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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.2, N0.41
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
FROM MINISTERIAL SERVICES
International News
OCTOBER 24, 1980
Members' Safety in Geneva Mr. Dibar Apartian, Regional Director for
the French-speaking areas of God's Work, received a telex from the
office manager in Geneva, Mr. Bernard Andrist, relating a recent inci
dent that is a sign of our times:
"On the Sabbath, 10th of October, just after I gave a sermon on: 'Put
Your Trust in God,' Mrs. Dind, the manager of our meeting hall, came
to see me. She was upset and told me that she just received a phone
call from somebody asking if the meetings of 'Le Monde A Venir' (World
Tomorrow) are at 10 a.m. Then the voice on the phone said: 'Tell them
that they too will receive their parcel.' We are certainly associated
with the Jews--in Switzerland Fascism is lifting its head too."
Please pray for God's protection for our membership and the halls we
use in Europe as conditions deteriorate.
Philippines The Philippines office repo�ts that last August 24 an ad
was placed in Panorama Magazine, the Sunday magazine of the Bulletin
Today newspaper. The booklet, "Does God Exist?" was offered plus a
six-month subscription to The PLAIN TRUTH. The ad seems to be doing
well because after one week 1262 responses came in. Cost per response
is presently assessed at 14.30 (US $0.59). It is hoped that this
figure will go down as more responses come in.
With special thanks to continued Canadian and U.S. support, the Manila
office says the superb glossy PT magazine really attracts. Newsstand
displays of The PLAIN TRUTH in full color and in high quality glossy
paper attracted almost 1,500 new subscribers. In the past, combined
newsstand responses averaged only 500 per month.
A total of 2904 new requests for PT subscriptions came in during August
--73% more than the total of new requests during the previous month.
Mr. Adair's PT lecture on the "Middle East In Prophecy" attracted 69
new people on August 31 in Muslim Samboanga City, Mindanao, some 850
kilometers southwest of Manila. The lecture was Mr. Adair's sixth for
this year. Thirty new people attended the follow-up in the afternoon
of the same day.
Cumulative income as of August 31, 1980 registered an increase of 27%
over the same period last year.
German-Speaking Area The Feast of Tabernacles and the Last Great Day
were the highlights of the fall feast season. One hundred and sixty
feast goers, sixty of which came from overseas, kept an inspiring as