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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.2, NO. 13
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
NEW DOOR OPENS IN THE PHILIPPINES
Dateline: Manila
MARCH 28, 1980
Stanley R. Rader was received by President Marcos of the Philippines
Saturday, March 22. Mr. Rader was invited by the President to attend,
as the special guest, the 83rd Annual Army Day Celebration at the Bonifacio
Army Base at Manila.
He was introduced by the President to the Minister of Defense, the Deputy
Minister of Defense, the Minister of Information, the Deputy Foreign
Minister, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces and the Commander of
the Army. All of this was recorded on television and seen by the people
of the Philippines.
After the 2 1/2-hour ceremony and parade had ended, the President and
First Lady personally invited Mr. Rader to accompany them to the Officer's
Club to share a buffet luncheon and to continue their conversation. Upon
Mr. Rader's arrival there, he was engaged in conversation with the Presi
dent for more than a quarter of an hour while all the eyes of some 300
guests (including all other ministers of the government, the entire diplo
matic core and other leading members of the government and society of the
Philippines) were watching the President and Mr. Rader. The guests had
formed a large circle around the two of them at a little distance in what
could be described as a large ballroom. Still photographs recorded the
entire event.
Mr. Rader discussed plans for covering the President and the New Society
in the Plain Truth and Quest, and our new cooperative effort with the
Philippine people and the government of the Philippines through their
Minister of Labor and its Manpower Institute. Also discussed were our
hopes to engage in, and assist with, the Philippines' very impressive
Performing Arts Center--spearheaded by the First Lady of the land, Mrs.
Imelda Marcos--with our own world famous Performing Arts program in
Pasadena. Mr. Rader promised the President to return to the Philippines
this Tuesday (March 25) to continue their discussion and to make plans
for the future.
Thus another door has been opened for the Church!
Mr. Rader appeared on local television as a guest Friday morning and
every television station covered the interview on their evening news
programs at 7 and again at 11 on Friday, March 21. The Bulletin, the
leading newspaper, ran a feature story of Mr. Rader's visit on behalf of
the Church, Mr. Armstrong and the Foundation (See below).
Later next week Mr. Rader will visit Singapore and Thailand on behalf of
Mr. Armstrong.
(Editor's Note: The headline and article on the following page reporting
on Mr. Rader's visit to Manila appeared in Manila's Bulletin Today, March
22nd. A picture of Mr. Rader accompanied the article.)