t t a c k on t h e Church, M r . Rader w a s a sked t o c l a r i f y t h e p r e s e n t s t a t e o f t h e l i t i g a t i o n and w h e t h e r t h e r e i s now a rece iver i n t h e Church. "NO," Mr. Rader re- p l i e d , " t h e r e c e i v e r s h i p i s , from a p r a c t i c a l s t a n d p o i n t , n o t a m a t t e r o f c o n c e r n . [However , ] i t ' s a l i t t l e b i t l i k e a sword o f Damocles; t h a t ' s a sword hang ing o v e r your head . B u t t h e r e c e i v e r s h i p h a s been l i f t e d and w e have been o p e r a t i n g o u r own a f f a i r s f o r almost a y e a r and a h a l f . "

A s t h e b i z a r r e and improbab le s t o r y of t h e l a w s u i t w a s r e l a t e d by M r . Rader o v e r r a d i o WMCA, t h e s h o w ' s h o s t e s s e x c l a i m e d : "I d o n ' t u n d e r s t a n d how a s t a t e c a n a p p o i n t a r e c e i v e r t o t a k e p o s s e s s i o n o f c h u r c h p r o p e r t y o r r e c o r d s dnd t h e n o v e r t a k e and s u p e r v i s e o p e r a t i o n s u n t i l l i t i g a t i o n h a s been conc luded! I'

"NO one e lse c a n , " r e p l i e d M r . Rade r , ' 'and t h a t ' s one of t h e r e a s o n s t h a t w e w e r e s u c c e s s f u l i n g e t t i n g o t h e r p e o p l e [who are] i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e F i r s t Amendment, and p a r t i c u l a r l y f reedom of r e l i g i o n , t o r a l l y t o o u r e f f o r t s t o t h w a r t t h e a t t o r n e y g e n e r a l ' s t a k e over of t h e Church , bend it t o i t s w i l l o r d e s t r o y i t i n the process. A v e r y b i z a r r e t h i n g l i e s i n t h e g e n e s i s of t h i s case....

"The a t t o r n e y g e n e r a l a c t u a l l y d i d n o t b e g i n t h e l a w s u i t , " c o n t i n u e d M r . Rader . "The re w a s a v e r y a b s t r u s e s e c t i o n o f t h e C a l i f o r n i a A d m i n i s t r a - t i v e Code which would p e r m i t , unde r a showing o f t h e m o s t r e m a r k a b l e c i r - cums tances , (which w e r e n o t p r e s e n t h e r e ) a p r i v a t e p e r s o n t o g e t p e r - m i s s i o n t o s u e i n t h e a t t o r n e y g e n e r a l ' s name. And so s i x fo rmer members went t o a p r i v a t e l awyer who i n t u r n c o n v i n c e d a d e p u t y a t t o r n e y g e n e r a l ( n o t t h e a t t o r n e y g e n e r a l , b u t a d e p u t y a t t o r n e y g e n e r a l ) , t o p e r m i t him, t h e p r i v a t e l a w y e r , t o b r i n g an a c t i o n i n t h e name o f t h e A t t o r n e y Gen- e r a l . A s soon a s w e p u t up a v i g o r o u s d e f e n s e , t h a t p r i v a t e a t t o r n e y dropped by t h e ways ide , t h e d i s s i d e n t s d i s a p p e a r e d , and l o and beho ld t h e a t t o r n e y g e n e r a l w a s l e f t h o l d i n g t h e bag and a t i g e r by t h e t a i l ! "

Sne c a l l e r i n New R o c h e l l e a l l u d e d t o " c u l t s " and a s k e d i f G o d ' s Church w a s " t r u l y C h r i s t i a n . " M r . Rader s a i d y e s , w e a re C h r i s t i a n b u t w e c a n be d i f f e r e n t i a t e d from o t h e r c h u r c h e s by o u r b e l i e f s . H e e x p l a i n e d w e

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have c o n g r e g a t i o n s a round t h e wor ld i n n e a r l y 1 0 0 n a t i o n s w i t h f u l l y t r a i n e d m i n i s t e r s i n a t t e n d a n c e . The s e r v i c e s d o n ' t , he s a i d , l ook un- l i k e many p r o t e s t a n t g r o u p s and t h a t w e are a l s o ' ' ve ry , v e r y normal p e o p l e . " H e n o t e d t h a t w e d o n ' t l i v e i n communes, b u t on t h e c o n t r a r y , l i v e i n o u r communi t ies w i t h e v e r y i n t e n t i o n o f b e i n g a l i g h t t o t h o s e a round u s . Conc lud ing , M r . Rader s t a t e d t h a t it i s t h e r e f o r e h a r d f o r anyone t o s a y t h a t w e a re " c u l t i s h . "

While i n New York, M r . Rader w a s c o n t a c t e d a t h i s h o t e l by a t a l k show h o s t i n Oklahoma C i t y . M r . Rader a g r e e d t o a t e l e p h o n e i n t e r v i e w and i t w a s a m o s t memorable one . The h o s t , John Dayle o f KTOK r a d i o , i s a g e n u i n e down- to-ear th s o r t o f man w i t h a r e a d y knowledge o f t h e B i b l e , b u t no s a n c t i m o n i o u s a i r s . More o f a l i s t e n e r t h a n a t a l k e r , he gave M r . Rader t h e f l o o r f o r t h e b e t t e r p a r t o f a n hour t o t e l l t h e s t o r y of t h e s t a t e ' s a t t a c k and t o r e l a t e i n f o r m a t i o n a 5 o u t t h e C h u r c h ' s t e a c h i n g s

M r . Dayle w a s g e n u i n e l y and d e e p l y conce rned a b o u t t h e t r e a c h e r y of t h e C a l i f o r n i a a t t o r n e y g e n e r a l and what h i s a c t i o n s c o u l d p o r t e n d f o r a l l r e l i g i o n . H e u rged h i s l i s t e n e r s t o a l l go o u t and "buy M r . Rader ' s book f o r your p r e a c h e r and see t h a t he reads it!"

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H u r r i c a n e " A l l e n " : You may have wondered how o u r Car ibbean b r e t h r e n f a r e d i n t h e wake of h u r r i c a n e " A l l e n " which b a d l y h i t t h e i s l a n d n a t i o n of S t . L u c i a , t h e n s i d e s w i p e d P u e r t o R i c o , H a i t i and Jamaica.

M r . Carlos N i e t o , the m i n i s t e r from t h e n e i g h b o r i n g i s l a n d o f Barbados , v i s i t e d S t . L u c i a l a s t week and r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e coas ta l areas w e r e b a d l y h i t , and s e v e r e damage w a s s u f f e r e d by t h e banana and mango c r o p s . A s a result f a r m e r s can expect 8-12 months w i t h o u t i n c o m e . F o r t u n a t e l y , t he c a p i t a l c i t y of Castr ies w a s n o t h i t a s b a d l y .

As f a r as o u r b r e t h r e n are c o n c e r n e d , s e v e r a l l o s t t h e roofs o f t h e i r homes and f u r n i t u r e w a s damaged by w a t e r . The f e a s t s i te b u i l d i n g w a s n o t damaged, b u t some water damage o c c u r r e d which s h o u l d be r e p a i r e d by t h e t i m e of t h e F e a s t .

God w a s i n d e e d wa tch ing o v e r h i s people--an i n s p i r i n g example w a s l e f t f o r eve ryone t o see. I n t h e v i l l a g e o f Fond Assau , a f r a i l l i t t l e l a d y , who h a s been a member f o r many y e a r s , l ived i n a p o o r l y - c o n s t r u c t e d house v u l - n e r a b l e t o h u r r i c a n e s . When t h e s t o r m s u b s i d e d , the whole v i l l a g e w a s a p i c t u r e of d e v a s t a t i o n , b u t o u r m e m b e r ' s house stood u n s c a t h e d i n t h e mid- d l e of r u i n s !

I n Jamaica, the Runaway Bay f e a s t s i t e e s c a p e d s e r i o u s damage a.nd a l l o u r members are r e p o r t e d t o be f i n e .

New Zea land R e p o r t s Con t inued Growth: J u l y w a s a n o t h e r e x c e l l e n t month f o r income, a c h i e v i n g t h e second h i g h e s t month ly income ever r e c e i v e d by t h e o f f i ce i n New Zea land , s u r p a s s e d o n l y by J u n e 1980! T h i s w a s a n i n - crease of 2 6 . 2 % over J u l y l a s t y e a r , and t h e y e a r - t o - d a t e i n c r e a s e i n t i t h e s and o f f e r i n g s i s now r u n n i n g 3 1 . 7 % ahead of 1 9 7 9 .

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During t h e month Reg iona l Di rec tor B o b Morton made a b r i e f v i s i t t o F i j i , where he w a s a b l e t o h o l d a c o n f e r e n c e w i t h o u r m i n i s t e r s from F i j i and Tonga, p l u s a m e m b e r f r o m Western Samoa.

The m i n i s t e r i n Tonga, T o l u Ha 'angana , r e p o r t s t h a t a l l t h e l oca l r e p r e - s e n t a t i v e s o f c h u r c h e s s p o n s o r i n g r a d i o programs i n Tonga w e r e summoned t o a m e e t i n g i n l a t e J u n e . A number o f them were g i v e n i n s t r u c t i o n s a b o u t t h e i r programs and how t h e y need t o b e improved. The WORLD TOMORROW pro- gram w a s c i t e d a s a n e x c e l l e n t example o f what a r e l i g i o u s program s h o u l d be! I t w a s " h i g h l y recommended" because i t i s so e d u c a t i o n a l t o t h e pub- l i c .

The Work i n t h e P a c i f i c I s l a n d s i s growing v e r y w e l l , w i t h t h e number of l e t t e r s r e c e i v e d so f a r t h i s y e a r t o t a l l i n g 143% more t h a n f o r t h e same p e r i o d l a s t y e a r ! On t h e S a b b a t h w h i l e M r . Morton w a s t h e r e , a t t e n d a n c e i n Suva t o t a l l e d 58--an a l l - t i m e r e c o r d f o r t h a t Church. While i n F i j i , M r . Morton approved a d d i t i o n a l a d v e r t i s i n g i n Tonga, F i j i and Western Samoa.

T h i s month p l a n s w e r e l a i d f o r a major a d v e r t i s i n g campaign l a t e r t h i s y e a r i n which THE U N I T E D STATES AND B R I T A I N I N PROPHECY, a l o n g w i t h a s u b s c r i p t i o n t o The PLAIN TRUTH, w i l l be advert ised n a t i o n w i d e v i a f u l l - page , f u l l - c o l o r a d s i n t h e t w o major c i r c u l a t i o n weekly magaz ines , f u l l - color i n s e r t s i n n a t i o n a l d a i l y newspapers , and a f u l l - c o l o r h o u s e h o l d e r c a r d g o i n g t o h a l f a m i l l i o n homes t h r o u g h o u t t h e n a t i o n .

I n a d d i t i o n , M r . Morton announced t h a t t h e Work i n New Zea land w i l l h i r e t w o a d d i t i o n a l f u l l - t i m e m i n i s t e r s . These w i l l b e M r . B i l l S i d n e y , who f o r t h e l a s t t h r e e y e a r s h a s been s e r v i n g as a l o c a l c h u r c h e l d e r i n Auckland, and M r . To lu Ha 'angana , t h e local c h u r c h elder i n Tonga who i s due t o r e t i r e from h i s government p o s t . as Director of A g r i c u l t u r a l Q u a r a n t i n e soon.

- Summertime Not Slowinq Work i n Germany: D e s p i t e f i v e w e e k s o f v i r t u a l l y c o n s t a n t r a i n , God ' s p e o p l e i n Germany e n j o y e d s e v e r a l c h u r c h socials . Among t h e s e w a s a Y . O . U . "Midsummer N i g h t ' s Dance'' on J u l y 1 2 t h i n t h e Bonn o f f i c e . Over 6 0 young p e o p l e from Germany, A u s t r i a , S w i t z e r l a n d , Ho l l and , Belgium, Denmark, A u s t r a l i a , and t h e Un i t ed S t a t e s danced i n t o t h e w e e h o u r s o f t h e morning.

On J u l y 25th,Bonn o f f i c e manager M r . John K a r l s o n and h i s f a m i l y a r r i v e d back i n Europe f r o m t h e Un i t ed S t a t e s , where he had a t t e n d e d t h e M i n i s t e - r i a l R e f r e s h e r Program i n Pasadena . H e w i l l be r e p o r t i n g on t h e R e f r e s h e r Program t o t h e German-language m i n i s t r y d u r i n g a m i n i c o n f e r e n c e s c h e d u l e d f o r August 25 th-26th i n Bonn.

The month of J u l y showed a n upward t r e n d w i t h d o n a t i o n m a i l up 1 3 % and t h e t o t a l m a i l up 188% o v e r l a s t y e a r , i n s p i t e o f many Germans b e i n g o n summer v a c a t i o n which n o r m a l l y t e n d s t o c a u s e a s h a r p r e d u c t i o n i n o u r incoming m a i l . M a i l Income f o r t h e y e a r t o d a t e w a s a 2 0 . 9 % i n c r e a s e o v e r J u l y l a s t y e a r .

The c o n d i t i o n of t h e German c h u r c h e s c o n t i n u e s s t a b l e and h i g h l y suppor- t i v e of God's Work and H i s a p o s t l e .

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O f f e r i n g B a s k e t s A v a i l a b l e f o r L o c a l Churches

The S h i p p i n g and R e c e i v i n g Depar tment i n Pasadena h a s b e e n g i v e n 2 5 0 woven c a n e b a s k e t s s u i t a b l e f o r c o l l e c t i n g h o l y day o f f e r i n g s . W e a r e making t h e s e a v a i l a b l e t o a n y l o c a l c h u r c h w i t h a n e e d . The b a s k e t s w i l l be g i v e n o u t on a f i r s t come f i r s t s e r v e d b a s i s a s l o n g as t h e s u p p l y l a s t s .

The b e s t method f o r o r d e r i n g i s t o u s e t h e s t a n d a r d M i n i s t e r i a l S u p p l y Reques t fo rm, w r i t i n g i n " o f f e r i n g b a s k e t s " and t h e q u a n t i t y needed . A s u s u a l , s e n d t h e r e q u e s t t o M i n s t e r i a l S e r v i c e s ar,d w e w i l l f o r w a r d i t t o t h e S h i p p i n g and R e c e i v i n g Depar tmen t .

Comments About - t h e M i n i s t e r i a l R e f r e s h e r Course

Dear M r . A rms t rong :

W e are a b o u t t o e n d o u r t h r e e weeks on t h e R e f r e s h e r Program. W e have t h o r o u g h l y e n j o y e d o u r t i m e h e r e . I t h a s been a r e a l b l e s s i n g t o a t t e n d classes where e v e r y t h i n g h a s been c l e a r e d w i t h you. W e d o n ' t h a v e t o e d i t o u r n o t e s and wonder whose s i d e t h e t e a c h e r s are on .

The a t m o s p h e r e h e r e a t Ambassador C o l l e g e h a s improved t r e m e n d o u s l y s i n c e w e w e r e h e r e o n s abba t i ca l i n 1976-1977. I w i s h you c o u l d be h e r e . You would be p l e a s e d .

T h i s R e f r e s h e r Program seems much more e f f e c t i v e a n d e n j o y a b l e t h a n t h e S a b b a t i c a l Program. The p e r s o n n e l are b e t t e r now, o f c o u r s e , b u t t h e f o r m a t a l s o i s c o n d u c i v e t o l e a r n i n g . Even t h o u g h i t ' s o n l y t h r e e weeks , I believe t h e w i v e s p a r t i c i p a t e more b e c a u s e t h e r e a r e n ' t t h e meals t o f i x and c h i l d r e n t o t a k e care o f , a n d w e c a n walk t o e v e r y t h i n g w e need t o a t t e n d . I t w i l l t a k e weeks more t o r e a l l y a b s o r b e v e r y t h i n g w e have l e a r n e d , but w e s h o u l d be i n a good s h a p e when w e leave h e r e .

When w e f i n i s h e d o u r s abba t i ca l , w e had more q u e s t i o n s t h a n a n s w e r s . Now, w e have more a n s w e r s t h a n q u e s t i o n s .

T h i s h a s a l s o b e e n a r e a l l y good a t m o s p h e r e f o r g e t t i n g t o know o u r f e l l o w m i n i s t e r s and wives. A t l a r g e c o n f e r e n c e s , w e see o l d f r i e n d s and m e e t a few new p e o p l e , b u t d o n ' t g e t t o spend much t i m e w i t h them. Here, w e have r e a l l y g o t t e n t o know t h e o t h e r s i n t h e R e f r e s h e r Pro- gram a f t e r s p e n d i n g e i g h t h o u r s a d a y w i t h them i n c l a s s , p l u s t h e t i m e s p e n t t o g e t h e r a t meals and social a c t i v i t i e s .

W e would also l i k e t o e x p r e s s a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o g e t t o know M r . B l a c k w e l l , M r . Tkach , M r . N e f f , D r . Hoeh and o t h e r s t a f f m e m b e r s who s p e n t a l o t o f t i m e w i t h u s , when t h e y had o p p o r - t u n i t y . W e c e r t a i n l y d i d e n j o y t h a t and t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o v i s i t i n t h e homes o f M r . H e l g e , M r . Rader, and M r . B l a c k w e l l .

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Thank you a g a i n , M r . Armstrong, f o r t h i s t remendous o p p o r t u n i t y f o r growth . May e v e r y m i n i s t e r and h i s w i f e have a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o be l i k e w i s e r e f r e s h e d , and may w e a l l t a k e t h e s p i r i t o f r enewa l back t o G o d ' s c o n g r e g a t i o n s a round t h e wor ld .

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D e a r M r . Armstrong:

W e would l i k e t o s a y a b i g THANK YOU f o r t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o g o t h r o u g h t h e R e f r e s h e r Program. I t i s a v e r y e x c i t i n g , i n f o r m a t i v e , n o u r i s h i n g and p o s i t i v e program. W e know w i t h o u t a d o u b t t h a t God i s g u i d i n g you. Man c o u l d n o t i n a m i l l i o n y e a r s come up w i t h t h e t remendous knowledge t h a t God h a s g i v e n u s t h r o u g h you!

The re are so many areas o f d o c t r i n e t h a t you wrote a b o u t (and a c c u r a t e l y so) many y e a r s ago t h a t you now f i n d y o u r s e l f hav ing t o r e w r i t e and /o r p u t "back on t h e t r a c k . "

A s f a r a s o u r i n s t r u c t o r s are conce rned : Never have w e s e e n so f e w g l v e so much t o so many i n s u c h a s h o r t p e r i o d of t i m e . t o be commended f o r t h e i r l o y a l t y t o you and t h e L i v i n g C h r i s t !

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D e a r M r . A r m s t r o n g :

I t ' s h a r d t o e x p r e s s i n words t h e t h r i l l o f s p e n d i n g t h r e e j a m - packed weeks a t Pasadena f o r t h e M i n i s t e r i a l R e f r e s h i n g Program-- which h a s been a " b r e a t h o f f r e s h a i r " ! I t h a s been t h e m o s t b e n e f i c i a l t i m e w e have ever s p e n t . I t ' s a l so g r e a t t o w i t n e s s t h e u n i t y , harmony, c o o p e r a t i o n , and teamwork t h a t i s d i s p l a y e d th rough- o u t t h e campus and i n e v e r y d e p a r t m e n t . Once a g a i n i t ' s a r e a l j o y t o be on God's campus.

My w i f e and I have been t r emendous ly i n s p i r e d and r e c h a r g e d by a l l t h e classes. W e d e e p l y a p p r e c i a t e d r e c e i v i n g t h e c l e a r - c u t i n s t r u c - t i o n s , d o c t r i n a l d i r ec t ives , u p d a t e s , and h e l p f u l i n f o r m a t i o n . W e are 1 0 1 % b e h i n d you i n e v e r y way and w i l l d o o u r p a r t t o uphold t h e Government of God i n o u r s p e c i f i c area.

S o t h a n k you v e r y , v e r y much M r . Armstrong f o r making t h i s program p o s s i b l e . Thank you, M r . Tkach, and a l l t h e s t a f f f o r making o u r s t a y s o e n j o y a b l e and p r o f i t a b l e - - t o t r u l y be r e f r e s h e d i n e v e r y way.

T e r r y and J e a n e t t e Mat t son

Dear M r . Armstrong:

The R e f r e s h e r Course has been e x t r e m e l y h e l p f u l i n many ways. have a l l f e l t t h e love of t h e i n s t r u c t o r s , o u r f e l l o w m i n i s t e r s and wives .

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The most o u t s t a n d i n g t h i n g i s a t l a s t a l l a re l e a r n i n g and s p e a k i n g t h e same t h i n g s f r o m men who are t r u l y d e d i c a t e d .

Thank you, M r . Armst rong , f o r making i t a l l p o s s i b l e .

K a r l and Gaylon B e y e r s d o r f e r

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Dear M r . Armst rong:

Having comple ted t w o weeks of t h e M i n i s t e r i a l R e f r e s h e r Program, my w i f e and I would l i k e t o e x p r e s s o u r a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r t h e p ro - gram and f o r e v e r y t h i n g you a re d o i n g i n t h e Work. E v e r y t h i n g w e have s e e n h a s i m p r e s s e d u s .

I n my t e n y e a r s i n t h e m i n i s t r y I have n e v e r f e l t o r s e e n such a s p i r i t o f u n i t y as c u r r e n t l y e x i s t s . W e f e e l more a p a r t o f t h e team t h a n ever before and c o n s i d e r it a g e n u i n e p r i v i l e g e t o serve w i t h you i n t h i s Work.

The classes are e x c i t i n g and i n f o r m a t i v e . W e a p p r e c i a t e what you , M r . Armstrong, and t h o s e i n M i n i s t e r i a l Services are d o i n g t o h e l p u s do o u r j o b b e t t e r . My w i f e and I want t o s o a k up as much a s w e c a n w h i l e h e r e , c o n s i d e r i n g i t o u r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o c a r r y t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n back t o t h e l oca l c o n g r e g a t i o n .

I n t h e l a s t t w o y e a r s w e have o f t e n h e a r d you s a y t h a t J e s u s C h r i s t i s " p u t t i n g t h e Church back on t h e r i g h t t r a c k . " Our e x p e r i e n c e i n t h i s program i s e n a b l i n g u s t o more f u l l y u n d e r s t a n d and a p p r e c i a t e t h i s s t a t e m e n t as w e see t h e f r u i t s o f God's S p i r i t m a n i f e s t e d .

N o e l and Becky Hornor

G r e e t i n g s M r . Armstrong:

J a n and I wanted t o convey t o you o u r h e a r t f e l t t h a n k s f o r t h e new R e f r e s h e r Program f o r t h e m i n i s t e r y . T r u l y i t i s l i k e a ' ' b r e a t h of f r e s h a i r . " W e know t h i s program i s g o i n g t o have a v e r y p o s i t i v e e f f e c t upon t h e whole c h u r c h when a l l of o u r m i n i s t e r s wor ldwide w i l l b e s p e a k i n g and a c t i n g from t h e same g u i d e l i n e s .

W e want you t o know t h e s t a f f h a s done a n e x c e l l e n t job i n c o n d u c t i n g t h e program on your b e h a l f . W e a l so want t o s a y a s p e c i a l t h a n k s f o r p e r m i t t i n g t h e wives t o a t t e n d . T h i s program h a s been a b i g boost for them as w e l l .

Again w e want you t o know t h i s program w i l l be p r o d u c i n g p o s i t i v e f r u i t i n t h e y e a r s t o come.

Dan Creed

Dear M r . Armstrong:

H e r e w e are back a t Ambassador College! Back t o classes and f i n e f e l l o w s h i p . My w i f e and I are h e r e f o r t h e second s e s s i o n of t h e M i n i s t e r i a l R e f r e s h e r Course , and it is great! I t i s good t o h e a r basic i n s t r u c t i o n o n t h e B i b l e and t o be r eg rounded on basic doc- t r i n e s . Thank you f o r making t h i s c o u r s e p o s s i b l e . W e f ee l t h a t t h e e n t i r e m i n i s t r y w i l l b e n e f i t from t h i s program.

R i c h a r d and S a l l y P a r k e r

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BOSTON, MA; PROVIDENCE, R I - - J I M F R A N K S : W e r e a l l y a p p r e c i a t e d t h e v i s i t t o t h e Bos ton P r o v i d e n c e c h u r c h areas by Leon Walker and Robin Webber r e c e n t l y . A y e a r ago when I moved i n t o t h i s area a t t i t u d e s w e r e v e r y n e g a t i v e toward t h e Work and i t s l e a d e r s h i p . But a r e f r e s h i n g change h a s t a k e n p l a c e i n t h e area over t h e p a s t y e a r . I t w a s r e a l l y good t o h e a r so many p e o p l e making p o s i t i v e comments a b o u t t h e f i l m and a b o u t Mr. Armstrong i n p a r t i c u l a r . W e s t i l l have o u r p rob lems , b u t m o s t o f t h e "bad a p p l e s " a r e gone and t h e y have been more t h a n r e p l a c e d by a l l t h e new p e o p l e who have begun a t t e n d i n g i n t h e p a s t y e a r - - a t t e n d a n c e i s up o v e r 3 0 % i n t h e t w o c h u r c h e s .

BUFFALO, NY--DANIEL J . B I E R E R : Members c o n t i n u e t o grow i n under - s t a n d i n g o f M r . A r m s t r o n g ' s l e a d e r s h i p and a u t h o r i t y a s w e l l a s t h e work and ro le of M r . Rader. I have comple t ed M r . R a d e r ' s book and i t i s e x c e l l e n t !

Thank you v e r y much f o r s e n d i n g t h e s p e a k e r s on t h e G - 1 1 . The message from M r . Armstrong d e l i v e r e d by D r . Kessler w a s u p l i f t i n g and e d i f y i n g . The b r e t h r e n h e r e r e a l l y e n j o y e d t h e documentary b e c a u s e it gave them an eye-opening ove rv iew of t h e i n j u s t i c e t o God ' s Work by t h e S t a t e o f C a l i f o r n i a . Thanks a g a i n !

M I C H I G A N C I T Y , IN- -RAND M I L L I C H : Many of t h e members w e r e a b l e t o h e a r M r . Rader i n Chicago (Aug. 2 ) . Every s i n g l e o n e e x p r e s s e d t h e i r a p p r e c i a t i o n o f t h e sermon he gave . They are impressed f a v o r a b l y w i t h t h e way t h a t God i s u s i n g him.

MERIDEN, CT--LARRY WOOLDRIDGE: The Church h e r e r e a l l y a p p r e c i a t e d '

t h e f i l m "Church vs S t a t e . " I t w a s q u i t e a n e y e o p e n e r and r e a l l y c o n t r i b u t e s t o t h e f u r t h e r s t a b i l i z a t i o n of God's Church. Thanks a g a i n .

CONCORD, NH--DAN ROGERS: Recent G - I 1 t r i p s by M r . Neff and Kevin Dean t o Maine and New Hampshire b r o u g h t a n e n t h u s i a s t i c r e s p o n s e f r o m a l l t h e p e o p l e h e r e i n n o r t h e r n New England . Everyone i s s t i l l t a l k i n g a b o u t how p o w e r f u l , c o g e n t , and i n s p i r i n g t h e movie w a s .

CLEVELAND EAST, OH--GUY L . ENGLEBART: E v e r y t h i n g is g o i n g w e l l ex- c e p t f o r normal problems. A l l t h e b r e t h r e n were e a g e r l y l o o k i n g fo rward t o h e a r i n g from M r . Armstrong v i a t h e t e l e p h o n e hookup and w e r e s o r r y t h a t it d i d n o t come t h r o u g h . They a p p r e c i a t e d M r . B l a c k w e l l ' s sermon, however. H o p e f u l l y , t h e r e w i l l be a n o t h e r t e l e p h o n e hookup w i t h M r . Armstrong soon.

PITTSBURGH EAST, PA--DON J. LAWSON: H i g h l i g h t e r of month was phone sermon f rom Dean B l a c k w e l l .

BALTIMORE, MD--ROY DEMEREST: My w i f e and I have r e t u r n e d home e x c i t e d and a r o u s e d by t h e R e f r e s h e r Program. I hope i t w i l l become a r e g u l a r r e q u i r e m e n t f o r t h e wor ldwide m i n i s t r y .

M I A M I , FL--AL KERSHA: The a v e r a g e a t t e n d a n c e t h e l a s t c o u p l e of months h a s been n o t i c e a b l y h i g h e r . A t t i t u d e s s e e m n o t i c e a b l y

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be t t e r . The b r e t h r e n s e e m t o be s i n k i n g t h e i r " roots" d e e p e r i n t o t h e Church. More p e o p l e are t a l k i n g a b o u t t h e end t i m e s and t h e imminency of t h e g r e a t t r i b u l a t i o n . O v e r a l l , a p o s i t i v e and s o b e r spirit exists i n o u r area.

ELKHART, IN- -RAND M I L L I C H : W e c o n t i n u e t o be g e t t i n g new i n d i v i d u a l s who are i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e Worldwide Church of G o d . Many have been r e a d i n g t h e P .T . f o r y e a r s . Now t h e y want t o b e g i n a c t i n g on what t h e y know. T h i s h a s been e n c o u r a g i n g t o t h e rest of t h e congrega- t i o n .

PORTSMOUTH, OHIO--DAVE TREYBIG: Some f r i e n d s of members s t a r t i n g t o a t t e n d services. Growth a t t h i s t i m e seems t o be corning by word of mouth r a t h e r t h a n t h r o u g h b r o a d c a s t , PT Newss tands , e tc . T h i s month had h i g h e s t month ly a t t e n d a n c e e v e r . S m a l l e a r t h q u a k e i n t h i s u s u a l l y c a l m area set many t o t h i n k i n g of end t i m e more fe r - v e n t l y . N o i n j u r i e s o r p r o p e r t y damage t o members. Much a p p r e c i a - t i o n f o r M r . Ar rns t rong ' s G a l a t i a n s t a p e s . Church l o y a l and growing .

MOBILE, =--STEVEN D. MOODY: W e have had c o n s i s t e n t l y h i g h a t t e n d - ance t h i s month--showing a renewed z e a l f o r l e a r n i n g and a n i n c r e a s e d awareness o f t h e s o b e r i n g t i m e s i n which w e are l i v i n g .

W e have had o u r f i r s t mee t ing i n B i l o x i as I w r i t e t h i s . The a t t e n d - ance w a s overwhelming--186!! W e had many v i s i t o r s f o r w e c a l c u l a t e d o n l y 1 0 0 p o s s i b l e p e o p l e . W e s t a r t e d w i t h a l o t o f e n t h u s i a s m and a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r t h e new c o n g r e g a t i o n .

M I D L A N D , MI--GERALD WESTON: The y o u t h have made e x c e l l e n t p r o g r e s s i n t h e l a s t y e a r . They are becoming more r e s p o n s i v e and r e s p e c t f u l , and are r e a l l y g e t t i n g i n t o a c t i v i t i e s o n t h e S a b b a t h s u c h as B i b l e s t u d i e s and B i b l e games.

Weekly L e t t e r Comments

The l e t t e r s t h i s week b e g i n w i t h g r a t i t u d e t o M r . Armstrong f r o m a c o u p l e who h e l d f a s t t o t r u t h d e l i v e r e d by God 's A p o s t l e . O t h e r comments show t h a t t h e a u d i o v i s u a l p r e s e n t a t i o n s produced by Media Services a r e b e i n g e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y r e c e i v e d i n t h e Churches ; t h e new e d i t i o n o f THE U N I T E D STATES AND BRITAIN I N PROPHECY i s a g a i n b e a r i n g f r u i t ; and s u b s c r i b e r s , co-workers and members a l i k e t e l l us t h e y are s o l i d l y b e h i n d Mr. Armstrong and God's Work d e s p i t e t h e " 6 0 Minutes" r e r u n o f t h e i r p rogram a b o u t t h e Church.

God's A D o s t l e Laid t he F o u n d a t i o n

M r . Armst rong , w e c a n n o t f i n d t h e words t o a d e q u a t e l y e x p r e s s t h e deep f e e l i n g s and t h e g r e a t esteem w i t h which w e h o l d you i n o u r h e a r t s .

I n t h e 1960s and e a r l y 7 0 s it w a s y o u r w r i t t e n a r t i c l e s i n The PLAIN TRUTH, TOMORROW'S WORLD, and GOOD NEWS which led u s f a i t h f u l l y i n t o sound B i b l i c a l d o c t r i n e . When t h e troubles came i n t h e 7 0 s w e remembered and h e l d f a s t . W e knew who w a s God ' s A p o s t l e and y o u r

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a r t i c l e s gave u s a good s o l i d g round ing i n G o d ' s Word and w e w e r e n o t shaken from i t . W e f e e l f i e r c e l y l o y a l and p r o t e c t i v e towards you and are s o l i d l y beh ind you t o t h e end . W e l o v e you v e r y d e a r l y and w e j u s t s a y "Thank You" w i t h o u r whole h e a r t . May God b l e s s and keep you t o t h e end.

- - B i l l & A i m i C . , S u r r e y , U . K .

A u d i o v i s u a l - P r e s e n t a t i o n s C r e a t e Exc i t emen t

W e t hank you so much f o r s e n d i n g M r . J ohn H a l f o r d t o Eugene w i t h h i s c r e w t h a t w e might have t h e documentary on Haggai , a s w e l l as t h e s l i d e s showing t h e b r e t h r e n i n o t h e r l a n d s . T h i s t r u l y w a s wonder fu l . The i l l u s t r a t i o n o f t h e book o f Haggai w a s i m p r e s s i v e and i t made t h e words o f t h e book c l e a r . . . . I a m reminded t h a t a p i c t u r e i s wor th a t housand words. I r e a l l y hope t h a t w e can have much more o f t h i s f o r m of t e a c h i n g .

- - M r s . D . L . (Eugene, O R )

J u s t a few words of a p p r e c i a t i o n and g r a t i t u d e t o you ( M r . Armstrong) f o r a l l o w i n g M r . and M r s . John H a l f o r d and t h e i r c r e w t o v i s i t o u r c h u r c h h e r e i n Eugene. I t r e a l l y gave a l l o f u s a g r e a t f e e l i n g o f b e i n g a p a r t of t h i s great Work. W e t h o r o u g h l y e n j o y e d t h e f i l m on t h e o t h e r c h u r c h e s .

--Ruth M. ( S p r i n g f i e l d , O R )

M r . K i l l e b r e w ' s p r e s e n t a t i o n t o t h e Tampa Church on t h e book of Haggai w a s v e r y e d u c a t i o n a l and gave u s a b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e book.

- - M r s . K a t h l e e n F . ( S e f f n e r , F L )

"U.S. And B r i t a i n I n Prophecy" H a s Impact -

W e have j a s t f i n i s h e d r e a d i n g t h r o u g h once a g a i n t h e l a t e s t e d i t i o n of THE U N I T E D STATES AND B R I T A I N I N PROPHECY. I t i s v e r y i n s p i r i n g t o see and u n d e r s t a n d I s r ae l ' s t r u e i d e n t i t y and t o know God ' s t r u t h and t o e x p e r i e n c e t h e good r e s u l t s o f f o l l o w i n g God ' s t r u e way.

--Ken & Donna R. ( A u s t i n , TX)

I gave my b r o t h e r - i n - l a w t h e book c a l l e d THE U N I T E D STATES AND B R I T A I N I N PROPHECY. I t o l d him t o u s e a Un i t ed S t a t e s h i s t o r y book and t h e B i b l e t o g e t h e r w i t h i t , as r e f e r e n c e s . H e d i d and s a i d he r e a l l y u n d e r s t a n d s t h e book now.

- - F r e d e r i c k M. ( L o u i s v i l l e , K Y )

I have j u s t r e a d your book, THE U N I T E D STATES AND B R I T A I N I N PROPHECY. I a m v e r y s u r p r i s e d t h a t I have n e v e r h e a r d o r r e a d anywhere, o r f rom anybody, t h e i n t e r p r e t a t i o n o f B i b l e p r o p h e c i e s t h e way you i n t e r p r e t them. F o r some r e a s o n I know beyond a shadow of a d o u b t t h a t t h e y are correct .

--R.D. (Bronx, N Y )

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W e have j u s t received t h e "old-new" book THE U N I T E D STATES A N D B R I T A I N I N PROPHECY. And a f t e r r e a d i n g o n l y t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n , i t i s e x c i t i n g ! Hav ing grown up i n t h e Church , many o f t h e s e t r u t h s w e r e t a k e n fo r g r a n t e d . Now, o n o u r own and as s e c o n d g e n e r a t i o n members, t h o s e t r u t h s h o l d a f i r s t love f a s c i n a t i o n a n d a w e . G o d ' s t r u t h i s c e r t a i n l y l i v i n g ! Thank you s i n c e r e l y f o r s h a r i n q it w i t h

--Mr. & Plrs. C o l i n W . (Howard, SD) u s .

Many See Through " 6 0 MINUTES"

M r . A r m s t r o n g , I s a w 6 0 M I N U T E S r e r u n n i n g t h e p rogram t h e y d i d some- t i m e back a b o u t God's t r u e Church . I missed t h e p rogram t h e f i r s t t i m e t h e y ran it. L e t m e s a y t h i s - - t h i s a t t a c k by Mike Wallace i n n o way, I r e p e a t , i n no way s h a k e s my a b s o l u t e c o n f i d e n c e i n you a s J e s u s C h r i s t ' s one and o n l y a p o s t l e ( o n e s e n t ) . N o t j u s t m i n i s t e r b u t a p o s t l e ! A l s o my c o n f i d e n c e i n M r . Rader a s y o u r a b l e a s s i s t a n t whom C H R I S T h a s s e n t you . Would you do m e a f a v o r ? P l e a s e convey t h a t t o M r . Rader .

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- -Harry T. (Richmond, K Y )

I j u s t f n i s h e d w a t c h i n g 6 0 MINUTES on t e l e v i s i o n . I wan t t o a s s u r e you , M r . Arms t rong , t h a t my s u p p o r t i s b e h i n d you a s God's a p o s t l e and human l e a d e r of t h e Church . My p r a y e r s , t i t h e s a n d o f f e r i n g s w i l l a l w a y s be i n y o u r s u p p o r t .

- -Michae l B . ( W i c h i t a , K S )

I a m w r i t i n g t o o f f e r my e n c o u r a g e m e n t t o you t o c a r r y o n w i t h t h e work f o r wh ich G o d c a l l e d you . I s a w t h e l a s t f e w m i n u t e s of t h e p rogram a b o u t t h e Worldwide Church of God on 6 0 M I N U T E S . I a m v e r y d i s a p p o i n t e d w i t h CBS fo r showing t h a t p rog ram a g a i n . I do n o t be- l i e v e t h a t you or M r . Rader have d o n e a n y t h i n g wrong or i l l e g a l .

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--Roger Y . (Richmond, \'A)

I w a n t you t o know t h a t I d i d n ' t pay any a t t e n t i o n t o t h a t 6 0 M I N U T E S p rogram I h e a r d o n M r . Rader a n d t h e Church . I t h i n k you a r e a man s e n t f r o m God.

- - M r s . M a r g a r e t S . ( L o u i s v i l l e , K Y )

W e are t h a n k f u l t h a t y o u , M r . A rms t rong , have w o r k i n g w i t h you a man t h a t u n d e r s t a n d s who you are a n d wha t God i s d o i n g . W e p l a n t o w r i t e t o M r . S t a n Rader t o t h a n k him f o r d e f e n d i n g t h e f a i t h and f o r t e l l i n g t h i s n a t i o n o n 6 0 MINUTES who you are.

- - M r . & M r s . C a r l D . ( F o r t Myers , FL)

Mr. Arms t rong , l e t n o t h i n g d i s c o u r a g e you--not a n y b r o a d c a s t o n T . V . o r a n y t h i n g e lse . I f God i s f o r y o u , who c a n be a g a i n s t you?

- - M r s . R i l l a M. ( F a y e t t e v i l l e , N C )

- - JOE TKACH, M I N I S T E R I A L S E R V I C E S

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A l l member second t i t h e a s s i s t a n c e r e q u e s t s s h o u l d be h a n d l e d t h r o u g h t h e loca l p a s t o r s b e f o r e t h e Feast o f T a b e r n a c l e s . t h e f e a s t w i t h o u t s u f f i c i e n t f u n d s e x p e c t i n g a s s i s t a n c e a t t h e f e s t i v a l s i t e . Only l i m i t e d f u n d s f o r g e n u i n e emergenc ie s w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e a t f e s t i v a l l o c a t i o n s , and t h e n o n l y w i t h t h e loca l p a s t o r ' s recommendation.

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T h i s h a s been a v e r y busy summer f o r many o f t h e f a c u l t y of Ambassador. Some members have been s e r v i n g S . E . P . a t O r r , and o t h e r s have been t e a c h i n g summer classes, o r classes i n C o n t i n u i n g E d u c a t i o n h e r e i n Pasadena .

T h i s Sunday, Augus t 1 7 t h , t h e r e w i l l be a F a c u l t y Meet ing , followed by a F a c u l t y Dinne r . The f o l l o w i n g Monday ( 1 8 t h ) O r i e n t a t i o n Week w i l l b e g i n f o r a l l o f t h e s t u d e n t s . I t l o o k s l i k e w e w i l l have one o f t h e b e s t f reshmen classes w e have ever had. T o t a l e n r o l l m e n t i s e x p e c t e d t o r e a c h j u s t unde r 500--with 450 r e s i d e n t s t u d e n t s . The o t h e r s are e i t h e r m a r r i e d s t u d e n t s , o r a re loca l s t u d e n t s l i v i n g w i t h t h e i r p a r e n t s a t home.

During t h e summer w e had a b o u t 3 0 s t u d e n t s i n Israel working a t t h e " J e r u s a l e m Dig ," a s w e have come t o c a l l it. A l l went w e l l w i t h t h e s t u d e n t s . M r . R i c h a r d Paige w a s i n c h a r g e o f t h e s t u d e n t s and r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e y set a good example w h i l e i n Israel . All of t h e s t u d e n t s a r e now back i n Pasadena .

A l s o , j u s t a few weeks ago , t w e l v e ( m o s t l y s t u d e n t s ) w e r e s e n t t o T h a i l a n d t o s e r v e a s ix-month p e r i o d as t e a c h e r s of E n g l i s h and Western c u l t u r e t o t h e r e f u g e e s now l i v i n g i n T h a i l a n d . M r . J ohn H a l f o r d w i l l soon r e t u r n from T h a i l a n d where h e h a s been working w i t h t h e s t u d e n t s t o make s u r e t h e y a re p r o p e r l y s u p e r v i s e d , p r o v i d e d f o r , e tc . H e r e c e n t l y r e p o r t e d t h a t a l l i s g o i n g w e l l w i t h t h e s t u d e n t s on t h e T h a i E x p e d i t i o n .

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About s e v e n t y J a p a n e s e s t u d e n t s r e c e n t l y comple ted a three-week c o u r s e o f i n s t r u c t i o n a t Ambassador. They w e r e i n s t r u c t e d i n E n g l i s h , American h i s t o r y ar,d c u l t u r e . The J a p a n e s e s t u d e n t s a n d t h e i r c h a p e r o n s w e r e a l l q u i t e impressed w i t h t h e Ambassador campus, w i t h t h e s t u d e n t s and t h e A.C. f a c u l t y .

During t h e summer 1 0 2 s t u d e n t s were e n r o l l e d i n summer c lasses h e r e a t Ambassador. I n a d d i t i o n t o t h i s a number o f C o n t i n u i n g E d u c a t i o n classes were conduc ted f o r employees and l o c a l c h u r c h members who wished t o en- r o l l i n s u c h c lasses .

The new - 1 9 8 0 Envoy i s coming a l o n g v e r y w e l l . M r . Dennis Rober t son (Di rec to r o f C o l l e g e P u b l i c a t i o n s ) and I have gone o v e r t h e copy f o r t h e new Envoy, h a v i n g s c r u t i n i z e d t h e page p r o o f s from t h e p u b l i s h e r , and b o t h of u s t h i n k t h e 1980 Envoy w i l l be q u i t e a book. M r . Armstrong t o l d m e i t would be O . K . t o s e l l t h e Envoy a t t h e Feast of T a b e r n a c l e s , as w e have done I n t h e p a s t . [More i m p o r t a n t i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t he 1 9 8 0 Envoy a p p e a r s i n a n a r t i c l e immedia t e ly f o l l o w i n g t h i s u p d a t e . ]

The a n n u a l F a c u l t y R e c e p t i o n w i l l b e h e l d on Thursday e v e n i n g , August 2 1 , a t 7 : 3 0 p.mr W e a l l l ook f o r w a r d t o t h i s g a l a o c c a s i o n . I t i s one of t h e h i g h l i g h t s o f t h e y e a r . W e w i s h M r . and M r s . H e r b e r t W . Armstrong c o u l d b e i n a t t e n d a n c e a t t h i s F a c u l t y R e c e p t i o n , b u t it d o e s n ' t l ook as though t h e y w i l l be able t o make it .

M r . Armstrong in fo rmed m e t o d a y t h a t he d e f i n i t e l y i n t e n d s t o speak t o t h e s t u d e n t s d u r i n g t h e coming c o l l e g e y e a r - - t h i n k s he may speak t o t h e n v i a a s p e c i a l v i d e o hookup. W e c e r t a i n l y hope so. T h i s w i l l b o t h en- courage and i n s p i r e t h e s t u d e n t s as w e l l a s t h e f a c u l t y .

The f o l l o w i n g changes have been made i n t h e c u r r i c u l u m f o r t h e 1980-81 c o l l e g e y e a r . M r . Armstrong h a s d e c i d e d t h a t b o t h Music A p p r e c i a t i o n ( t o b e t a u g h t by M r . G e r a l d B i e r i t z ) and a t y p i n g c o u r s e w i l l b e r e q u i r e d of a l l s t u d e n t s - - e x c e p t t h o s e who can p a s s a 4 0 w.p.m. t y p i n g t e s t . Also, fo r t h e c o e d s , M r . Armstrong h a s d i r e c t e d t h a t H o m e E c i s t o be r e q u i r e d of a l l women s t u d e n t s .

And i n o r d e r t o f u r t h e r s t r e n g t h e n t h e c u r r i c u l u m , P r i n c i p l e s of L i v i n g and Mar r i age and t h e f a m i l y w i l l be a two-semester c o u r s e i n s t e a d o f j u s t one semester as i n t h e recent pas t . T h i s increased emphasis on m a r r i a g e -- and t h e f a m i l y , and on p r o p e r u n d e r s t a n d i n g of t h e p r i n c i p l e s g o v e r n i n g a happy c o u r t s h i p and m a r r i a g e w i l l b e t t e r e n a b l e t h e s t u d e n t s t o f u l f i l l t h e i r God-ordained ro les i n l i f e .

I a m s u r e a l l o f you w i l l g r e a t l y look f o r w a r d t o s e e i n g t h e 1 9 8 0 F e a s t Show which M r . Ross Ju t sum, Director of t h e A.C. Band and t h e Young Ambassadors, h a s p u t t o g e t h e r f o r t h e soon-coming Feas t of T a b e r n a c l e s . M r . Armstrong has a l r e a d y s e e n the show, and l i k e d i t v e r y much. I a m s u r e you m i n i s t e r s , your wives and c h i l d r e n w i l l a l s o e n j o y t h i s show v e r y much d u r i n g t h e F e a s t .

I a m happy t o r e p o r t t h a t a l l i s coming a l o n g v e r y w e l l w i t h Ambassador C o l l e g e . Ambassador i s back on t h e t r a c k . Now, w e want t o p i c k up speed as w e c o n t i n u e down t h e t r a c k which M r . Armstrong h a s se t f o r u s . W e must g a i n momentum, and make s u r e t h a t we are p r o p e r l y t r a i n i n g t h e f u t u r e l e a d e r s of t h e Work of God and of H i s Church t h r o u g h t h i s i n s t r u m e n t - - t h e West P o i n t of God ' s Church.

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W e a p p r e c i a t e v e r y much t h e i n p u t which you m i n i s t e r s g i v e r e l a t i v e t o Ambassador - - e spec ia l ly your e v a l u a t i o n s of p r o s p e c t i v e s t u d e n t s - - a n d p r a y t h a t a l l o f you w i l l c o n t i n u e t o be v e r y p o s i t i v e toward t h e C o l l e g e . Thanks a g a i n f o r your s t e a d f a s t , d e d i c a t e d and l o y a l s u p p o r t of God ' s C o l l e g e . W e hope you w i l l be happy w i t h t h e f r u i t of Ambassador C o l l e g e --as more and more s t u d e n t s who have been t a u g h t God ' s way j o i n many of you i n God ' s human h a r v e s t f i e l d .

--Raymond F. M c N a i r , Deputy C h a n c e l l o r

1980 ENVOY T O BE READY F O R FEAST

L a s t y e a r M r . H e r b e r t W . Armstrong a u t h o r i z e d t h e p u b l i c a t i o n o f a 1980 Envoy. The book h a s been comple ted and i s due back from t h e p u b l i s h e r s a round September 1. Shipments w i l l be s e n t t o F e a s t s i t e s i n t h e U . S . and Canada s i n c e Mr. Armstrong h a s a g r e e d t h a t t h e Envoy s h o u l d be made a v a i l a b l e t o t h e b r e t h r e n a t t h i s y e a r ' s Feast of T a b e r n a c l e s .

The 1 9 8 0 Envoy i s t h e l a r g e s t s ing le-campus book w e have e v e r p u b l i s h e d , s i n c e p r e v i o u s l a r g e e d i t i o n s i n c l u d e d t h e t h r e e campuses. T h i s y e a r t h e r e a re 2 2 4 p a g e s i n a l l , w i t h almost 6 0 % of t h e book i n f u l l color.

The 1 9 8 0 Envoy i s s p e c i a l t h i s y e a r i n t h r e e ways: (1) Our c o v e r i s t h e most o r i g i n a l one e v e r d e s i g n e d f o r a n Envoy, f e a t u r i n g a landmark t h a t h a s become synonymous w i t h Ambassador College: ( 2 ) t h r e e d i f f e r e n t p a p e r s t o c k s w e r e u sed t o emphas ize t h e t h r e e main d i v i s i o n s o f t h e book ( a l l o f t h e h i g h e s t q u a l i t y ) ; and ( 3 ) n o t o n l y have w e cove red Ambassador and i t s v a r i o u s a c t i v i t i e s , b u t a s p e c i a l 48-page s e c t i o n h a s been d e d i c a t e d t o c o v e r i n g God's Work wor ldwide , i n c l u d i n g M r . A r m s t r o n g ' s t r a v e l s , wor ld o f f i c e s ( p i c t u r e s o f d i r e c t o r s i n e a c h area and o f f i c e p e r s o n n e l ) , t h e Work i n Pasadena ( t h e major d e p a r t m e n t s w i t h p i c t u r e s of p e r s o n n e l ) , t h e Feast of T a b e r n a c l e s , and a map o f t h e wor ld showing v a r i o u s c h u r c h loca- t i o n s , f e s t i v a l s i t e s , and wor ld o f f i c e s .

I t i s t r u l y one o f t h e best Envoys w e have ever produced!

You may w i s h t o i n f o r m your c o n g r e g a t i o n s t h a t w e hope t o have t h e new Envoy r e a d y f o r d i s t r i b u t i o n a t t h e Feas t s i tes . I t w i l l cost $15.00 p e r copy, and M r . Armstrong h a s s a i d it i s O . K . t o pay f o r t h i s o u t of second t i t h e . Some t i m e d u r i n g t h e Feast of T a b e r n a c l e s , i n f o r m a t i o n w i l l be p r o v i d e d t e l l i n g how and where t h e b r e t h r e n c a n p r o c u r e a copy o f t h e new 1 9 8 0 Envoy. Because o f t h e s h o r t n e s s o f t i m e , w e p l a n t o have t h e p u b l i s h e r s h i p a c e r t a i n number o f Envoys d i r e c t l y t o e a c h f e a s t s i t e i n t h e U.S. and Canada.

W e b e l i e v e you w i l l a l l be p l e a s e d w i t h t h e 1980 Envoy--and may w i s h t o g i v e a copy o f i t t o a f r i e n d o r r e l a t i v e . W e t h i n k you w i l l f i n d t h e new 48-page " f o c u s on t h e Worldwide Work of G o d ' ' s e c t i o n e s p e c i a l l y i n t e r e s t - i n g and i n f o r m a t i v e . And w e w i l l a p p r e c i a t e your comments and s u g g e s t i o n s so w e can make f u t u r e Envoys even b e t t e r .

--Raymond F. M c N a i r and Dennis R o b e r t s o n , Director of A . C . P u b l i c a t i o n s

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MR. ARMSTRONG'S I'MNC'' LETTER DRAWS RECORD RESPONSE!

I n o u r l a s t u p d a t e f o r t h e Pas tor G e n e r a l ' s R e p o r t , w e ment ioned t h e marve lous r e s p o n s e t h a t h a s been coming i n f o r THE U N I T E D STATES AND B R I T A I N I N PROPHECY--as a r e s u l t of M r . H e r b e r t A r m s t r o n g ' s r e c e n t co- worker/member l e t t e r and semi-annual l e t t e r which o f f e r e d t h e book.

The good news i s c o n t i n u i n g . W e a g a i n have a r e c o r d r e s p o n s e from a n o t h e r one o f M r . A r m s t r o n g ' s l e t te rs . I n t h i s case it i s t h e "Make New Co- Worker" (MNC) l e t t e r which i s s e n t t o p e o p l e who i n d i c a t e a n i n t e r e s t i n s u p p o r t i n g t h e Work of G o d as f u l l - f l e d g e d co-workers . ( F o l l o w i n g t h e approved and e s t a b l i s h e d p o l i c y o f M r . Armst rong , w e s end t h i s l e t t e r o n l y a f t e r a s u b s c r i b e r h a s made t w o v o l u n t a r y c o n t r i b u t i o n s i n a s i x - month p e r i o d ) .

The l a t e s t MNC l e t t e r from M r . Armstrong h a s produced t h e h i g h e s t dona- t i o n ra te we 've s e e n from t h e s e le t ters . Dur ing t h e p a s t f o u r y e a r s t h e MNC l e t te rs ave raged 39 p e o p l e r e s p o n d i n g t o become new co-workers p e r 1000 l e t te rs m a i l e d . However, t h e c u r r e n t MNC l e t t e r g e n e r a t e d 1 1 2 new co-workers p e r 1 , 0 0 0 l e t t e r s m a i l e d . T h i s w a s n e a r l y t r i p l e t h e p r e v i o u s average!

W e b e l i e v e t h a t t h i s d r a m a t i c i n c r e a s e i n t h e number of p e o p l e w a n t i n g t o s u p p o r t God ' s Church i s a n o t h e r p o s i t i v e i n d i c a t i o n of t h e t u r n a r o u n d t h a t i s t a k i n g p l a c e i n God's Work.

- -Richard R i c e , M a i l P r o c e s s i n g C e n t e r

NEW P .T . PROMOTIONAL METHOD B E I N G TESTED

W e are c u r r e n t l y t e s t i n g a n i m p o r t a n t and p o t e n t i a l l y v e r y e f f e c t i v e new p r o m o t i o n a l method t h r o u g h a company c a l l e d "Supermarke t Communications Sys t ems , " which d i s t r i b u t e s p r o m o t i o n a l p i e c e s f o r o t h e r magazines s u c h as U . S . N e w s , T i m e , Money and o t h e r s .

Beginning J u l y 1, 1980, w e began d i s t r i b u t i o n o f PLAIN TRUTH p r o m o t i o n a l f l y e r s i n s u p e r m a r k e t s i n C a l i f o r n i a , M a s s a c h u s e t t s , and Ohio on what i s c a l l e d "Good Neighbor B u l l e t i n Boards" l o c a t e d a t t h e s tore e n t r a n c e s . Each l a r g e and c o l o r f u l b u l l e t i n boa rd has enough s p a c e f o r a p p r o x i m a t e l y 25 d i f f e r e n t a d v e r t i s i n g b r o c h u r e s .

W e are a l r e a d y w i t n e s s i n g an e x c e l l e n t r e s p o n s e f r o m t h i s p r o m o t i o n a l method; and i f t h e cost e f f e c t i v e n e s s p r o v e s s a t i s f a c t o r y , w e w i l l con- s i d e r e x p a n s i o n i n t o more s u p e r m a r k e t s i n many new l o c a l i t i e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e Un i t ed S t a t e s . We'll c e r t a i n l y keep you informed of p r o g r e s s and developments i n t h i s new d i s t r i b u t i o n program.

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ON THE WORLD SCENE

REPORT FROM SOUTH AMERICA, CONCLUSION : BRAZIL--TROUBLED BUT DETERMINED G I A N T CONTEMPLATES "COMMON MARKET" FOR SOUTH AMERICA

P e r h a p s t h e best i n t r o d u c t i o n t o B r a z i l i s t o l a n d f i r s t a t Sao P a u l o , i t s major i n d u s t r i a l u r b a n complex i n t h e s o u t h e a s t . M r . Speaks and I f l e w t h e r e from Buenos A i r e s . No guidebook c a n p o s s i b l y p r e p a r e you f o r the impac t of t h e enormous s i z e of t h i s c i t y , w i t h i t s es t imated 1 0 m i l l i o n

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p e o p l e and a n o t h e r 5 m i l l i o n i n t h e suburban areas. T h a t makes Sao P a u l o t h e l a r g e s t c i t y i n S o u t h America and second i n p o p u l a t i o n t o Mexico C i t y i n t h e Western Hemisphere. B r a z i l ' s c e n s u s l a t e r t h i s y e a r w i l l undoubt- e d l y uncover even more p e o p l e i n t h i s i n d u s t r i a l m e g a l o p o l i s of 43 ,000 manufac tu r ing e n t e r p r i s e s ( and it i s s t i l l t h e h e a r t of t h e co f fee -g rowing r e g i o n ) .

B r a z i l ' s mushrooming p o p u l a t i o n now s t a n d s u n o f f i c i a l l y a t 1 2 3 m i l l i o n , p l a c i n g i t s i x t h i n t h e wor ld ( a f t e r Ch ina , I n d i a , U.S.S.R., U.S.A., and I n d o n e s i a ) . B r a z i l ' s l a n d m a s s - - l a r g e r t h a n t h e o r i g i n a l 48 U . S . s ta tes-- makes it t h e f i f t h l a r g e s t c o u n t r y i n t h e w o r l d .

T r a f f i c c o n g e s t i o n i n Sao P a u l o ( P o r t u g u e s e f o r S a i n t P a u l ) i s i n c r e d i b l y heavy, though i t d o e s f low. N e a r l y a l l t h e c a b s are VW "bugs" ( w i t h t h e r i g h t f r o n t sea t removed t o f a c i l i t a t e p a s s e n g e r i n g r e s s ) . Because of a l l o f t h e Braz i l i an -made VW's of a l l t y p e s , t r a f f i c i s n o t o n l y heavy b u t n o i s y . And t h e s i g h t s of Sao P a u l o e q u a l t h e sounds . N o matter where one s t a n d s i n t h i s c i t y of many h i l l s , t h e view o f t h e h o r i z o n i s a lways t h e same--an unbroken panorama of p a s t e l - c o l o r e d c o n c r e t e : a n e n d l e s s sweep of 10 -15- s to ry b u i l d i n g s , commercial and r e s i d e n t i a l .

Sao P a u l o h a s a h u r r i e d tempo a b o u t i t , u n l i k e Rio d e J a n e i r o , where t h e pace i s more r e l a x e d , no d o u b t due t o R i o ' s i n c a l c u l a b l y b e a u t i f u l s c e n e r y ( s i t e o f some o f t h e wor ld ' s g r e a t e s t b e a c h e s ) . Y e t t h e h u s t l e and b u s t l e o f Sao P a u l o masks, f o r t h e c a s u a l v i s i t o r , t h e e x t r e m e l y p r e c a r i o u s s t a t e of B r a z i l ' s economy.

Boom P l a v s Out

The y e a r s 1 9 6 8 - 7 4 w e r e B r a z i l ' s boom y e a r s - - u n t i l OPEC lowered a n o t h e r k i n d o f boom--sharply a c c e l e r a t e d o i l p r i c e s . As a r e s u l t , B r a z i l i s now s a d d l e d w i t h a $ 5 2 b i l l i o n d o l l a r f o r e i g n d e b t , w i t h l i t t l e hope o f e v e r pay ing it o f f , o n l y " r o l l i n g it o v e r . " U.S. banks are up t o t h e lower e y e l i d s i n f i n a n c i n g B r a z i l ' s deb t - -ove r $13 b i l l i o n d o l l a r s w o r t h of it ( C i t i b a n k a l o n e i s o u t $3 b i l l i o n , a sum e q u a l t o i t s e n t i r e s t o c k h o l d e r s ' e q u i t y . Chase Manhat tan i s s i m i l a r l y e x p o s e d ) .

The major problem, o f c o u r s e , i s o i l , t h e one r e s o u r c e t h e g i a n t c o u n t r y s e r i o u s l y l a c k s . I t p r e s e n t l y i m p o r t s a b o u t 8 4 % o f i t s r e q u i r e m e n t s , most of it from Iraq. Y e t , u n l i k e t h e Un i t ed S t a t e s , B r a z i l i s a c t i v e l y d o i n g what i t c a n t o i n c r e a s e i t s own p r o d u c t i o n , d i v e r s i f y i t s f o r e i g n s o u r c e s of s u p p l y , e n f o r c e c o n s e r v a t i o n and--most i m p o r t a n t l y of a l l - - t o s u b s t i t u t e homegrown, r enewab le p l a n t - b a s e d f u e l s f o r f o s s i l f u e l s .

I n B r a s i l i a , t h e 20-year -o ld i n l a n d c a p i t a l o f B r a z i l , w e had t h e oppor- t u n i t y t o speak w i t h M r . Cesar C a l s , t h e M i n i s t e r of Mines and Energy , p e r h a p s t h e most i m p o r t a n t c a b i n e t p o s t a f t e r t h e M i n i s t e r o f F i n a n c e .

I n a f a s t - p a c e d 45-minute s e s s i o n , t h e e n e r g e t i c S e n o r C a l s o u t l i n e d f o r u s , w i t h o u t n o t e s a t hand , t h e c o m p l e x i t i e s of B r a z i l ' s e n e r g y dilemma and how h i s government i s d e a l i n g w i t h i t . F i r s t o f a l l , t h e r e i s a n a m b i t i o u s h y d r o e l e c t r i c program underway, i n c l u d i n g t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n of t h e wor ld ' s l a r g e s t power d a m a t I t a i p u on t h e P a r a n a R i v e r ( j o i n t l y c o n s t r u c t e d w i t h P a r a g u a y ) . N u c l e a r power p r o d u c t i o n i s b e i n g pushed h a r d , w i t h o u t r e g a r d t o r e s e r v a t i o n s from Washington c o n c e r n i n g p lu ton ium

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r e p r o c e s s i n g . I n c r e a s e d o u t p u t from coa l , wood, p e a t , s h a l e , o i l , " b i o - mass"--every c o n c e i v a b l e r e s o u r c e a n g l e i s b e i n g p u r s c e d i n o r d e r t o s l a s h o i l i m p o r t s now r u n n i n g a t a m i l l i o n b a r r e l s a day .

The m o s t i m p o r t a n t program i s t h e one m o s t v i s i b l e t o t h e p u b l i c : t h e i n c r e a s e d u s e o f a l c o h o l a s a p a s s e n g e r car f u e l . T h e a l c o h o l i s d e r i v e d from wood, s u g a r cane and soon , manioc, a cassava which c a n be grown i n B r a z i l ' s abundan t m a r g i n a l savannah b r u s h l a n d s , which a re n o t c o n d u c i v e f o r c u l t i v a t i o n of o t h e r edibles .

Senor C a l s t o l d u s t h a t t h i s y e a r , h o p e f u l l y 250,000 cars ( B r a z i l h a s t h e w o r l d ' s s e v e n t h l a r g e s t a u t o m o t i v e i n d u s t r y ) w i l l be produced whose en- g i n e s r u n o n l y o n a l c o h o l . A l r e a d y t h e r e are 7 0 , 0 0 0 s u c h cars. Every- where one sees cars and v a n s ( u s u a l l y o p e r a t e d by s t a t e a g e n c i e s ) which have s i g n s o n them, MOTIVADO A ALCOOL--propelled by a l c o h o l . Every s t a t i o n o p e r a t e d by P e t r o b r a s , t h e n a t i o n a l p e t r o l e u m r e f i n e r , c o n t a i n s t w o k i n d s o f pumps: The g r e e n pump d i s p e n s e s a m i x t u r e o f 80% p e t r o l e u m , 20% a l c o h o l ; t h e w h i t e pump, 1 0 0 % a l c o h o l . N o pumps c o n t a i n p u r e p e t r o - leum. The a l c o h o l f u e l g i v e s 20% less f u e l e f f i c i e n c y , b u t costs (be- c a u s e o f a s u b s i d y ) 30% less. (Bu t Petrobras o f f i c i a l s i n R i o t o l d u s of a n e f f i c i e n c y b r e a k t h r o u g h p r o c e s s d e v e l o p e d o n l y a week ea r l i e r . )

B r a z i l migh t p r o b a b l y n e v e r become c o m p l e t e l y i m p o r t - f r e e , b u t i t i s making s t r i d e s t o redress i t s p e r i l o u s imba lance .

T a l k of S o u t h American "Common Market"

P a r t l y because of i t s e n e r g y dilemma, B r a z i l is coming o u t o f i t s s e l f - imposed i s o l a t i o n i n L a t i n America. I t i s c o o p e r a t i n g w i t h o the r n a t i o n s i n t h e Hemisphere t o a n e x t e n t t h o u g h t i m p o s s i b l e y e a r s ago . B r a z i l hopes t o p u r c h a s e more p e t r o l e u m from Venezue la , a n e i g h b o r t h a t c u r i o u s l y h a s so much o f t h e one r e s o u r c e B r a z i l l a c k s . J u s t b e f o r e o u r t r i p , P r e s i d e n t Lopes P o r t i l l o of Mexico p a i d a n o f f i c i a l s t a t e v i s i t t o B r a s i l i a . I n c r e a s e d o i l i m p o r t s f r o m Mexico are now i n t h e o f f i n g .

M o s t i m p o r t a n t o f a l l , however , i s t h e sudden b los soming of r e l a t i o n s between B r a z i l and A r g e n t i n a , t h e t w o n a t i o n s o f t h e c o n t i n e n t which have l o n g been a t odds w i t h e a c h o t h e r - - c o m p e t i t o r s f o r i n f l u e n c e and power i n S o u t h America. I n May P r e s i d e n t F i g u e i r e d o of B r a z i l t r a v e l e d t o Buenos A i r e s - - t h e f i r s t v i s i t by a B r a z i l i a n head o f s ta te there i n 4 0 y e a r s ! H e and P r e s i d e n t V i d e l a of A r g e n t i n a s i g n e d a ser ies of a c c o r d s , i n c l u d i n g one o n t h e s h a r i n g o f n u c l e a r t e c h n o l o g y ( i n t e n d e d t o show t h a t i n t h e i r n u c l e a r deve lopment t h e y w i l l n o t b e r i v a l s ) .

These ag reemen t s , a c c o r d i n g t o a j o i n t s t a t e m e n t , p r o v i d e f o r t h e " i n t e - g r a t i o n of t h e t w o economies" ( t h e y l a r g e l y complement e a c h o t h e r r a t h e r t h a n compete) and--note t h i s : t h e deve lopment of a " t r u l y e f f e c t i v e L a t i n American corrunon marke t .

Such t a l k of S o u t h American i n t e g r a t i o n i s n o t new: i t s u r f a c e s e v e r y d e c a d e o r so. But t h i s t i m e , i t h a s a c e r t a i n r i n g of d e t e r m i n a t i o n a b o u t it. S a y s W i l l i a m G i a n d o n i , t h e Copley N e w s S e r v i c e L a t i n American wr i te r :

"There i s new t a l k of a ' U n i t e d S t a t e s of S o u t h America'.... C l e a r l y F i g u e i r e d o i s t h i n k i n g i n terms of e v e n t u a l c o n t i n e n t a l i n t e g r a t i o n a n d , what i s more, Gen. V i d e l a and many of t h e f a r s i g h t e d men a round him a p p e a r t o have a s i m i l a r o b j e c t i v e i n mind. . ..

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"What A r g e n t i n a h a s i n abundance - -o i l , n a t u r a l g a s and whea t , B r a z i l l a c k s . What B r a z i l has--advanced t e c h n o l o g y , i n d u s t r i a l c a p a c i t y and c e r t a i n fa rm p r o d u c t s , A r g e n t i n a c o u l d u s e . . . . "

Giandoni t h e n p o i n t s o u t a n o t h e r i m p o r t a n t f a c t o r i n t h e " g l u e " b e g i n n i n g t o b i n d t h e t w o powers: "What l i n k s B r a z i l and A r g e n t i n a , p a r t i c u l a r l y a t t h i s t i m e , i s a growing f e a r t h a t t h e y c a n no l o n g e r r e l y on t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s t o d e f e n d t h e Western wor ld . "

T o g e t h e r , t h e s e t w o c o u n t r i e s c o u l d b r i n g S o u t h America as a whole i n t o a key r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h t h e world-encompassing economic Baby lon i sh sys t em p r o p h e s i e d i n t h e e i g h t e e n t h c h a p t e r o f R e v e l a t i o n .

POSTSCRIPT: S i n c e w e w e r e s c h e d u l e d t o be i n R i o o v e r a weekend, M r . Walker a s k e d u s t o m e e t on t h e S a b b a t h w i t h t h e f o u r l ad ies who a re c h u r c h members i n t h a t c i t y , which w e g l a d l y d i d . Four o t h e r i n d i v i d u a l s , t h r e e women and one man ( t h e husband o f o n e ) who are a l s o v e r y i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e c h u r c h , showed up too. I n c i d e n t a l l y , it w a s t h r o u g h t h e e f f o r t s of one of t h e l a d i e s , M r s . Deborah Rodr igues and h e r husband, t h a t w e were able t o m e e t w i t h M i n i s t e r C a l s . M r . Rodr igues i s a r e t i r e d g e n e r a l who knows t h e "powers t h a t be" i n Bras i l i a . ( I n a n o t h e r p l e a s a n t s u r p r i s e , a n i n d i v i d u a l from t h e g o v e r n m e n t ' s P u b l i c R e l a t i o n s o f f i c e w a s p l a c e d e x c l u s i v e l y a t o u r service f o r t h e t w o d a y s w e w e r e t h e r e . ) Rega rd ing t h e " l i t t l e s t of t h e l i t t l e f l o c k " i n R i o , i t i s t o be hoped t h a t a s t h e Work grows i n S o u t h America, e s p e c i a l l y i n n e i g h b o r i n g A r g e n t i n a and C h i l e , t h e needs o f t h e s e s c a t t e r e d members c a n be m e t more f r e q u e n t l y .

--Gene H . Hogberg, News Bureau