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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, December 26, 1980
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in those cities. Next Sabbath he will visit the Ottawa and Montreal
Churches and hold a ministerial meeting for that area. The ministers
from the Maritimes and Newfoundland will also attend.
The busy month of November was rounded off with a very successful visit
to Toronto by Mr. Stanley Rader. Radio, television and press interviews
occupied his three-day visit along with two services on the Sabbath. Mr.
Rader was able to speak to one million Canadians via Canada A.M. alone-
this country's main morning news program.
In this favourabl�ive inter
view, the host held up Mr. Armstrong's full-page ad "A Voice Cries Out-
What's Wrong With Government..." from the Toronto Globe and Mail and asked
whether the Church should be involved with government when the same Church
was saying government should not be involved with the Church. A very good
question, and one which Mr. Rader delighted in answering.
Statistics for November were again exciting and encouraging. Financially,
God's Work in Canada is 23% ahead on the year-to-date figure with expenses
running 5% under budget. Incoming mail was again high with over 30,000
responses to the ad campaign for the book UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN IN
PROPHECY. The Work is truly booming on all fronts.
Mr. Waterhouse in London Mr. Gerald Waterhouse is currently touring
Britain bringing a vision of the coming Kingdom of God to the Church here,
and the need for all of us to be solidly behind Mr. Armstrong as we come
nearer to the time thai Kingdom is to be established.
Speaking in London on the Sabbath of December 13th, Mr. Waterhouse was
true to form. One wonders if it wouldn't be easier to describe what he
didn't say in his fast moving graphic sermon, as he journeyed from what
led up to the court case to the reasons why the Church will need to go to
the place of safety--all in three and a half hours! Throughout it all
the central message was clear and well received by the brethren present:
God is doing the Work at this present time through Mr. Herbert Armstrong
whom He has personally prepared for the task. Whatever may occur, God is
in charge and we should therefore recognise and respect the authority He
has placed in His Church.
Mr. Waterhouse will be in the U.K. until January 6th and is eagerly awaited
by the churches for sermons and Bible studies in all areas. Then from the
U.K. he travels to Scandinavia before going on to other areas of Europe.
Appreciation for Ministerial Refreshing Program
Dear Mr. Armstrong:
Thank you so much for the tremendous three weeks we have just
experienced, enjoying for the first time the blessing of being
instructed in God's College by truly dedicated men, and to be
able to be a part of the truly exciting spirit of purpose and
harmony that is so evident on campus.
As two who have not before had this opportunity, my wife and
I wish to express a gratitude that is very hard to put into words,
Mr. Armstrong, both to you and to the great God that is back of you,
for the experience of sharing in the sixth Refreshing Program. We
do pray always that God may continue to strengthen you, and to guide
you in the commission He has entrusted to you.