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fine Graduate School of Theology on the campus in Pasadena,,and the
pow�rful new emphasis on cqurch visibility, church growth, church pro
grams and activities at the headqqarters of the church in Pasadena.
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We will be going to Mo·ntgomery, _Alab�a for the weekly Sabbath
following the last Day of Unleavened Bread -- I plan to speak before
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the combined churches in the Big Sandy area on the last Holy Day and
then will be returning to Pasadena by Monday.
With much love, in Jesus' name,
GARNER TED ARMSTRONG
CHURCH COORDINATING TEAM UPDATE One of the first areas to be studied
by the Church Coordinating Team has been the sabbatical program. The
obvious reason for this was the need to review the program's align
ment in view ot the college's undergraduate move to Texas.
In looking squarely at the program, several things stood out: 1) It
was not a sabbatical (in regar� to a �even-year cycle). At the
present rate of 15 men being b�ought in every year from the U.S. field
ministry, it would take 20 years to cycle a man through if the number
of employed ministers remained constant: 2) There were various reasons
men came in or were brought in. Not everyone came in primarily for
the educational opportunity. Some moves were considered partly correc
tive. In other cases, certain men just wanted a change of pace; 3)
The program was instrumental in causing numerous ministerial transfers
because of the domino effect it began.
In response to these deficiencies, several recommendations were made:
1) Redefine the educational program to meet current church educational
needs: 2) Discontinue the designation "sabbatical program" (since it
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really isn't); 3) Attempt to handle all ministerial problems, whether
personal or administrative, in the field; 4) Attempt to limit long
range transfe+s through fewer transfers and transferring within a
region whenever possible.
The Gradµaie Scnool of Theology, which was announced in last week's
Pastor's Report, was designed in response to some of the needs dis
cussed. As seen from this end, the school is an exciting development
since it allows us, for the first time in a number of years, to bring
a number of associated elements into closer proximity.
Items yet to be discussed will be the Church Division budget which
will need to be formulatedin the next few weeks. Also to be dis- ________
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cussed will be the-··cfffe;J�··for ministerial transfers. As conunercial
moving cost� rise, it becomes more necessary to insure that every move
is truly needed. A review of the transfer requests of the last
several years shows a trend toward men wanting to rotate churches more
frequently. Ideally, the attitude a pastor should assume towards his
pastorate ts � willingness to remain with that church for a lifetime.
With that frame of mind, � man is more likely to give himself entirely
to that church. This doesn't mean ministers wont be transfer red when
necessary. However, the average minister has been in his current
pastorate just over three years, and this tends to create instability
within the local congregation.
--Ted Herlofson, Church Coordinating Team
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PASADENA SPRING HOLY DAY ATTENDANCE We have just completed a very en
couraging Passover and first Holy Day service in Pasadena. We had a re
cord attendance for both the Passover and first Sabbath--2,545 took the