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How can I make you brethren understand that it now takes
HUNDREDS of full-time workers here at Headquarters to run God's
Work? And to operate God's headquarters COLLEGE, which must supply
the trained help to keep the Work growing -- and the Ministers to
feed the bulging, enlarging FLOCK?
We receive THOUSANDS of letters EVERY DAY -- yes,
THOUSANDS EVERY DAY! It takes hundreds of people to open, read,
answer all those letters -- to send out the free literature
requested -- to PRINT that literature -- to edit, and PRINT over
ONE MILLION COPIES of The PLAIN TRUTH -- to keep up a vast mailing
list of over A MILLION NAMES! Do you realize that THOUSANDS of
those names and addresses have to be CHANGED every month because
people move -- or die? The AVERAGE person moves every three years
or less!
Our Registrar's office must keep records of all grades,
credits, and other data on all students. And we have close to 500
students on this one campus. That's small for a college. But did
you ever notice HOW MANY LARGE BUILDINGS it takes on the average
college or university campus?
I have told you before -- and now I tell you AGAIN -- in
the name, and by THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS CHRIST -- that additional
new buildings now have become an absolute IMPERATIVE MUST -- or
else God's Work must fail of its mission and GO BACKWARD!
We are here to DO the WORK OF GOD! We want to do that
WORK! But we must have rooms and places to WORK IN! A couple of
months ago I had to POSTPONE the start of the new Administration
building -- our most URGENT need of the moment -- another six
months -- BECAUSE YOU BRETHREN HAVE NOT STOOD BACK OF ME -- You
HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO THE CALL DIRECTED BY YOUR LORD AND SAVIOUR
AND MASTER, JESUS CHRIST!
MORE! If the Television program is to grow, and reach
additional millions with Christ's Message, we must build a new
Television studio. We are now producing the TV program in our
overcrowded little radio speech studio - and the QUALITY is
sub-standard. It would never be accepted by regular-channel
stations, on channels 1 to 13. I HAVE HAD TO POSTPONE GOING ON ANY
MORE TV STATIONS ONE MORE WHOLE YEAR!
I have asked for special, ADDITIONAL offerings for the
Property or BUILDING FUND, in addition to, and over and above your
tithes and regular offerings. Nine years ago you WERE ABLE to
respond -- and DID, then, when we were still small in membership.
You WERE able to respond better a year ago. There are about 30%
more of us now. Funds for OTHER purposes ARE increasing
accordingly. OTHER phases of the work ARE growing and increasing.
But that very growth DEMANDS more buildings, offices, work rooms.
And many of you are NEGLECTING this important part of the Work.
How about it, Brethren?
Are we the CHURCH OF GOD that will be taken to a place of
safety? Or are we the contented, lackadaisical, lukewarm LAODICEAN