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PASTOR'S REPORT��
PUBLISHED BY THE WORLD\VlDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL. 1. NO. 1
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PASADENA. CALIFORNIA
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To all fellow ministers in Christ's service:
NOVEMBER 7, 1977
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GREETINGS!
You hold 1n your hands a brand new publication
which is being mailed to pastors of churches and those with key
responsibilities at headquarters and our offices around the world;
it will be sent exclusively to this list, each week!
You should
receive it in time to use in your Sabbath services, giving your
congregation additional news about recent developments in God's
Work.
All of you pastors of churches need to explain to your deacons
and/or other men who formerly were receiving the BULLETIN that the
BULLETIN is going to be dropped in its present configuration.
We
all have unitedly come to the opinion that much of the material
presently appearing in the BULLETIN could very easily appear in the
pages of The WORLDWIDE NEWS; and that we need a forum in which to
provide you pastors of churches with top level information directly
from headquarters on a par and of such a timely nature that it will
be a superior service to you than was the BULLETIN.
This is the fruit of some of the inspirational, highly cre
ative and refreshing pre-conference planning sessions here in Pasa
dena.
We have moved very quickly on this particular publication,
when it was brought to our attention by any number of Area Coordina
tors the desire on the part of many pastors in their areas for more
definitive information, ahead of other members of the congregation,
their local deacons and/or assistants, which would give the pastors
the same type of inspirational input for their announcement ses
sions and/or Bible Studies relating to the leadership in the
church,
the bro:3.dcasts and telecasts, publications and booklets,
Subscriber Services and Mail Reports, income, new doors opening
before the Work, and any and all developments, including Gene Hog
berg's "Top of the News" comments for your own information and
possible sermon inspiration, as well as letter excerpts from a sam
pling of our mail.
I can't tell you how deeply moving and rewarding these ses
sions have been with all the men in the several meetings I have been
able to conduct; and how much I have appreciated the candor, the
give-and-take and free-wheeling discussion of all relevant problems
and questions pertaining to the upcoming conference in January.
Incidentally, I want to bring to your attention the recent
flurry of scurrilous and irresponsible attacks against the Work
being
circulated to the media. I must make a serious request of you
as a result.
It is quite important that an official spokesman for
the church be solely u�sponsible to provide the news media with
accurate and appropriate ir.formation.
If any of you, for any