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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.2, N0.16
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
MR. ARMSTRONG HONORED IN JERUSALEM
Dateline: Jerusalem
April 14, 1980
APRIL 18, 1980
Acting in Mr. Armstrong's behalf, Mr. Stanley Rader was warmly received
in Egypt and Israel, and is presently in Jerusalem, arriving here Thurs
day evening from Cairo. Our friends, of course, were looking forward to
Mr. Armstrong's visit and were quite disappointed that he had decided to
postpone his visit at this time.
Some three weeks earlier El Al (the Israeli airline) began operating two
flights per week between Cairo and Tel Aviv. Until now no such flights
were available, although for many years Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Rader
traveled between the cities of Cairo and Tel Aviv aboard the G-II. Mr.
Armstrong's decision to defer his Middle Eastern trip until some time
next month gave Mr. Rader the opportunity to make his inaugural flight
aboard an Israeli airline.
Last evening Mayor Teddy Kolleck of Jerusalem hosted a dinner party in
Mr. Armstrong's honor, although he was not in fact present. The dinner
had already been planned for some time and the Mayor wanted to introduce
Mr. Armstrong to some more of his (the Mayor's) friends in Israel.
Present at the dinner table were Mr. and Mrs. Ravid, our long-time
friends and former Consul General in Los Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. Aviad
(Mr. Aviad is Chief of Protocol of the Foreign Ministry of Israel and
formally was Consul General of Los Angeles as well; Mayor and Mrs.
Kolleck; a Harvard Law Professor, Mr. Charles Hair, who was consulting
with the Mayor and various visiting Mayors from some twenty-six
American cities; representatives of the ICCY (International Cultural
Center for Youth) and archaeologists who are involved in "The City of
David Dig" and who will be working with the Ambassador College students
when they arrive early this summer.
Mayor Kolleck and Mr. Rader both had the opportunity to describe the Work
of the Church and the College, as well as the Foundation, and the Mayor
presented Mr. Armstrong in very glowing terms--so much so that Mr. Rader
took the opportunity to mildly correct him as Mr. Armstrong would have
done if he were present, by explaining that Mr. Armstrong was an instru
ment of the Living God and everything that he had accomplished had been
done as God's personal representative on earth at this time.
This morning, Mr. Rader accompanied Mayor Kolleck on a courtesy call to
the Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church. The Greek Orthodox Church
is the largest land owner in Jerusalem and, in fact, leases a great
portion of its land--100 acres or more--to the Israeli Government. In
1951, the Greek Orthodox Church, we were told, celebrated its l,SOOth
anniversary in Jerusalem without interruption. Mayor Kolleck and Mr.
Rader again had the opportunity to explain to the Patriarch and the other
members of his Bishopric, the Work of the Church worldwide as well as the
Work of the Church as a foundation in Israel.