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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.l, N0.17
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
DECEMBER 4, 1979
MR. ARMSTRONG'S COMMENTS IN CHINA TO BE HEARD IN CHURCH SERVICES
Sunday evening, December 2, Mr. Armstrong addressed a group of top educa
tors, university presidents and the Ministry of Education in China. The
talk was recorded and cassette tapes are already being prepared for dis-
tribution to all churches. The Tape is to be played this Sabbath, Decem
ber 8, or at the next Bible Study or Sabbath Service if the tape arrives
late.
It is intended that the brethren have this opportunity to personally hear,
as if they were present, what was actually said on one occasion of a very
eventful schedule in China. More details of the trip and of Mr. Arm
strong's other talks will be forthcoming.
MR. RADER ADDRESSES PEKING UNIVERSITY LAW DEPARTMENT
Mr. Stanley Rader, while accompanying Mr. Armstrong on an official state
visit to the Chinese mainland, was invited to address the Peking (Beijing)
University Law Department. The opportunity to speak came by invitation
of the People's Republic of China.
Respected not only for his current responsibilities as General Counsel
and Treasurer of the Worldwide Church of God, but also for having been
a law professor, Mr. Rader was asked to speak on the topic of "Constitu
tional Law in the United States of America."
At the end of his talk which included a discussion of the political and
religious freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Constitution,
Mr. Rader observed that "we seem to be entering a period in our history
where, whether through a fear of the world's instability, or a mistrust
of our own heritage, Americans are questioning the breadth of this
guarantee of political freedom. The pluralism of our society cannot
survive without it, yet, without a constant struggle to keep government
in check, Americans are in danger of allowing this liberty to be eroded
by default."
FEDERAL COURT HEARING POSTPONED ONCE AGAIN
The federal court hearing which was originally scheduled for November
19th (then November 26 and later December 3rd) has once again been re
scheduled, this time on Friday the 7th of December at 1:30 p.m. As
scheduled, the hearing will be before Judge Laughlin Waters at the federal
court house in Los Angeles.
This is a very important hearing where the Church is going to ask the
federal court (which has authority over the state courts) to ban any
further pretrial discovery proceedings pending an appeal of an earlier
federal court ruling. This appeal concerns the Church's countersuit
against the state for its unconstitutional attack on God's Church.